Performing Quotes - page 3

Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed. (Peter O'Toole)
Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it. View quote
Maureen O'Hara
Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist. View quote
Helen Reddy
The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does. View quote
David Rubenstein
We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor knows that hidden inside himself there's a wizard and a king, he also knows that when he's playing himself in his daily life, he's playing a part, he's performing, just as he's performing when he plays a part on stage. View quote
Wallace Shawn
I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship. View quote
Anthony Anderson
I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard. View quote
Ade Edmondson
Productivity is driven at the enterprise level. Better wages, better performing workplaces, are driven at the workplace level. View quote
Bill Shorten
Writing is sort of putting a puzzle together halfway. Then, performing it has always been the completion of it. Once that happens, I'm feeling verbally communal with other people. It's out there and I feel so much better about it. View quote
Brandi Carlile
Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience. View quote
Brett Somers
Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing. (Charley Pride)
I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again. View quote
Chris LeDoux
For one year I did go to Performing Arts School, and I had very weird friends. View quote
Christina Milian
There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great. View quote
Christina Milian
Onstage I do all the stuff I'd never do in real life, like lashing out at people who make me mad or freaking out in a long bank lineup. Performing allows me to fulfill all the sicko fantasies I've ever had. View quote
Colin Mochrie
I realized that performing was what I wanted to do when I did my first professional gig as a dancer with my company Synergy in Canada. I was overwhelmed with how it felt to perform in front of an audience. View quote
Catherine Mary Stewart
I understand the rock star deal having been one and still going out strapping my guitar on and performing. Now, I probably do 30 or 40 dates a year and I get to relive how I felt at 19 when I played in some really bad bands. View quote
David Cassidy
I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this. View quote
David Crosby
Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed. View quote
David K. Shipler
Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature. View quote
David Tudor
The club shows are really intense and powerful, but for a shorter time, and the audiences are in close proximity than when I'm performing at The Palace Theatre. (Deborah Cox)
It was a dream come true performing with her and just being on the same record. So in my eyes, she was the epitome of a great voice and for us to share together was awesome. View quote
Deborah Cox
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. View quote
Doc Severinsen
My mom is an art teacher and is very much into the performing arts. What can I say? She is the female in my life and has guided me on how to act and conduct myself. A lot of my strength comes from her. View quote
Erin Andrews
When I'm performing for the people, I am me, then. I am that little girl who, when she was five years old, used to sing at church. Or I'm that 15-year-old young lady who wanted to be grown and wanted to sing and couldn't wait to be smokin' a cigarette, you know? View quote
Etta James