Dean Devlin Quotes

Laughter is healing and helpful and fun, and I see my role as an entertainer, and I want readers to leave my books smiling.

I always think of the live show first, where the song is gonna go in the show. That's why they aren't sad songs. When I play, I want to make people happy, not sad. It's such a pleasure for me to do what I do, and I want other people to feel some form of that pleasure, too.

It's really fun to be in a film that's pure entertainment, that people want to go and see. I think, in the current climate, the state of things, people want escapism.

I hoped I could make people smile and laugh and have a good time.

I'm the first one in line to go watch 'Spider-Man', but there's definitely something in me that makes me want to go to a movie and see something that makes me feel good about life.

Exactly when people are in turmoil is the time that the entertainment business has always been at its best. Because people don't want to be reminded every day that they are under siege, or that they're not having a great time of life.

I believe that people just want to laugh and have a good time.

I don't want to make people cry - unless it's with happiness.

What we do is entertainment. We entertain people. Sometimes we inspire people, but sometimes we are just a way to fill their time.

Most people are at a concert because they want to be inspired, entertained, moved; we musicians have the mission to be bringers of joy, of ecstasy.

When I make people laugh and I get to laugh, it does my spirit good.

I think play and joy and feeling good deserve more of our time. I don't see why adults are supposed to grow out of those things. If I have a mission it's to make everyone who comes to my concerts leave feeling a heightened sense of freedom to play, sing, and enjoy themselves.

I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.

I love the DJ scene out in the clubs. It is a great way to party and make people happy, the atmosphere is one that I use as an escape from reality.

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.

I've just always liked watching people dance. I can't explain it. It used to just make me laugh.

It's especially gratifying to have done a film like 'Eight Men Out' because it's hard not to have fun when there are so many bats and balls around.

A good jolly is worth what you pay for it.

The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.

There's no fear when you're having fun.

Entertainment can be a more powerful driver than poverty.

I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor should do, make you feel something. I think that's why people love films so much.

I love to laugh, and laughter is one of my favorite things. When you have a really good laugh, you feel great afterwards.

I just like having fun.