Tyne Daly Quotes

The truth is, we have this idea that late night is about creativity and being cool, but that's not our job. Our job is to get as many people watching the commercials in between our show. That's the reality of it.

Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on.

Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.

What I'm looking for is a self-promoting film; a movie which immediately gets people's imagination is something I can promote - a project which writes its own publicity.

Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion.

I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all.

I don't know why, but people tend to look at stand-ups and think they can act, which actually isn't the case. But never mind. I thought: if that's the area where they're looking, then that's the area where I'll put myself - even as a means to an end. And it was.

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

Very early on, when I started doing these plays and live shows, I would travel from city to city, and there were a million shows out there... so I wanted to step out among it, and I started putting my name above the title.

People who want to do stand-up from the start - I mean that's an extremely self-centred thing to want, isn't it?

I really know how to sing and create and put things together that entertain... be it controversially or be it from music or acting.

To be in the wonderful world of entertainment, you have to be optimistic.

The best thing I can do is stay on the road and build a grass-roots following. I'm constantly about building my brand.

You make shows, and you don't go into it thinking, 'Our show's going to be number one'; you go into it hoping to stay on the air.

You have to have a big ego in this world to propel yourself in front of the cameras, to sit behind the microphone, to believe that you can entertain millions of people.

The show became popular as aspecialthing became popular. And Sasquatch, the guy who runs that site, started coming to every show and reviewing it. And when people start talking about the reviews from the stage. That to me is really self indulgent and we tried to put a caper on that.

One of the things that's funniest about the entertainment industry and comedy is that people go 'Oh, you're great, but I don't know what to do with you.' The great thing about the Internet is that nobody has to figure out what to do with you. You can figure out what to do with you, and you can say, 'I made this thing, and I'm going to put it out, and now if people want to come see me and buy things from me they can.'

There are only so many ways to get people to go see stand-up, that it really is about the product; it's not so much about the theme of the show.

I'll no longer say that I have supernatural powers. I am an entertainer. I want to do a good show. My entire character has changed.

Fundamentally, the most important thing is to get the film made for me and to get as many people to see it as possible. And if I help that, then - I know I help that, let's put it that way. I do know that I help that. It is called show business.

Never follow a dog act. You know you're on the skids when you play yourself in the movie version of your life.

A flair for publicity does not necessarily mean a flair for acting.

Yeah, um, I do twitter because I want people to, you know, get to know me, my fans, or my fans to get to know me, you know, just see what type of person I am. You know, hopefully be more on an intimate level with me as opposed to a distant level.

I feel blessed that I get to be part of entertaining people in any capacity.