Phyllis McGinley Quotes

I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it.

People go to theatres to see newer things. Content should be the king.

Within a safe environment, the theater, you can have a big ride, big ups and downs, intensity, warmth, humanity, laughs, tears - you want that full range of emotion.

I thought as an actress I would be able to have broader emotional experiences, but then I quickly figured out that I wanted to think about tragic dramas, not act in them.

I realized, because I've been doing these very small, character-driven movies, that this is entertainment. This is so much fun.

I feel like there's such a responsibility, when you make a film, to enlighten people, to make them think, to make them laugh, or even just to be entertaining.

If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.

It could be sci-fi, love story, historical drama what counts for me is the fact that they're made by great directors with a great point of view who bring the audience to be elevated and at the same time entertained. That's what cinema is.

Whenever you do a film, it's always like a little miracle. So many people getting together trying to do something so that the audience can be entertained.

Although we're all in this to make a living, why not make something to make an impact? One day, I'll make a horror film. I think I know what the audience wants.

Theater is about life, not about television or movies.

Strictly' has evolved - there are such beautiful stories within each dance. We're not doing a ballroom and Latin competition, it's an entertainment show.

Each generation wants their own form of entertainment and their own form of storytelling.

I really just want to be a writer and a storyteller. But maybe pain is one of the things you have to feel in order to be creative.

It's hard making people sitting in hotel rooms interesting.

Great theater continues to bind us, one to the other, and most of us will travel far and wide to see a good story told well.

No offense to real jobs, but comics seemed a lot more fun.

I love the theater because it's alive. It's a beginning, a middle and an end, and it begins a life.

I always used to tell others that 'we should make films to make the people happy.'

I like to entertain all kinds of audiences with my films.

Peak TV has resulted in beautiful shows that have nothing in particular to tell us about humanity.

I'm not very particular about the commercial angle in my films, but entertainment is very important.

I want to be associated with good entertainment.

Good TV is not about people being happy; it's drama.

We are not brain surgeons. We are not curing cancer. We are not finding the next cure for Alzheimer's. We are simply and merely entertainment. We take on and wear the masks of characters. That's what we're paid to do.