Performing Quotes
Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clenches his fist.
A lot of those comics can't hold down relationships and they've got no other life apart from performing. They sleep in their Jags and a lot of them can't even talk. All they can do is tell gags.
I think when you've lived a bit, you read more into the songs. I do, anyway. And you're sort of living the songs rather than performing them.
No man's ambitions (have) a right to stand in the way of performing a simple act of justice.
It is an inherent property of intelligence that it can jump out of a task which it is performing and survey what it has done.
Self-expression is my goal, I want to be real with my feelings. Singing and dancing and all the joy that goes with performing come from my heart. If I can't feel it, I won't do it.
Teller and I worked Renaissance Festivals and street performing - actually more real, no kidding around, Philadelphia street performing than we did Renaissance Festivals.
The skills that we have are the actual magic skills - not the performing skills. We have to separate those. But the actual skills that make the tricks work, we don't get to use again.
Writing humor in my column isn't as dangerous as performing it. If I fail in front of a live audience, the humiliation is as great as anything a human being can suffer.
I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.
Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the almost certain Means of performing.
I love it. It's all good to me. Whether I'm performing in New York, L.A., Columbus or Des Moines, I give 110 percent every night.
When love congeals It soon reveals The faint aroma of performing seals, The double-crossing of a pair of heels. I wish I were in love again!
They do the soaps differently in Mexico. You just have to know the storyline and not memorize the lines. There would be someone feeding you lines while you were performing.
Outside of performing, (a comedian) is someone who is analyzing life, thinking about it and trying to be observing so much. In my opinion, it can make you feel on the outside looking in.
I definitely enjoy an audience, when I'm performing. As I get older I'm kind of less comfortable at being demonstrative. I always fancied myself as a raconteur, but that never really worked out.
Performing to me is the most vital, most important. It's my favorite part of all of it. I just want to be on stage.
The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.
I really appreciate my performing so much better, as I get older. I don't take it for granted anymore. I really relish it and love it.
No matter what size I am I love performing no matter how big or little I am! I feel good.
I thought acting was what grownups did. It was such a part of my childhood. I was already in love with performing before I knew there were other options. By then, it was too late.
They wanted me to lead these young players, teach them the way to compete, when the only thing I should be worried about is how I'm performing in the game.
I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
I was performing skin grafts and became interested in why skin wouldn't graft permanently.
Whoever functions in an office or calling received from one who holds priesthood keys exercises priesthood authority in performing her or his assigned duties.
I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like.
Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.
Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night.
It's a whole package, singer/songwriter. I like writing but I like performing just as much.
Us going out there and performing our best. That's how I define success. I'm not going to define it for us by the wins and the losses as much as by the effort and how we handle ourselves.
I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be on, performing.
Comedians sometimes forget that there's an audience. You gotta be conscious that you're performing for other human beings.
My first professional job was actually at a place called Opryland USA, which no longer exists, but I've been performing since I was a kid.
I think of myself as an entertainer: I'm a performing entertainer, I'm a stand-up comic. But there's an artist at work here, too. One who interprets his world through his own filter.
I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18.
Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me.
We were all delighted, we all realized we were leaving confusion and nonsense behind and performing our one and noble function of the time, move.
I had a real passion for performing. I craved the attention. I was a goofy kid just like I am a goofy adult. So as soon as I got the bug of getting laughs and getting on stage I just couldn't stop.
I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain.
I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get out my shyness.
Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions.
