Quotes About Experience

The first time I performed on stage, that was almost the first concert I went to, so that was pretty interesting and a bit weird at the same time.

I love music but I never went to a concert in my life. The first time I went to a concert I performed on a stage with Drake.

I've performed in concert halls thousands and thousands of times in my life.

Panja Vaisshnav Tej is such a talented actor. He competed with experienced actors and performed very well.

We've been around the world, we've performed in places we couldn't even imagine we'd perform in.

I was 17 when I auditioned for 'Miss Saigon.' I really grew up doing that show. I pretty much knew, almost a year into 'Miss Saigon,' that I was going to be a performer, that I was going to be singing and acting.

I was always drawn to the blues. Alberta Hunter at the Cookery was a life-changing experience. I only wanted to get enriched as a performer as I got older, to have an audience which got older, too, and would come to see me when I'm 80.

My experience for myself as a performer is not one of high expectations.

Doing a show like 'Dancing On Ice,' if you are not a performer, it's a bizarre world to go into.

I was a late bloomer. I wasn't a child performer.

Working with Al Pacino was an amazing experience. He's such an amazing guy. He's an incredible performer and actor - and, aside from that, just a generous human being.

I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.

I haven't had a lot of comedy come my way as a performer.

I've been a live performer longer than I've been a television performer. For me, live is where it's at.

As a young performer, I didn't know that you can have a great time playing someone in terrible crisis. The more you know it's not real, the deeper you can go into it. And the easier it is to let it go when it's done.

I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do.

In '92, I got my first Broadway show as a performer - 'Crazy for You.' I was in the ensemble. In fact, I was in eight Broadway shows as a dancer. Seven of them were original shows. That's how I learned to create something from the ground up.

I acted as a kid. I always liked it, but I don't really have a performer's personality.

I figured if I played in the no-man's land of intimacy, I would learn to be a performer.

I've learned how to be a better performer on stage and interact with the fans, make it feel like a collective experience more than just me singing songs on a stage and feeling really detached.

I think if I was going to be someone for a day, I would want to be a performer, someone big, like Rihanna. I'd want to feel the energy of being on stage. I've always found that very interesting.

When I was a kid and went to shows, my favorites were Live Events. You really see a performer's personality on Live Events than on TV.

Working with Lucha and Mexico and all the independent wrestling I've done has made me an exponentially better performer.

I think I would not be who I am if I did not have experience both as an audience and as a performer in those early days of my career. It taught me what entertainment is all about.