“I hate to go to movies or watch a TV show and know the ending within 15 minutes.” KnowsShowsHateWatchesMinutesTvsI HateTv Shows Author:Amaury Nolasco
“You can take wonderfully talented actors, wonderfully talented writers and producers, and, uh, do a wonderful show!... but if it doesn't hit with the public in two minutes, it's bye-bye.” IfsTwoShowsActorsWonderfulMinutesProducersByeBye Bye Author:Charlotte Rae
“I came home in the afternoon to sleep, and there was this e-mail from Comedy Central saying they were interested in having me be part of this new show called 'Jump Cuts'! So I called them right away, and the producer started laughing and said, 'We sent that e-mail one minute ago - you're so fast!” SaidShowsHomeSleepLaughingComedyCuttingMinutesProducersAfternoonMailOne Minute Author:Lev Yilmaz
“People will love something very much or hate something very much. But the great thing about a sketch show is that if something comes along that you don't like, something else will come along in a minute that hopefully you might like that.” PeopleIfsShowsMightHateMinutesGreat ThingsHopefullyLike Something Author:Matt Lucas
“Many years ago, in the throes of my struggles on the PGA Tour, I had difficulty even getting into pro-ams. I needed money, so I put together a 45-minute magic show I'd perform at corporate events surrounding the tournament.” YearsShowsTogetherStruggleMagicMinutesEventsNeededYears AgoDifficultyCorporateTournamentsMy StruggleMagic Show Author:Gary McCord
“I had gone to a talent show, I was interested in American hip-hop music, with my older brother, to another town and my town was attacked. I went from having an entire family to the next minute not having anything. It was very painful.” ShowsNextGoneMinutesTalentBrotherTownsHip HopPainfulHipsHopsOlder BrotherTalent ShowHip Hop Music Author:Ishmael
“There's some anxiety the 30 minutes before the show starts. But once you step on stage and face the people, everything goes away, and you have fun and enjoy the audience.” PeopleShowsFacesFunEnjoyStepsAudienceMinutesStageAnxietyHaving Fun Author:Thalia
“Sometimes the show needs that kick in the ass so being able to sing a Nirvana song kind of takes it there. I've grown up putting on extravagant shows with Girl Talk so when I'm playing I like to go nuts. After 30 minutes of pointing and clicking it's nice to scream into a microphone for three minutes.” NeedsKindSometimesShowsAbleSongGirlThreeNiceMinutesAssKicksNutsScreamPointingExtravagantMicrophonesGirl Talk Author:Girl Talk
“I'm going to keep talking about what I think is interesting for my entire career. If you want to hear about how women do a lot of shoe shopping or how being married sucks, go see the guy who does jokes about that. But if you come to see my live show, there's going to be 20 minutes on religion for the rest of my life, probably. If that makes me a caricature, so be it.” IfsThinkingWantDoeShowsGuyInterestingTalkingCareersMinutesMarriedJokesShoesShoppingBeing MarriedCaricaturesKeep Talking Author:David Cross
“I'm always a little leery about doing shows where I'm not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes. After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.” PeopleIfsFirstsLittlesPersonsMadeMatterShowsWantedDecisionMinutesMissingNo Matter WhatSevenHeadlinesMissing A Person Author:Al Yankovic
“On the show, I do a very serious thing. And a lot of people have a hard time reconciling that with what I'm going to do after the show. They can't get it into their heads: "How can he be talking to Madeleine Albright one minute and then somebody half his age...." They're just jealous. But I never made any bones about it. I am a player. Always have been.” PeopleHas BeensMadeHardShowsAgeHalfTalkingPlayerMinutesSeriousBonesHard TimesJealousOne MinuteSerious ThingsMadeleines Author:Bill Maher
“I have a personal ritual. Just like 10 minutes before a show, I'll open a beer, just so it feels like I've just arrived at a party. I have a few sips, then we go on stage.” FeelsShowsPartyMinutesStageGoes OnBeerRitual Author:Ed Robertson
“We want to believe we are good, we are different, we are better, or we are superior. But this body of social-psychological research--and there are obviously many more experiments in addition to mine and Milgram's--shows that the majority of good, ordinary, normal people can be easily seduced, tempted, or initiated into behaving in ways that they say they never would. In 30 minutes we got them stepping across that line.” PeopleWayWantBelieveDifferentShowsBodySocialLinesMinutesMinesNormalResearchOrdinaryMajorityExperimentsSuperiorsPsychologicalTemptedPsychological Research Author:Philip Zimbardo
“Earlier today, we got a call from Stephen Hawking. He's a genius, and after 6,028 shows he ran the numbers and he said it works out to about eight minutes of laughter.” SaidShowsTodayNumbersMinutesGeniusLaughterWork OutEightRan Author:David Letterman
“People ask me, How would you do as a contestant on the show? And I tell them I would do fairly well among senior citizens, but against a good thirty-year-old I would have trouble because I cannot recall information as quickly as I used to. You used to say something and I would go, boom, right away, very sharp. Now it's like, Oh, yes, but wait a minute, uh, uh.” PeopleYearsWellsShowsUsedAsksWaitingTroubleMinutesInformationCitizensAsk MeThirtyRecallsSeniorThirty YearsSenior CitizenContestantsThirty Years Old Author:Alex Trebek
“When someone's acting for a scene, they can fool the camera. But in everyday life, unless you're watching and censoring yourself every minute, or spending all your time in the company of ladies, what you feel is bound to show in your eyes.” FeelsShowsEyeActingCompanyMinutesFoolSceneCamerasEverydayBoundsSpendingEveryday LifeCensoring Author:Cesar Romero
“It's really not that hard. If I do a Tonight Show, it's six or seven minutes. If I do a concert, it's 90 minutes. If I do an interview, that's 15 minutes. So by the end of the day I've done three hours worth of work.” IfsEndsHardDoneShowsThreeHoursComedyMinutesSixSevenInterviewsThe End Of The DayTonightConcerts Author:Howie Mandel
“I did 30 Minute Meals for five years on local television, and I earned nothing the first two years. Then I earned $50 a segment. I spent more than that on gas and groceries, but I really enjoyed making the show and I loved going to a viewer's house each week. I knew I enjoyed it, so I stuck with it even though it cost me.” YearsFirstsTwoShowsHouseFiveWeekMinutesTelevisionCostStuckLocalsEnjoyedMealsFive YearsGasTwo YearsViewersGroceries Author:Rachael Ray
“The best thing about improv is that no matter how bad your show is, it's only 30 minutes, and never exists again. The worst thing is no matter how good your show is, it's only 30 minutes, and never exists again.” MatterShowsMinutesWorstBest ThingsWorst Things Author:Mick Napier
“Critics of the Wall Street protesters claim that they have old ideas, nothing new, and they're never going to work. Wait a minute., that sounds like this show.” IdeasShowsWaitingSoundStreetsMinutesWallClaimsCriticsGoing To WorkNothing NewOld Ideas Author:David Letterman
“All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don't believe it. I don't believe it for one minute. He hasn't been to one of my shows.” BelieveShowsMinutesGayDon't BelieveTomsRumorCruiseOne MinuteBeing Gay Author:Bette Midler