Performers Quotes - Page 20

• I wasn't really writing anything that I felt was worth it at the end, but then certain things sparked me as a solo writer - to be able to try new things and experiment, and ultimately challenge myself as a performer and as a songwriter and just to commit to ideas, and not be afraid to be myself.

  William Beckett

  Writing, Ideas, Challenges

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• I was spending three days literally just kibitzing with Jack Nicholson at a table! It was heaven! And talk about a normal guy. My God, he was just so real and cool and relaxed and fun. And he was a great performer. He's such an actor. He really was so focused on every moment. It was great.

  Peter Jacobson

  Fun, Real, Guy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When I watch comedy I love to see that pleasure in the performer's eye and that sense of cheek - and even those moments when you can see someone is trying not to laugh.

  Mathew Baynton

  Eye, Laughing, Trying

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer.

  Gregory Maguire

  Should Have, Voice, Bones

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• I remember the first time I was booked into a jazz club. I was scared to death. I'm not a jazz artist. So I got to the club and spotted this big poster saying, 'Richie Havens, folk jazz artist.' Then I'd go to a rock club and I'm billed as a 'folk rock performer' and in the blues clubs I'd be a 'folk blues entertainer.'

  Richie Havens

  Artist, Rocks, Clubs

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• It's very advantageous to be sensitive with your work - and, yet, being sensitive, in reality, when criticized, it can annihilate you. It can destroy you. And with the internet there sometimes is a lot of harm, which I find must be very difficult for youngsters coming on - it can be very harsh; the criticism. And, sometimes, it can be a little cruel - which makes it hard for young performers coming on.

  Michael Crawford

  Reality, Criticism, Littles

  "InDepth InterView Exclusive: Michael Crawford Talks THE WIZARD OF OZ, PHANTOM, Future Concerts & More!". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. December 9, 2011.

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• I wanted to be an actor and I wanted to be a performer. Like Hugh [Grant] said earlier, we might all have this weird gene. Hopefully I will continue to have the talent to allow that gene to play itself out for as long as it can.

  Mandy Moore

  Play, Long, Actors

  Source: movieweb.com

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• I think I'm open to adventures and surprises. As a performer, I'm really just naturally talented. And those roles may not look as good on paper, but I know how to create them on screen. I like to have fun and interpret my roles in my own way.

  Bai Ling

  Fun, Adventure, Thinking

  Disc Dish Interview, www.discdish.com. July 8, 2013.

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• It's a very different show because of the elements that we're putting in. There's so many different styles of comedy, but Mr. Show was unique to Bob and David - two of the most brilliant performers and writers there are. Their show was based on them. Our show is a bit more broad. We have a cast of 7, we have guests. We can be slightly more topical.

  B. J. Porter

  Unique, Two, Style

  Source: www.dead-frog.com

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• I knew I wanted to be a performer really early on, like around 8 years old. I did tons of acting and loved being in front of people.

  Kate Brown

  Years, People, Acting

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• I'm most excited to see how I've grown as a performer. After Dancing With the Stars I really was able to evolve in a lot of ways and I'm excited to put that to use on stage.

  Nick Carter

  Stars, Dancing, Use

  "Nick Carter Confirms That "of Course" the Backstreet Boys Will Appear on His Tour". Interview with Kelsie Gibson, www.popsugar.com. February 25, 2016.

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• I'm very much a stand-up comedian in my heart. That's really what I do. Now I'm trying to incorporate all of the different elements of my work as a performer, and use it as a stand-up comedian.

  Margaret Cho

  Heart, Comedian, Trying

  "Sing out, sister". Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. February 25, 2016.

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• In a personal way, to do with family and the father-son relationship, in a kind of artistic way with regard to him being an art student. I also studied the visual arts at Lancaster University. I then decided to become an actor as he was becoming a musician. And then as an actor/performer, we have similar sort of interests - music hall and that whole world. So, there's a lot that I felt connected with.

  Andy Serkis

  Art, Father, Son

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I'm so glad you brought that up Jay Lethal as a performer has grown into, I'll say this even though I'm wrestling him this Friday, he's one of my favorite wrestlers in the game right now. He's unreal. He's amazing in the ring. It doesn't matter who he's wresting. He's unreal on the microphone.

  Adam Cole

  Friday, Wrestling, Games

  Source: 411mania.com

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• When you have performers, there's the uniqueness of live performance and what performers do in concerts.

  Paul Lansky

  Concerts, Performances, Live Performance

  Source: therumpus.net

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• For a long time, I've distinguished between entertainer and performer and entertainer and artist. To me, an entertainer is someone who pleases others, and an artist tries to please himself.

  George Carlin

  Artist, Long, Trying

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• I like playing music. I don't always like the feeling of people looking at me. I don't think I'm, like, a natural performer, but I'm getting better.

  Dan Bejar

  Thinking, People, Feelings

  "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I've worked with Emily Skinner and I've seen Linda Balgord's work. I saw Harvey Keitel at the call-backs. But generally I don't know many people. They're not only good performers; they're really good singers! This show is for people who have more of a history in reading music. From what I already know about the ensemble, it's going to be great. And I can't wait to meet the rest of them. They're the real deal.

  Max von Essen

  Real, Reading, People

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• When I decided to pursue a career as a Muppet Performer when I was in college, it was my hope to be able to play a wide range of Muppet characters in all areas and genres of television and film.

  Stephanie D'Abruzzo

  Character, College, Play

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• I love performing in a good straight play as well and I'm a crossover actor, I crossover from plays to musicals, musicals to plays. This is very difficult for performers.

  Erica Schroeder

  Play, Actors, Difficult

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• Khairani Barokka is a writer, spoken-word poet, visual artist and performer whose work has a strong vein of activism, particularly around disability, but also how this intersects with, for example, issues of gender - she's campaigned for reproductive rights in her native Indonesian, and is currently studying for a PhD in disability and visual cultures at Goldsmiths. She's written a feminist, environmentalist, anti-colonialist narrative poem, with tactile artwork and a Braille translation. How could I not publish that?

  Deborah Smith

  Strong, Artist, Rights

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Try not be resentful or jealous of other people's success. Know that your path as a performer is going to be very different than others. Try your best not to compare.

  Erica Schroeder

  Jealous, People, Trying

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• I like being a musician that's also a fly on the wall. I like people coming in the room and doing what they do and then leaving. I like attention, but it actually gives me a little less to work with as a performer if people are editing themselves and not being them.

  Travis Morrison

  Wall, Editing, People

  "The Dismemberment Plan". Interview with Lindsay Zoladz, pitchfork.com. June 27, 2013.

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• My belief is that the music is always stronger than the performer: there is always something new, something we learn, whether at a performance or during a rehearsal.

  Helene Grimaud

  Stronger, Rehearsal, Belief

  Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. January 29, 2014.

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• I've always liked extreme performers; I don't think I am one, but my mentality is in line with that.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Thinking, Lines, Extremes

  Source: pitchfork.com

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