Entertainment Standards Quotes

You can go on 'Saturday Night Live' now and not even play live.

Here's the thing about Red Sox fans, or actually just fans from that region, in general: they appreciate the effort. And if you mail it in or if you give 80 percent, even with a win, they'll let you know that's not how you do it. They want - if it's comedian, if it's a musician, bring us your best show.

I am a bit fussy when it comes to films.

I've always been a family entertainer. Every show I have done has been suitable for any age - parents never need to worry that, if they pop out of the room, I'll say anything untoward.

I don't think anyone's particularly conscious of thinking suits are the thing, but when you see a comedian on stage in jeans and a t-shirt it doesn't matter how good they are - it always looks like amateur hour when they walk onto the stage.

I think expectations of 'Doctor Who' should always be high, because it's a show that must always progress and get better and better.

The ratings board is completely different when it comes to film versus the television arena.

In front of millions of people that paid to see you at your best, who expect you to be in action-figure shape and condition on that particular night for that moment, you've got to deliver.

In Bollywood, they like to put us in short clothes. And I am very shy; I don't like wearing revealing stuff, though my image is such. Unfortunately, it's a body-obsessed industry.

When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I'm not going to do anything that will make you uncomfortable. I want you to know that you won't be disappointed in me.

All the copycat movies were always PG-13 and people said: "Nobody wants violence."

You just have to ensure that you make good films because audiences today have become picky and smart, and rightfully so.

I try to please people, to give them a good time, but I refuse to make my act conform to traditional show-biz standards of entertainment. There's a little voice that says, 'Oh, no, you can't do that, that's breaking all the rules.' That's the voice of show business. Then this other little voice says, 'Try it.' And most of the time, when the voice comes on and says, 'No,' that's the time it works.

With every gig we have to prove ourselves better than the night before.

A lot of reality shows tend to harp on the negative. The person isn't pretty enough or can't sing well enough or maybe isn't even funny enough.

I'm totally comfortable not being as funny as Larry David.

In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.

It's just immensely frustrating that things like Breaking Bad get made that are kind of perfect! There's not even a bad episode of Breaking Bad, let alone a bad season. I want to be able to say, "Hey everybody, it's impossible to make a show where every episode is great!" No it's not.

Show me one guy or woman as funny as Rodney Dangerfield or as good as George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, or Joan Rivers. There are a lot of good comics out there, no doubt, but as far as the quality of the comics goes, I think what you have is a bunch of situational comics.

I'm pretty picky about plays.

We have to take risks in British television. It has to stop playing to the lowest common denominator and patronising people.

Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was.

Anyone who lip-synchs in public on stage when you pay 75 pounds to see them should be shot.

A stand-up comic is judged by every line. Singers get applause at the end of their song no matter how bad they are.

The older I get, the more interesting the part has to be. Bobby Knight is extremely interesting.