Subject: Entertainment (Page 33)

Television: A means of getting a babysitter so Mom and Dad can get out to the movies.

I really detest movies like Indecent Proposal and Pretty Woman because they send a message to women that sleeping with a rich man is the ultimate goal; and really that’s such a small part of it.

(1969 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

First of all, I choose the great [roles], and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

(1933 – ) English actor

Can’t act… slightly bald… also dances.

Australia's gift to insomniacs; it's nothing but the blonde singing the bland.

(1947 – 1979) American singer

Many are willing to suffer for their art.. few are willing to learn to draw.

(1967 – ) English comedian

Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

An actor enters through a door, you've got nothing; but if he enters through a window, you've got a situation.

(1906 – 2002) Austrian journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter & producer

A piano store looks like a funeral parlor for music.

(1888 – 1963) Spanish writer & dramatist

Accordian: An instrument inharmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I’ve performed for twelve presidents… and entertained six.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Baptists never make love standing up; they're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing!

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist

The chief objection of playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

A buxom temptress… more impressive in silhouette than in action.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer

Television is to news what bumper stickers are to philosophy.

(1913 – 1994) 37th U.S. president

Modesty in an actor is as fake as passion in a call girl.

(1916 – 1987) television actor & comedian

You can pick out the actors by the glazed look that comes into their eyes when the conversation wanders away from themselves.

(1912 – 1979) English actor

Liking both Marvin Gaye and Art Garfunkel is like supporting both the Israelis and the Palestinians.

(1966 – ) American film actor, producer & screenwriter

Timing is not so much knowing when to speak, but when to pause.

(1894 – 1974) comedian, radio & television host

Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren’t; I don’t know if it’s the way you say it, or how you look.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician