Quotes About Showmanship

I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.

I always had the idea that I wanted to perform. I love being the center of attention - and I always love talking about myself.

The person who is most a part of me is the performer, is the standup, the guy who says, "Hey look at me, listen to this!" I do that because that's what I do, I love doing it.

Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform.

I love performing. There is an ego in me that loves to be in front of people.

I'm lively when I perform and I always put everything into a show, but when I get home I love lying down in front of the TV and relaxing.

I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.

Playing a concert for 2 hours is pie. I would do that every minute of every day if I could. I love to perform. It's the 22 hours before the next show that kills you.

I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.

It hard to be real heel, like Iron Sheik-class.

When the lights in the arena turn on, I'm Mickie James all the time.

From a very young age, my main thing was always entertaining.

As a young girl, my real dream was to be the woman in the shows at SeaWorld.

That's the essence of pro wrestling to me, is the traveling, the road, going from Kalamazoo to the next random town.

Honey Singh has tremendous energy on stage.

Modern American magic, late 20th century magic, is tremendously disrespectful of the audience.

Movies started out as an extension of a magic trick, so making a spectacle is part of the game.

In America, they slag each other off at the press conference, then get in the ring and don't do anything.

When you're in the slam dunk contest, you try to do the things the average person would have trouble doing on a Nerf basket.

'This guy's a clown! He's just all talk!' I've heard that many times in my career. And then they're sleeping in the middle of the octagon.

I even do things sometimes just to get the crowd booing me, whether it's smashing someone or doing something deliberately silly. It's been part of my game for a long time now.

When you see me at the show, I'm smiling because I want you to know I can do this all day.

I have always had a certain aversion to heat. And for me, the name of the game on the stage is 'beat the heat.' It's always July under the lights.

I want us to have just one of the biggest shows in rock and roll.