I read a lot of heavy literature when I’m on set, so on holiday I want to indulge in something light-hearted. – Hayley Atwell
When I travel, I just take what I need and I run. I always have my briefcase stuffed with work, even when I go on a holiday. – Ian Schrager
Overspending is as certain a part of the holiday season as overeating. But pushing away from both the table and the cash register at least a little bit sooner can make the post-holiday hangover hurt a little bit less. – Jeffrey Kluger
My idols are singers like Billie Holiday and Erykah Badu because there’s no gloss on what they do. – Andra Day
If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music – unless it’s Billie Holiday. – Barbra Streisand
I loved Billie Holiday more than any other person other than myself on the stage. Yeah, I do. – Abbey Lincoln
I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era. – Bob Iger
Well, it wasn’t a holiday, but I had expected to do some sightseeing when I went to Haiti to film a series called ‘True Horror’ for Discovery. Before I arrived, our film crew were kidnapped and held at knifepoint. – Anthony Head
I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan. – Al Sharpton
For years, I was compared to Wookiees, especially after I did the ‘Star Wars Holiday Special.’ I have some photos of me with a few of the Wookiees on the set, and it’s hard to tell us apart. – Bruce Vilanch
When you’re not on the payroll, and you want to continue the Beverly Wilshire lifestyle, but you’re only geared for a Holiday Inn existence, things are gonna catch up to you. – Bobby Keys
From the late 19th to the early 20th century, the December issue of almost any general-interest magazine regularly featured a holiday horror or two. – Michael Dirda
I’m not one for sightseeing or going around the shops when I’m on holiday. I do enough shopping when I’m at home, and like to have a complete break when I’m away. – Paloma Faith
When I did Taming of the Shrew, I was very tired, and I decided to have a holiday and make a documentary. – Diane Cilento
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. – George Bernard Shaw A Treatise on Parents and Children.
I wrapped that Monday and started on my third episode for Miss Match on Thursday of that same week and we just wrapped yesterday cause it was split over the holiday. – Charisma Carpenter
I do read on holiday, but it tends to be very lowbrow. I’m into really camp biographies, and I’m a shameless fan of Jilly Cooper. – Miranda Raison
If ever there was a holiday that deserves to be commercialized, it’s Halloween. We haven’t taken it away from kids. We’ve just expanded it so that the kid in adults can enjoy it, too. – Cassandra Peterson
