Quotes About Appreciation

I'm so grateful for everything that's happened. I love my work. People have such hurdles - I just wanted to perform, and I wanted my parents to be proud, and they were proud.

I think a director is hugely responsible for the fate of a film, so if it does well, he should be appreciated. As an actor, I can only perform well or choose to work with a good director in a good film.

I respect very much my public and also the music I perform.

It's an amazing experience to perform in Nagpur! Music aficionados here appreciate good music and shower their love magnanimously on artistes.

For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifesting their affections are the correct ones. It's not just about being a fan, it's about how you perform your fandom. That's always been interesting to me.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

I have seen 'OK Kanmani,' and I really enjoyed it. I loved Dulquer's performance. I became a fan of his after seeing his work in the film. I would love to meet him.

But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.

I watch a lot of movies, I watch a lot of old movies, I watch a lot of great performances, and I watch a lot of great directors.

I have been really fortunate to have had some amazing audiences who have just loved my music while I have performed.

The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what's given back to me by the audience. You would think you would be a performer partly so you could feel all the appreciation or adulation, but I haven't quite managed that yet.

The idea that any performer type is owed anything is a joke to me.

I have never met a grateful performer in the movies.

As a performer, I'm happy if one person gets to see the work I do, but to have lots of people see it and appreciate it, it feels good.

We can assume that for every 100 people who wanted to say something to their favorite performer, maybe only ten actually got out the stationery. And of those ten, maybe only four get the letter to the mailbox. So, out of all those fans, maybe only four percent are actually sending you anything. And maybe you have read it. Or not.

You don't need to be a performer in order to dive into the sensory experience of music. Simply get as close as you can to the source of the music.

We never forget we're all in this together. But Gwen's an incredible performer and she deserves all the attention she gets.

They don't fund the arts enough and they so often take words and music for granted and performers for granted - particularly women.

I think everyone respects Rock. He's obviously been in our industry his entire life in some form or fashion. He's a guy that works really hard, and most of our performers can appreciate that one way or another, whether it's in the movie industry or our industry.

As a cameraman, I was paid to stand within a few feet of Yehudi Menuhin performing. I saw Rudolph Nureyev dancing. I couldn't believe I was being paid for that.

I think that everybody's worked on shows where you feel like maybe a divide has happened between the talent and the crew. Those are the hardest jobs to do your best in, because as you're performing, you're aware that the people around you, because they haven't been afforded the respect that they deserve, they're not as invested.

When my brother and me got into performing in the late '40s and early '50s, it was a sensational opportunity to learn from our elders. Every show we played had a dancer, a comic, a juggler, a singer, an acrobat. I came to appreciate virtuosity in all forms of the business.

If I inspire you, pay for it, period.

I'm a fan of good music, period.