Performing Quotes

I'm a fan of making films. Whether I'm on stage or in front of a camera, one of my first loves is performing for the people. I'd like to do more acting.

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration.

I persist in performing.

I do, have done and always will believe that I am very capable of performing and thriving at any level of the sport.

When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me.

You know, things kind of happen organically and, you know, Broadway sort of happened out of a career in performing and - which happened out of practicing piano when I was a kid.

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.

I know how to put it on when it comes to interviews and performing because I have to. But I'm pretty laid back.

I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record.

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.

I've always had a sense of humour, and I still do, so I just want to go on performing as long as I can. It's as simple as that.

I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.

Know that there is so much more to you than your body. It's not just about perfecting the steps; you must trust your instincts to tell deep, emotional stories through the steps that you are performing.

I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.

There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great.

If you keep performing, and if you stay healthy, you keep playing.

In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.

I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between gigs, now I just like to do stand-up gigs as much as I can.

I went to a Canadian college for performing arts and then I auditioned for Canadian Idol. That honestly was my golden ticket.

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.

I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insane? Mentally ill? I don't know.

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.

Now I'm having the time of my life being on the road with one of the world's all-time great big bands, and performing with symphonies. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I've always seen myself as one of those 'show people.' My earliest memories are wanting and needing to entertain people, like a gypsy traveler who goes from place to place, city to city, performing for audiences and reaching people.

I have zero interest in performing in films to try to convey any kind of message. My job is to be entertaining. There's a very different point of view about messages in films in Europe than there is in the States. Audiences rebel because they feel that they are being preached to.

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.

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. So it wasn't something I ever seriously considered.