There's a joy I think people feel from... my performance.
I was at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards one year - they called me up when somebody canceled two days before the thing, and asked me to present some awards. So I went, and one of the funniest film moments I've ever had was when they introduced the New York film critics. They all stood up - motley isn't the word for that group. Everybody had some sort of vision problem, some sort of damage - I had to bury myself in my napkin.
I believe in entertaining the audiences with whatever I do.
I like giving people something they don't want to miss the next time. It's a show with little twists and turns and curves. It has me being silly and stupid and compassionate and completely deep.
When I use music on stage, the prime directive is to entertain the public, so it is different.
I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind.
Aagadu' will be a very different film and it will be like a full meal to the audiences.
I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like they've experienced something.
What was important to me was entertaining the audience, and whether that meant winning, losing, singing, or whatever it was on the live show we were doing every week, which was awesome, I was game for it.
I can read a crowd pretty well. I know what to play and know how to keep it interesting for them and for myself as well. Most of the other DJs are more like producers so they become famous because they make hits and then they start DJ-ing. But I'm more from the other way around.
My job is to entertain you, leave feeling better than when you got there, and try to give you more than you thought you were gonna get.
An elegantly organized tour of the Internet, both fun and informative, a rare combination!
I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people.
My favorite off-camera memory of Jon Stewart is watching him jump from the second level of a tuna tower into the waters off Grand Cayman.
Entertaining those who come to see me is my objective.
My job as an entertainer is to take you some place else. I love exploring different genres of music to please my fans.
In the business of entertainment, either I am able to create an effect that impresses people or not.
I want to entertain, but I'm interested in a whole range of feelings.
The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire.
My dream is to stand in front of 60,000 people in an arena and know that everyone came because they wanted to make memories with me.
Sometimes there's one person in the audience laughing hysterically, and it's so much fun. You end up playing the entire play to them.
If I can transport audiences for the three or four hours they're at the opera, to make them forget all of their worries, the bills they have to pay and all that, then I've done my job. That, for me, is very gratifying.
We are entertainers. We have to give our audience a good time. If my name serves that purpose, if that brings a smile on your face, then I think it is good and my job has been done.
I just want people to get lost in the story and at the end kind of sag and say, 'That was fun.' It's hardly my desire for them to sit and think, 'What a great literary image.'
I've come to the realization that you can entertain people both through making them laugh and making them feel. You can be quiet, and they can feel, and you will have scored as well.
