Entertainment Focus Quotes

I could give a flying crap about the political process. We're an entertainment company.

If I was reading a book about a comedian, I wouldn't really care too much about their childhood.

At heart, I was always a performer, not a competitor.

In my brain, it's simple: On the podcast, we're really never serious about anything, ever.

'Man Down''s my absolute priority. If they give me another series, I'll throw everything into it because I really like the characters. But after that, I'll certainly be getting back on stage because I haven't done a proper gig for two years. Which is ridiculous for someone who loves it so much.

I never planned my movies. I never selected subjects to win the National Award. I did films that made the masses happy.

I don't like to have gimmicks. I don't like to have gadgets and stuff. I just like to go out there and entertain the fans by wrestling.

I'm not the sort of comedian who wants to make audiences think about politics. I'm not clever in that way.

I read my books to writing workshops and friends, and I'm often focussed just on keeping them entertained. I never think about marketing at all.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

All I do is go to the movies.

Pain I keep to myself; my music is for entertainment purposes and I always have that in mind.

In the culture of America, in a free culture, you get what you celebrate. And in this culture, we have two obsessions, become a group that becomes a group that celebrates sports heroes and entertainment heroes. There's no room left for kids to see even a little bit of the opportunities to really, really get excited about becoming an inventor, an engineer, or a scientist, a problem solver.

If you want a show to talk about politics or the Muslim ban or whatever - someone should make that show. That's not what I'm interested in.

Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment.

I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures.

Once the cameras rolling or the audience is in the seats, I'm on. I can't help it. I go into a trance.

It is not the office of a novelist to show us how to behave ourselves; it is not the business of fiction to teach us anything.

It may sound incredible, but they seemed more interested in the ball game.

I see myself as a serious artist, but yeah, when people come to my shows, they want to hear 'What Was I Thinkin',' 'Drunk on a Plane,' and lots of up-tempo, fun songs.

My focus are only films. There is something special about films as when it is being played in a dark theatre, the audience is watching only you. Whereas in TV there are a lot distraction.

I always found when I was reading an interview with an actor that I wasn't interested in their political opinions - I just wanted to know what they'd had for breakfast.

What I love about podcasting is it's guerilla radio. I don't have to stick to anybody's protocol or format. I can operate my show just like I want to, but at the end of the day, it's just a can of audio whoopa**. My show is built to entertain.

On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point.