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"The Entertainer" He did it all. -- Sammy Davis, Jr.
I can't go into a bar anywhere without someone starting to play 'the Entertainer'. -- Robert Redford
I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music. -- Loretta Lynn
I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of Performance called The Entertainer with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice. -- Helen McCrory
I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of 'Performance' called 'The Entertainer' with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice. -- Helen McCrory
Well, you know, my name is Ced and I kinda consider myself an entertainer. Hey that ain't bad yeah, Cedric the Entertainer. -- Cedric the Entertainer
An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer. -- Marlon Brando
I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon. -- Cam Newton
I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person. -- Aaliyah
I always said I was never gonna be an entertainer, Suicide was never supposed to be entertainment. -- Alan Vega
I'm going to be Dog, and I'm going to be an entertainer. And I'm going to make mistakes. -- Duane Chapman
I'm a born entertainer. When I open the fridge door and the light goes on, I burst into song. -- Robbie Williams
A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson. -- John Henrik Clarke
It's about the music and that's it. I'm not an entertainer. But I do entertain people, see what I mean? -- Liam Gallagher
I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going. -- B. B. King
I like to think that I'm a populist entertainer, but I'm a little bit idiosyncratic, and sometimes the networks wouldn't really roll with that. -- Joss Whedon
I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do it is onstage. -- Cher
I think even before I knew I wanted to be a rapper, I wanted to be an entertainer. I was really into Michael Jackson as a kid. -- Chance The Rapper
My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author. -- Bryce Courtenay
I'm a businessman as well as an entertainer. The reason why is because I want to own whatever I'm doing. I don't want to work for other people forever. -- Kevin Hart
I'm an entertainer. If people are paying good money for tickets they deserve the best show they can see. I don't get into lighting stuff on fire, but I do believe in going the extra mile. -- Bryan White
The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing. -- Beck
There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. You can say Thierry Henry, he's a fabulous striker, with pace and power, but a great entertainer needs to have charisma, too. Does he have charisma? No. -- George Best
When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off. -- J. Tillman
I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations. -- Ann Richards
I take cabs if I need to get somewhere or I take car service. I don't drive, I wouldn't mind riding a bike... People think that because you become an entertainer you gotta have this rock star thug image. I'm an artist, man. I'm going to live like an artist. -- ASAP Rocky
Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I don't think I'm camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage. -- David Bowie
When you start performing, you realize that you have to separate yourself from the pack. So I would never wear bell-bottoms, which everybody else was wearing. I had short hair - and to see a 21-year-old guy walk onstage without longish hair was, in itself, weird. Every entertainer needs a shtick. -- Loudon Wainwright III
I'm just an entertainer. In a way crime stories are boring. A crime's been committed and at the end you know it will be solved. So you've got to make the story interesting besides it just being a plot. And that's why character matters, why you've got to make the characters interesting. -- Jo Nesbo
I think that Michael Jackson, just as an entertainer, as a figure who embodies the contradictions of black identity and the possibilities of R&B music in the '70s and '80s, will continue to be one of the most recognized and formidable human beings that we've ever produced in our tradition. -- Michael Eric Dyson
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. -- Dolly Parton
There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do in your life, you do on stage. You have to let go. And that's extra hard for rappers. We have a tendency to, quote unquote, keep it real. As an actor, you have to be able to humiliate yourself. Do whatever it takes. -- Heavy D
I see myself as an entertainer. -- Ben Mezrich
I'm in showbusiness. I'm an entertainer. -- Chris Isaak
The best teacher is an entertainer. -- Bob Keeshan
I haven't traditionally been a family entertainer. -- David Walliams
I'm an entertainer in the military-entertainment complex. -- Bruce Sterling
I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer. -- Wayne Coyne
I am simply the very best sports entertainer -- Shawn Michaels
I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director. -- William Shatner
I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer. -- Rachel Weisz
I am essentially an entertainer and a storyteller. -- Bryce Courtenay
I'm not a professional entertainer. I'm not Neil Diamond. -- Cat Power
I'm probably the highest paid outdoor entertainer since Cleopatra, -- Gypsy Rose Lee
What I do is I'm a bandleader, frontman, entertainer. -- Shane MacGowan
I'm not really an actress type. I'm an entertainer. -- Susan Olsen
I am only a public entertainer who understands his time. -- Pablo Picasso
I was an entertainer, ever since I was a kid. -- Micky Dolenz
I'm not just a rapper. I'm an entertainer. That's the difference. -- LL Cool J
Being an entertainer includes knowing how to connect with an audience. -- Joe Nichols
Realistically I know I'm an entertainer. When you're exciting, you're remembered. -- Johny Hendricks
Prisoners are the greatest audience that an entertainer can perform to. -- Johnny Cash
I regard myself as an entertainer much more than an artist. -- Peter Jackson
I don't consider myself an interviewer as much as an entertainer. -- Ellen DeGeneres
As an entertainer, my job is to help people have fun. -- Gloria Estefan
An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. -- Artie Shaw
A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. -- Anton Chekhov
I'm a vulgar lounge entertainer, I don't need to wear a tie. -- Craig Ferguson
I'm the world's greatest wrestler, the world's greatest singer, the world's greatest entertainer. -- Jeff Jarrett
Being an entertainer, especially in times like these, is really a public service. -- Linda Ronstadt
I am an entertainer. Cinema is entertainment. It is nothing more than that. -- Sunny Deol
I think any entertainer just sort of goes along with whatever comes along. -- Julie London
My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer. -- Rick James
No other entertainer in the world ever took the risks that Liberace took. -- Robin Leach
I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess. -- Kary Mullis
I will do my best to entertain. That's what I am: an entertainer. -- Britt Ekland
The business of being a popular entertainer in England is just too hard. -- Andrew Eldritch
I love being an entertainer - not really fond of being a celebrity. -- Erykah Badu
I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I'm just an entertainer. -- Elvis Presley
Today I blame only certain agents for my long eclipse as a public entertainer. -- Ethel Waters
When you have this job [as an entertainer] you're suddenly not a person anymore. -- Vince Staples
I'm not a performer. If they're looking for entertainer-in-chief, I'm probably not the guy. -- Jeb Bush
There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge. -- Charley Pride
Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Lee. -- Tracy Morgan
I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to. -- Danny Kaye
As an entertainer, a comedy guy, whatever, you're never gonna be truly 100-percent happy with anything. -- Corey Feldman
I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician. -- Miles Davis
Gaga is an entertainer, so a hat for her is part of the illusion of entertaining. -- Philip Treacy
An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise. -- Kate Smith
Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer. -- Rowan Atkinson
Rush Limbaugh, whether you hate him or not, he's a great entertainer; he's a great broadcaster. -- Stephanie Miller
I respect knowledge of the psyche. I would be a therapist if I weren't an entertainer. -- Jessica Simpson
I don't get on stage and give a social diatribe. I am a performer and an entertainer. -- Pete Wentz
I'm an entertainer, not a commentator. If you're a comedian your job is to make people laugh. -- Johnny Carson
There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. A great entertainer needs to have charisma. -- George Best
I just think it's my responsibility as a human being and an entertainer to see the soldiers. -- Coolio
I think touring is one fo the funnest parts of being a singer or entertainer or whatever. -- Jhene Aiko
That's the job of the entertainer, to entertain, not to motivate or inspire people to get violent! -- Kurtis Blow
I'm just an entertainer. All I want to be is funny. I never aspired to play Hamlet. -- Danny Kaye
One year, I was nominated for entertainer of the year, and I didn't think I deserved it. -- Miranda Lambert
The public has always had affection for gay entertainers. The time was right for an out gay entertainer. -- Julian Clary
I don't call myself an actor, I call myself an entertainer, because I don't just do one thing. -- John Barrowman
It doesn't matter as long as you're there to enjoy the atmosphere. How else am I an entertainer? -- Seungri
Cher wanted to be an entertainer more than I've seen anybody want to be an entertainer in my life. -- Sonny Bono
The cool part of being an entertainer is getting the opportunity to get your feet wet in all areas. -- Paula Abdul
I'm just an entertainer, man. I don't like to pigeonhole myself to anything. I love to do it all. -- Ice Cube
I love Twitter. As an entertainer, it's a way to connect with the fans, and I think that's important. -- Lance Gross
Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Rush Limbaugh's whole thing is entertainment. Yes, it is incendiary. Yes, it is ugly. -- Michael Steele
I believe that as an entertainer, you're only as good as your audience and the people who support you. -- Zachary Levi
Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession. -- Russell Crowe
I never rule anything out. I'm an entertainer. Be it presenting, singing, acting, I just do things I love. -- Martine McCutcheon
I like Daughtry, I like Nickelback, I like Dave Matthews. I like Beyonce - she's a really good entertainer. -- Grace Slick
Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience. -- Charley Pride
You look in the mirror everyday and you see the same thing. As an entertainer, you wanna see something new. -- Andre Benjamin
I want to be an all round entertainer, I want to act, make films, make albums, do whatever I can. -- Christina Aguilera
If you're going to be an entertainer, entertain thoroughly. If you're going to make a scary movie, scare people well. -- Andrew Bryniarski
If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman. -- G. Gordon Liddy
Nearly everything I do is part of a master plan to make me the most important entertainer in the world. -- Bobby Darin
If youre going to be an entertainer, entertain thoroughly. If youre going to make a scary movie, scare people well. -- Andrew Bryniarski
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. -- Leigh Bingham Nash
When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review. -- Scott Hamilton
I'm an entertainer and I entertain people and they entertain me back by asking questions. And some of them I answer. -- Carl Reiner
You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar. -- Brendon Urie
When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer. -- Natalie Portman
I never tell an audience what they can expect. I never have and I never will. I'm an entertainer for 75 years. -- Jerry Lewis
My dreams and aspirations when I was a child for as long as I can remember was to be an entertainer. -- Brittany Murphy
As I get into it more, I want to grow as an artist, as an entertainer, and basically perfect my craft. -- Justin Bieber
I want you to remember something for me. My name is Robbie Williams. I'm a singer, a songwriter, and a born entertainer. -- Robbie Williams
When I appear onstage, that's my departure from Momhood - and I transform into Natalie MacMaster: the entertainer, the fiddler, the performer. -- Natalie MacMaster
I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life. -- Adam Lambert

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