Typically, in France, someone in my position should keep their mouth shut. I’m an entertainer, operating in the realm of pop, and it’s often looked down upon for a pop artist to take a stand, to have convictions or opinions. But I don’t think the two are incompatible or mutually exclusive.
The demarcation between an art house film and an entertainer has blurred, only because a larger section of the audience has accepted such realistic films.
I’ve always loved Jennifer Lopez, and I think, as an entertainer, she is a great example of a strong woman that is also very levelheaded and cool and produces her own content.
Baldwin gave expression to the longings of blacks in exalted prose. He was embraced, in the tradition of Negro Firsterism, even by those who never sat down with a book, as our preeminent literary spokesman, whether he liked it or not. Neither athlete nor entertainer, but nevertheless a star.
My job as an entertainer is to take you some place else. I love exploring different genres of music to please my fans.
An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.
I love being an entertainer. It’s almost been a lifelong journey to find out what I wanted to do.
I grew into who I always wanted to be as a drag entertainer and performer.
I’m just an entertainer, man. I don’t like to pigeonhole myself to anything. I love to do it all.
I love being an entertainer – not really fond of being a celebrity.
I’m looking for personal credibility as an entertainer.
I’ve made a commitment to concentrate on my career as an entertainer.
As a designer, you are not only a designer, you are also a celebrity, an entertainer, and a spokesperson that speaks on behalf of the company. So you need to realize that you have to embrace all those sides.
My father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn’t want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer – the one who wanted everyone to be happy. I didn’t want there to be any problems.
You know, in this industry, being an openly queer actor or entertainer, you can play the game your way, or you can play it the industry’s way. And I decided to play it my way. I played it the industry’s way far too long.
A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience’s attention, then he can teach his lesson.
I’m an entertainer.
My mother, Betty, was an entertainer – she opened up for James Brown, Ike and Tina Turner – and I had an uncle who would work as a chef in a restaurant, 6-foot-3 or 6-foot-4. I was young, so he could have been shorter, but in my mind, that’s how tall he was.
Becoming a drag entertainer and really embracing that helped me to embrace who I was as a gay person even more.
These guys Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer and Bernie Mac claim they’re the Kings of Comedy. They may be funny, but they ain’t no kings. That title is reserved for Rudy Ray Moore and Redd Foxx.
I definitely stand by the phrase that I’m an entertainer and not a role model.
My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don’t consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to.
I genuinely do want the world to change in a positive way, but I wouldn’t call myself an activist, you know? I’m an entertainer who engages with activism because it feels really meaningful for me.
I worked in Trenton, and then I got sidetracked into comedy and then onto ‘SNL.’ And then into being a live performer – what I do now; virtually that’s what I am: I’m a live entertainer.
Richard Lewis has this incredible ability to look like he’s just… you know it’s an act that’s been honed. What you have to do in standup is create spontaneity, somehow; even though you’ve done this act a million times, you gotta look like you’re almost just thinking of it now, to make it entertainer.
It’s about the music and that’s it. I’m not an entertainer. But I do entertain people, see what I mean?
I think from the time I was a kid I’ve been an entertainer. I’ve always had the ability to play characters. When I came to California, I was overwhelmed that you could do this and get paid for it, make a living on it, and be creative within this art form.
I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had just broken up with him because I didn’t think I was good enough. He wanted to be an anesthesiologist. I wanted to be an entertainer. His life was more planned out, and mine wasn’t.
Not every entertainer’s living lavish.
I feel like I am just an entertainer. It does not matter what form I take to perform and entertain. I think I deserve being called a performer because you don’t call Tyler Perry a drag queen. You don’t call Will Smith a drag queen and all the other mainstream artists who use the aesthetic of drag to entertain.
I think you have a limited amount of impact as an entertainer, performer, or musician.
Maybe Drudge is more entertainer than reporter. I imagine he enjoys baiting the mainstream media, then watching it look foolish when his story is debunked.
I meditate a lot and pray for guidance. If, in a moment of self-contemplation or meditation, I were to feel very strongly that I shouldn’t be an entertainer anymore, that I should be doing something else, I would stop immediately.
I’m just an entertainer. All I want to be is funny. I never aspired to play Hamlet.
I think I’m needed – as an artist, as an individual, as an entity, an enigma, an exhibitionist, an entertainer – as an alternative.
Growing up, the last thing I ever thought I’d do is be an entertainer.
I’ve never really considered myself a wrestler. I always considered myself an entertainer, but I always wanted to be better than the guy next to me.
I’m not only a rapper, I’m an entertainer.
I want to be an all round entertainer, I want to act, make films, make albums, do whatever I can.
I don’t want to be known as just an actress. I want to be known as an entertainer and entrepreneur.
There’s a difference between a celebrity and an entertainer. One has talent.
I’ve always been an entertainer. It’s in my blood, in the sense that I’ve always loved doing it.
