Performers Quotes - Page 14

• My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It's thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that's not me. Often with actors, it's a case of witnessing a big party piece but wondering afterwards, where's the substance?

  Colin Firth

  Party, Substance, Actors

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• I'm a performer. We don't retire.

  Robert Goulet

  Retiring

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• The Tinted Windows shows were very fun but it's very different for me as a performer. I'm not playing music - I'm just singing and I missed that. I miss rocking out on keys, drums, guitar... whatever it is.

  Taylor Hanson

  Fun, Keys, Guitar

  "Taylor Hanson Isn’t Burning Down Any Hotel Rooms". Interview with Jon Chattman, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2009.

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• My singing wasn't horrible, but my dancing really made it look silly. It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing. But I don't have the consistency or the presentation skills that a good performer has.

  William Hung

  Silly, Skills, Dancing

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• I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch.

  Wanda Jackson

  Watches, Stills, Picks

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• The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.

  Zola Jesus

  Song, Empowering, Benefits

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• Done right, a performance review is one of the best opportunities to encourage and support high performers and constructively improve your middle- and lower-tier workers.

  Kathryn Minshew

  Opportunity, Support, Done

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• A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot.

  Patti LuPone

  Rocks, Kind, Middle

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• I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist.

  Leo Kottke

  Artist, Lines, Way

  "The Lyric Presents Leo Kottke 1/23". www.broadwayworld.com. January 12, 2010.

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• I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.

  R. Kelly

  Chicago, Streets, Street Performers

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My mother wasn't rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I've been shot. And now I'm known around the world, and I've touched a lot of people with my music. That's one of the great testimonies that's gonna go down in history.

  R. Kelly

  Mother, Father, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There are so many factors that go into how you feel, as a performer, on any given movie, that it's really hard to identify which things are the things that help you be good, and which are the things that hinder you.

  Alessandro Nivola

  How You Feel, Helping, Given

  "Alessandro Nivola Talks Janie Jones and Redemption". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. Novermber 01, 2011.

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• I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.

  Bebe Neuwirth

  Who I Am, Stage

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• I believe a great performer is someone who sounds just as great live as they do in the studio and vice versa. They should know how to work the stage.

  Haley Reinhart

  Believe, Vices, Sound

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• Some bands blow it before they even play. The most important moment of any show is when a band walks out with the red amp lights glowing, the flashlight that shows each performer the way to his spot on the stage. It's crucial not to blow it. It sets the tempo of the show; it affects everyone's perception of the band.

  Johnny Ramone

  Blow, Play, Light

  Johnny Ramone (2012). “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone”, p.50, Abrams

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• I've got a very behind-the-scenes personality. I don't know how I became a performer. I like to stay discreet, out of the public eye, very low-key.

  Leon Redbone

  Eye, Keys, Personality

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• Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members.

  Martha Reeves

  Half, Care, Earning

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• One tries to be an observer as an actor and indeed as a director because the small things, the give-away things are what are really interesting to a performer.

  Janet Suzman

  Giving, Interesting, Trying

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• I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous.

  Jenny Slate

  People, Want

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

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• Songs suffer at the mercy of the performer.

  Jo Stafford

  Song, Suffering, Mercy

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• The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.

  Leonard Slatkin

  Orchestra, Roles, Century

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• I was ballet dancing at four, playing piano by six, and doing commercials by 12. When I was 21, I was on the number one live comedy show in Puerto Rico. I told my parents, 'I'm going to New York to become a performer.' And I left.

  Roselyn Sanchez

  New York, Piano, Numbers

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I first got to New York, all I did was musicals. After a few years I had to make a conscious choice to close the door on musicals, because I was getting pigeon-holed as a musical theater performer.

  Tamara Tunie

  New York, Doors, Years

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

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• To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer.

  Rod Taylor

  Paper, Feels

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• For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.

  Uma Thurman

  Real, Writing, Heart

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