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“Audiences have proved time and again that they don't want a steady diet of any entertainer airing his social views - especially if he's a comedian.”

Ifs Want Social Views Audience Comedian Diets Steady Entertainers

Author:Johnny Carson

“I'm an entertainer; I try to give the public what it wants while I'm on the screen, and I'm completely sincere about it. If I don't happen to be a laughing boy off the screen, that doesn't make me a hypocrite or a phony.”

Ifs Want Giving Trying Happens Boys Laughing Screens Sincere Hypocrite Entertainers Phony

Author:Johnny Carson

“I play my life straight - the way I see it. I'm grateful to audiences for watching me and for enjoying what I do - but I'm not one of those who believe that a successful entertainer is made by the public, as is so often said.”

Way Believe Made Said Play Enjoy Audience Successful Grateful Entertainers

Author:Johnny Carson

“There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. A great entertainer needs to have charisma.”

Needs Pay Watches Player Entertainers Charisma

Author:George Best

“I try not to make social consciousness a massive part of my music or comedy because I prefer to be an entertainer first and foremost, then do actual grassroots work when I can.”

Trying Firsts I Can Social Consciousness Comedy Massive Entertainers Grassroots Social Consciousness

Author:Doc Brown

“I'm not a star, I hate that word, and I'm an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I'm an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.”

Knows Want Hate Fall Stars Known I Hate Entertainers

Author:Bernie Mac

“An entertainer's reputation as a live act is the most valuable thing he or she can have. If people know you give good shows, you'll never be broke for the rest of your life.”

People Ifs Knows Giving Shows Valuable Reputation Broke Rest Of Your Life Entertainers Valuable Things

Author:Chris Rock

“I feel people are seeing me as a true artist rather than a singer, or an entertainer, or a girl who just makes songs.”

People Feels Artist Song Girl Seeing Singers Entertainers True Artists

Author:Alessia Cara

“Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.”

Giving Stars Support Athlete Entertainers

Author:Ryan White

“As long as Elton John can bring forth one performance per album on the order of 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight,' the chance remains that he will become something more than the great entertainer he already is and go on to make a lasting contribution to rock.”

Long Order Chance Rocks Goes On Performances Remains Albums Saved Contribution Tonight Lasting Entertainers

Author:Jon Landau

“I consider myself to be an entertainer, given that I'm most known as MGK "the rapper" I don't have a problem with the label, I just want the people to know that I am much more than that.”

People Knows Want Problem Given Known Labels Rapper Entertainers

Author:Machine Gun Kelly

“Wanting to be near my bread and butter business which was my hairstyling salon, I have done little touring during my lifetime. I hate all this moving around from hotel to hotel, packing and unpacking. I know many entertainers agree with me on this subject.”

Knows Littles Done Moving Hate Subjects I Hate Agree Lifetime Bread Hotel Touring Entertainers Packing Salons Bread And Butter Unpacking

Author:Thomas Lynch

“The only difference is that, in the last 10 years, the public has been so affected by reality TV and the Internet. They really dwell on entertainers' misgivings.”

Years Has Beens Reality Lasts Differences Tvs Internet Affected Entertainers Reality Tv Misgivings

Author:Slash

“When God wants me to lose, then that's when I'll lose. But until then, I'm going to be at the top of my game and keep working hard anddedicating myself to the sport of boxing and to being the best entertainer that I can be.”

Want I Can Hard Games Sports Loses Boxing Being The Best Want Me Entertainers

Author:Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

“I always refer back to the days of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, the Rat Pack. Back when everyone wore a suit because that's what it was to be an entertainer. You were stylish and you were fly, and it was an effortless fly.”

Suits Frank Packs Rats Entertainers Back When Dean Effortless Stylish Rat Pack

Author:Ne-Yo

“I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.”

Trying One Thing Musician Entertainers

Author:Miles Davis

“That's my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you'd see pictures all over of Elvis. He's just the greatest entertainer that ever lived.”

Ifs House Idols Entertainers

Author:Eddie Murphy

“I'm not a performer. If they're looking for entertainer-in-chief, I'm probably not the guy.”

Ifs Guy Chiefs Performers Entertainers

Author:Jeb Bush

“In eighteenth-century England, there was a practice of hiring a picturesque hermit who would inhabit the beautiful ruin on your estate. To me it rhymes with certain kinds of pop-music entertainers and eccentrics - both touted and tolerated.”

Kind Beautiful Certain Practice Century England Pops Ruins Estates Rhyme Entertainers Pop Music Hiring Hermits Picturesque

Author:David Grubbs

“When people leave my show, I want them to say, 'I've never seen anything like that in my life ... It's amazing. He's the greatest entertainer in the world.'”

People World Want Shows Entertainers

Author:Michael Jackson

“I don't consider myself an interviewer as much as an entertainer.”

Entertainers Interviewers

Author:Ellen DeGeneres

“Last thing you want to do with a good movie is hold the audience hostage. As an entertainer myself, I just know it's better when you leave 'em wanting more than to stick around too long.”

Knows Want Long Lasts Audience Sticks Ems Entertainers Good Movie Hostage Wanting More

Author:Simon Kinberg

“When you talk about the world's greatest entertainer you have to say Al Jolson because there was no one like him. Only Judy Garland and perhaps Frank Sinatra got anywhere near him!”

World Als Frank Entertainers Garlands

Author:Jack Benny

“Anything I've asked of MGM Grand, they've done for me in a heartbeat. They're all about making entertainers and athletes happy.”

Done Athlete Heartbeat Entertainers Mgm

Author:Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

“My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.”

People World Real Whole Reality Fun Forget Laughing Comedy Laughter Entertainment Comedian Real World Entertainers Making People Laugh

Author:Dan Aykroyd

“I'm an entertainer, not a commentator. If you're a comedian your job is to make people laugh.”

People Ifs Jobs Laughing Comedian Entertainers Making People Laugh Commentators

Author:Johnny Carson

“I am naturally pretty shy. I've come out of it a pretty good bit because I'm kind of a strange combination of being really shy and also being a born entertainer. I've got both in me and I guess it depends on my surroundings as to what's going to come out more prominently.”

Kind Bits Born Strange Depends Combination Shy Being Real Surroundings Entertainers

Author:Leigh Bingham Nash

“I'm definitely really shy on some level. But on another level, I'm all entertainer. It's a strange dichotomy, but it's true.”

Levels Strange Shy Entertainers Dichotomy

Author:Leigh Bingham Nash

“I'm f**king pathetic when it comes to being an entertainer. People come because they want to see me have a nervous breakdown.”

People Want Kings Nervous Pathetic Entertainers Breakdown Nervous Breakdown

Author:Mark Linkous

“Today I blame only certain agents for my long eclipse as a public entertainer.”

Long Today Certain Blame Agents Entertainers Eclipse

Author:Ethel Waters

“Entertainers are nothing special. Maybe we have a talent for singing a song, but other people have talents. I wish fans would just come up and say 'hello' before asking for an autograph. I wish they would just say, 'Hello, I'm so and so, and I just want to shake your hand.' I'm impressed when I find people like that. Most people just say, 'Sign here,' and treat you like a statue.”

People Want Hands Song Wish Fans Special Talent Singing Treats Asking Come Up Shakes Impressed Hello Statues Entertainers Autographs

Author:Eddy Arnold

“I just hope bluegrass entertainers take care of their music and take care of their fans. If you don't practice, the man next door who is practicing will beat you.”

Ifs Men Care Next Practice Doors Fans He Man Beats Take Care Entertainers Bluegrass

Author:Bill Monroe

“I'm just another Opry entertainer. I'm not the start of the Opry, and I'm not the ending. I'm not the Alpha, and I'm not the Omega. It's been a pleasure taking part in the Opry and country music these many years. I'm part of a big operation.”

Years Country Bigs Pleasure Operations Entertainers Alphas

Author:Roy Acuff

“When people say that L.A. doesn't have a culture, I think it really does: a very old culture, and very specific. There's streets named after entertainers, and statues of entertainers, and it's great. Entertainment is still art, even if it makes billions of dollars. So it's like a city built on entertainment, and art in a way.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Doe Art Stills Culture Cities Streets Built Dollars Entertainment Billions Statues Entertainers Old Culture

Author:Fred Armisen

“When you're singing, it can be looked at as a monologue, in a way. If it's about telling a story and connecting with your audience, you can do that through song, through dialogue, or through a monologue. That's what's special about being an entertainer.”

Ifs Way Stories Song Can Do Audience Special Singing Dialogue Connecting Entertainers Monologues

Author:Naturi Naughton

“I never wanted to be a literary writer. I wanted to be an entertainer. All I wanted was to give what a lot of writers had given me: a good time on a bad day.”

Giving Wanted Given Good Times Bad Day Entertainers

Author:M.C. Beaton

“The left's obsession with the high incomes of corporate executives never seems to extend to equally high - or higher - incomes of professional athletes, entertainers, or best-selling authors like Danielle Steel.”

Seems Left Higher Athlete Income Obsession Selling Corporate Executives Steel Entertainers Professional Athlete

Author:Thomas Sowell

“When I first started, I was really nervous. You could hear my voice quiver. So I started drinking a bit and that helped. A lot of entertainers have a few drinks before going onstage and don't overdo it. Me, it turned into a bigger habit. But I stopped that. I was getting older, and I was thinking about my kids. There's enough roadblocks out there without throwing in more yourself.”

Thinking Firsts Enough Kids Bits Voice Habit Drink Bigger Drinking Nervous Throwing Getting Old Getting Older Entertainers Quiver Roadblock

Author:Tim McGraw

“Prisoners are the greatest audience that an entertainer can perform to.”

Audience Prisoner Entertainers

Author:Johnny Cash

“I almost lost my best friend to anorexia. I am lending my voice as an entertainer, a mom, and a friend because I want to bring great awareness to this cause.”

Want Lost Causes Voice Awareness Mom My Best Friend Entertainers Anorexia Lending Lost My Best Friend

Author:Sara Evans

“I'm not just a rapper. I'm an entertainer. That's the difference.”

Differences Rapper Entertainers

Author:LL Cool J

“I'm not conditioned to be an entertainer. An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. The problem with that is artists are misunderstood by all. I'm not interested in the clarinet but in music. we speak our emotions into music. An artist should write for himself and not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away. My situation is the same. Let them concentrate on my music and not on me. I like the music. I love it and live it, in fact. But for me, the business part of music just plain stinks.”

Ifs Should Writing Facts Problem Artist Speak Emotion Situation Audience Please Likes Not Interested Misunderstood Entertainers Stink Clarinet

Author:Artie Shaw

“I'm a vulgar lounge entertainer, I don't need to wear a tie.”

Needs Ties Vulgar Entertainers

Author:Craig Ferguson

“I don`t know what Donal Trump motive is but I know what he`s preaching is a very, very dangerous brew for America. Is this just a guy doing Celebrity Apprentice for himself? Is this just a guy who`s an entertainer? It may have started there but I now think he wants to be president. Also, I don`t think there`s much chance of that.”

Thinking Knows Want May America Guy President Chance Dangerous Trump Motive Preaching Entertainers Apprentice

Author:Joe Biden

“Well, you know, my name is Ced and I kinda consider myself an entertainer. Hey that ain't bad yeah, Cedric the Entertainer.”

Knows Wells Names Yeah Hey Entertainers

Author:Cedric the Entertainer

“I don't like my politicians entertaining me and I don't like my entertainers politicianing me.”

Politics Politician Entertaining Entertainers

Author:Craig Ferguson

“I love to talk about people I've met being an entertainer. All my encounters in life - I roll it all into an hour and 30 minutes.”

People Hours Minutes Mets Encounters Entertainers

Author:Chris Tucker

“As a comedian, as an entertainer, there's a lot of downtime. Once you can accept that comedy is a marathon, not a sprint, it gets a little easier.”

Littles Accepting Comedy Acceptance Easier Comedian Marathon Entertainers Sprint Downtime

Author:Iliza Shlesinger

“Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success.”

Feels Persons Book Done Seems Kids Singers Titles Call Me Entertainers Appreciative

Author:Dolly Parton

“I'm a little of everything, a concerned dad, faith-based guy, businessman, entertainer and journalist. I don't have formal training as a journalist, but I think that works to my advantage.”

Thinking Littles Guy Dad Training Advantage Concerned Journalist Formal Businessman Entertainers Faith Based

Author:Glenn Beck

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