Vegas Quotes

I never thought about becoming a professional singer, but I am in touch with Bono about releasing a musical movie. It will be about an Irish band during the '70s who are looking for fortune in Las Vegas. I should play the singer of the band but I don't want to sing in front of anybody.

It is not easy to get rich in Las Vegas, at Churchill Downs, or at the local Merrill Lynch office.

As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think "actor" and see some easy money.

I come home every weekend and I still can't believe I represent Las Vegas in Congress. It's such a kick.

The cool parts - the parts that have won Dubai its reputation as 'the Vegas of the Middle East' or 'the Venice of the Middle East' or 'the Disney World of the Middle East, if Disney World were the size of San Francisco and out in a desert' - have been built in the last ten years.

Everytime I go to Vegas, I seem to incur some kind of fine.

I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

It's funny how many people will come to Vegas to see your show where they might not come out to see you unless you come to their hometown.

And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience.

The thing about Vegas is, I don't have to fly anywhere, and that really helps. It means I stay in one place for three weeks at a time instead of flying backwards and forwards.

I had a great time doing Vegas. It's just that it takes a lot of time.

Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there.

I started a big part of my career in Vegas.

But Vegas is really my first home.

People do stupid things in the heat of the moment. I've been in Vegas where I've gotten married for, like, five minutes.

It seems strange to say this, but it is true: Coming back to Vegas to work is like going on vacation for me.

I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.

The guys have a lot of good cars built up. We're going to do some more testing before we go back to Las Vegas and try to win at Vegas again. We need to get off to a quick start.

I lost $35,000 in less than a week at the Mirage in Las Vegas.

I have a very warm spot in my heart for Vegas.

I like Vegas for its spontaneity.

Hatred is not what Las Vegas is about. We will have zero tolerance for anyone who is intolerant.

I used to collect hockey cards. It was like Vegas at my school. You'd go to school with your box of cards, and at recess and lunchtime there were all these games we'd play.

I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it.

There's just no quiet in Vegas.

The big advantage to playing the Venetian in Las Vegas - where it's a beautiful theater - is that unlike other places, even many other nice venues, I can do a set and lighting cues, I can put on a real show. I can dress up, wear a tux.

Man, I really like Vegas.

I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names.

I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.

I believe in Las Vegas. I think its best days are ahead of it. But I'm afraid to do anything in the current political environment in the United States.