Gigs Quotes - Page 5

• The anxiety of not knowing what my next gig is keeps me hungry.

  Ben Schwartz

  Knowing, Anxiety, Next

  Source: www.avclub.com

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Moving to Australia was not a career move, but a quality of life issue. It has no guns, no God, and no gangster rap. As an Ethiopian cab driver said to me the other day when I was returning from a gig in Sydney, Australia is a peaceful, democratic place. I like the relatively stress free lifestyle. It's worth the drop in income.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Stress, Rap, Moving

  7 Copy quote

• Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile.

  Ray Stevenson

  Sometimes, Enough, Profile

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's just to break things up between stand-up gigs. I would only do it periodically. Maybe just an East Coast thing.

  Don Rickles

  East, Break, Coast

  Source: glamorosi.blogspot.com

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• [Eddie Locke] had a huge impact in my life. He was a great jazz drummer. He was mentored by Papa Joe Jones and he played for many years with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge and actually got me on a gig with Roy Eldridge when I was 20 that I'll never forget.

  Jon Gordon

  Impact, Years, Papa

  4 Copy quote

• If you want to know how important Portland is to me, there's no Saturday night gigs here. They weren't available. So our whole thing coming into Portland, which is going to be different from anybody else, any other city, is every night is Saturday night.

  Garth Brooks

  Night, Cities, Important

  "Garth Brooks interview: The country icon on Nashville, GhostTunes and his Portland shows". Interview with David Greenwald, www.oregonlive.com. March 6, 2015.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Working on 'Gossip Girl' was a fantastic experience. It was my first real gig and I'm thankful for it - I got to learn a lot. I'm glad I got to explore getting comfortable in my own shoes in the background on a show like 'Gossip Girl.'

  Dreama Walker

  Girl, Real, Shoes

  "The Interpretation of Dreama". Interview with Alex Chapman, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 11, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• After a gig I get to the hotel all psyched-up from being on stage and get stuck into 'Homes and Interiors' magazine.

  Gary Barlow

  Home, Magazines, Stage

  14 Copy quote

• I failed to get into drama school, and my best friend told me I should do stand-up instead. I was always doing gags and voices, so he booked a gig for me without telling me. I only had four days to write it. I did a seven-minute set; the first four minutes were terrible, but the last two were amazing.

  Marcus Brigstocke

  Drama, Writing, School

  "60 SECONDS: Marcus Brigstocke". Interview with Paul Kevan, metro.co.uk. June 27, 2007.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• You never know which gig is going to be your last.

  Mika

  Lasts, Knows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• There's a dark side to each and every human soul. We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vader in all of us. Thing is, this ain't no either or proposition. We're talking about dialectics, the good and the bad merging into us. You can run but you can't hide. My experience? Face the darkness, stare it down. Own it. As brother Nietzsche said, being human is a complicated gig. Give that old dark night of the soul a hug! Howl the eternal yes!

  Stuart Stevens

  Running, Brother, Dark

  8 Copy quote

• I was so happy and content with in life playing music. Music was always my first job and my day gig was my second job.

  Bo Bice

  Jobs, Playing Music, Firsts

  4 Copy quote

• In the early days I was on the road 45-50 weeks a year, driving from gig to gig 6-8 weeks in a row. Not everyone can do that. The show becomes the easy part. Tt's the life on the road that is the hardest... and you can't get any good at standup unless you do the road.

  Henry Cho

  Years, Driving, Week

  4 Copy quote

• My father told me when I first started that standup is exciting and I should pursue it, but that writing would be the thing that would give me power over my career. I never have to take a road gig or a writing gig I don't want because I always have the ability to play one against the other.

  Greg Fitzsimmons

  Father, Writing, Play

  4 Copy quote

• I never even think about the physicality of roles, until honestly I get the gig and I think, 'OK, now what do I have to do in this one?' Like, I approach it thinking more about the character - do I respond to it? Is it something I think I can play? Does it seem like it'll be fun?

  Halle Berry

  Fun, Character, Thinking

  "Berry's Tough Break - Actress Stretches to Physical Max in 'Gothika'". The Knoxville News-Sentinel, November 21, 2003.

  56 Copy quote

  Show source

• I was fortunate enough to have my kids early, so being a mom always ended up being a better gig than these other parts that came along. So I always justified not really working a lot because I had a family.

  Heather Langenkamp

  Mom, Kids, Justified

  "Heather Langenkamp: It’s frustrating not to have experienced ‘Elm Street’". PopWrap Interview, pagesix.com. May 23, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like the people I was performing to. Not in a condescending way, but just that it would be weird if I was wearing exactly what someone in the crowd was wearing.

  Tinie Tempah

  Couple, People, Style

  7 Copy quote

• Teaching has definitely become a big part of my life in the past ten plus years. As it often does for many dedicated players. Because you can have some great gigs.

  Jon Gordon

  Teaching, Past, Player

  4 Copy quote

• What you do is, you just do the gig, enjoy, get on with it, and treat the rest as horse doodle.

  Ian McShane

  Horse, Treats, Enjoy

  "Why the Deadwood Guy Doesn't Care if NBC's Kings Makes Him More Famous". Interview with Jake Halperin, www.esquire.com. April 3, 2009.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Having done a normal job for 10 years, as a psychiatric nurse dealing with emergencies, I know what terrible, hopeless lives some people have. So in many ways, it's great to be able to wield the financial power that I can, and do gigs, fundraisers or give money. I feel lucky I can help out.

  Jo Brand

  Jobs, Years, Nurse

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I got to talk to people like Mel [Lewis] and Milt Hilton and Benny Carter and Clark Terry and... Jay McShann. I just found myself in some circumstances, on some gigs or sometimes in clubs, with the ability to talk to some of these people. Just being around their energy and being around that history was invaluable. And what I normally say to young people that are getting into the music, if you can and go... now there's less of those folks around, sadly.

  Jon Gordon

  People, Clubs, Just Being

  4 Copy quote

• I went in [Sweet Basil band] and played with them, maybe half the gig for almost eight years or more.

  Jon Gordon

  Sweet, Eight, Years

  4 Copy quote

• I was occasionally getting calls for some things. But I would say, 22 to 29 was a lot of scuffling. Hoping to get called for bad wedding gigs and I did do an off-Broadway show for about 15 months.

  Jon Gordon

  Broadway, Months, Shows

  4 Copy quote

• I definitely had some moments, where, "Wow, these were some hard chords" on some gig.

  Jon Gordon

  Wow, Moments, Chords

  4 Copy quote

• I went to Texas a few times for gigs and adopted the cowboy look. Every man, at some point in his life, goes through a cowboy stage - everyone! Well, at least everyone that I look up to!

  Theophilus London

  Cowboy, Men, Texas

  4 Copy quote