Helen Fielding Quotes

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'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check their problems at the door, sit down and have a good time.

I tell you one of the great things about this movie is, with all that's going on around the world right now, it's just good to go to a movie where you don't have to think too hard, just have a good time, and relax and be crazy.

People go to movies on Saturday to get away from the war in Iraq and taxes and election news and pedophiles online and just go and have some fun. I like doing movies that are fun.

Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.

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.

Pop music for me was definitely escapist, but never studious.

I like Hollywood movies. I like them like I like to eat scrambled eggs; I like them for fun.

For the most part, I think that people enjoy seeing a movie where they can just have fun.

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

Music is escapism, it's entertainment.

A lot of movies you do because they're fun, they make people forget about their day.

People need to laugh and turn their brains off.

I like to make popcorn movies. It's my passion. I love the genre.

Hats off to musicians who just want a pure escape. I have a lot of fondness for pure escapism. I don't feel like it's irresponsible, I think sometimes you really need to take a breather.

Our stuff is made strictly for fun. We're not out to give a message.

Everybody in the world has problems, and the nice thing about entertainment is you get to forget about those problems and have a good time for a couple of hours.

Everything is not a political statement. Everything is not about being an advocate. Sometimes it's just pure entertainment.

One of the reasons I sing so much about smoking or drinking isn't about the addiction, but more so that I'm trying to let people have a good time at my shows and forget their problems. Relax and enjoy. There's not certain religions or politics sold on them. Just come out, have a beer, have a laugh, good energy from stage and have a good time.

I'm a big fan; I like all sorts of genres. I do like an occasion to just switch my brain off and enjoy some mindless carnage.

[On lightweight movies:] Fun movies. They were never meant to cure cancer, only to take away the mind.

We're really trying to give people the ability to go into a darkened room and have a couple hours of just pure enjoyment.

I hate entertainment.

I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.

The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.