Justin Kirk Quotes

Entertainment is such a non-reality.

When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real. That is my world, you could say.

We don't take ourselves seriously; we make the records for fun.

Entertainment is needed, and so I do think escapism is needed.

I don't often know exactly what's coming next, and that makes it more fun. And you know, for me, this entire genre is all about that; it's all about having fun and getting away from the mundane world for just a little while.

Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality.

And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.

What I want in a good beach read is sunshine, drama, easy-reading and transportation to another world and other people's problems.

See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.

I have a good sense of humor. I think everything we do should have whimsy in it.

I've always been a sucker for any technology engineered primarily for the entertainment of the human race - even such technology as has been disguised as 'useful' or 'improving' when we all know the real virtue lies in its ability to distract and divert.

Fiction, even when it's grim and hard, is fun.

Edgy is fine - I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination - but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that.

I just want to entertain and make people enjoy the game and smile.

The circus allows one to be logical and unreal at the same time. In the circus, all is possible: there can be a man with two heads or a character with a green face.

It's fun to be silly sometimes!

I love Lucille Ball. But you don't call that Shakespeare. It's just entertainment, you know. And if you like that, then go have a ball, have fun.

I like being someone else. 'A Prince' is not about me, but I can pretend for the three minutes of the track. It's great being able to do that, 'cos I enjoy telling stories.

More fun than a frog in a glass of milk.

I love playing anyone that does stuff that I don't do. The fun of playing an assassin is that I've never killed anybody. The fun of playing a brilliant musician is that I don't actually play any instruments.

The world is too serious. To get mad at a work of art-because maybe somebody, somewhere is blowing his stack over what I've done-is like getting mad at a hot fudge sundae.

I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.

These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes.