Performer Quotes - page 9

The worst thing you can do as a performer is to judge your character in any way, positively or negatively. (Romola Garai)
I don't get to do a lot of fight scenes on 'Sanctuary,' but I'm a trained fighter; I've been doing martial arts for years and, you know, I'm very active physically; I used to be a circus performer. View quote
Ryan Robbins
I will definitely start in small venues, as I want to find my feet as a performer; the first shows that Westlife did was ten dates at Wembley, which was just crazy. We didn't have a clue what we were doing because it was so big. View quote
Shane Filan
I miss my hair, but I feel like going out there with some fake braids wouldn't be right. I want to be the most genuine performer I can be. View quote
Sharon Jones
You know, I play in small, intimate venues; I'm not an arena performer. View quote
Sondre Lerche
In every language you can imagine, I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I don't think you could say something nicer to an entertainer or performer - can't get more respectful. View quote
Steven Adler
I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at. View quote
Samantha Morton
Because of my Asian-ness, I couldn't be anonymous - what I said, what I ate, what I did at the weekend were startlingly different to what everyone else did. I was also a performer, quick and chameleon-like, good at accents, so that made me stand out. View quote
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Not everyone can be as successful a performer as myself, who gave 10 great performances the first time I ever did comedy, and then toiled in obscurity for years. View quote
Scott Aukerman
Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country, you have to do everything. And in the States you can narrow-cast, you can be just a sitcom performer or a stand-up comedian or a sketch performer. View quote
Scott Thompson
Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride. (Scott Weiland)
I'm a live performer and I love playing live. View quote
Tim Finn
Feeling emotionally connected to a song, and accumulating every bit of the moment's energy to sing out to the audience is what I believe makes a great performer. View quote
Thia Megia
Miss Dietrich is not so much a performer as a one-woman environment. View quote
Vincent Canby
As a performer, you can't just sit around waiting for the phone to ring. You have to write and develop projects for yourself, because casting people aren't always going to see you the way you want to be seen. Write a one-person show, shoot a short film, do plays, whatever - activity breeds activity. No one's interested in a stay-at-home actress. View quote
Wendi McLendon-Covey
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. View quote
Zola Jesus
I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there. View quote
Fred Astaire
I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time. View quote
Jamie Lee Curtis
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. View quote
Uma Thurman
To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face. View quote
Liza Minnelli
I tell ya, if I hadn't chosen the career of being a performer, I think linguistics would have been a natural area that I'd have loved -- to teach it, probably, ... Language has always fascinated me. There's a genetic inheritance there ... a good language gene, which I inherited from my mother and grandfather and she fostered that in me as he fostered that in her. (George Carlin)
People tend to think that because I'm a performer and I don't go to a regular high school that I haven't personally been affected by bullies. But it's actually quite the contrary. View quote
Ariana Grande
Of course, if there's one thing more annoying to a performer than being recognized on the street, it's not being recognized. View quote
Jack Paar
I'm not a natural born performer. View quote
Amy Winehouse
Throughout my whole life, as a performer, I've never played with a band. I've always played alone, so I was never required to stay in rhythm or anything. So it was a real different experience for me to start playing with a band. There were so many basic things for me to learn. View quote
Steve Martin