Quotes About Showmanship

I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits.

I think most of the people, once you see a Kiss show, you kinda get spoiled because I don't think there's anybody out there that's doing a bigger or a better show than us.

WHOAAAA. THERE GOES CODY RHOOOOODESSSS. WHOAAAA. YOU'RE ONLY SMOKE AND MIRRORSSSSSSS. WHOAAAA. YOU'RE ONLY SMOKE AND MIRRORSSSSSSS. What's up, man?

Although he had certain talents as a musician and a composer, he lacked the charisma or showmanship or whatever it was that made a performer stand out

A lot of boxers try to make it entertaining by fighting with their mouth.

I don't have a lot of stage antics. I don't try to get attention through my animated body movements.

'205' should be called 'Buddy Murphy Live.' The championship is on my shoulder, and so is the show.

Having grown up in musical theatre, I know what works and what doesn't.

Amateur wrestling was never considered a big box office draw because they're really competing but they're not getting a chance to call each other 16 kinds of names before the fight to get you interested.

Jim Crockett could just advertise Ricky Steamboat and Ric Flair, and we would do great numbers just off of the two names being hooked up for the evening. Fans knew we'd go out there and give them a hell of a match, win, lose or draw.

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James Brown was the Monday-to-Friday guy. He was the hardest man in show business. He was like your dad and your uncle: He showed up, and he hit hard.

If you're going to learn about entrances from anyone, you might learn from the Undertaker.

I'd like the chance to stand in the ring and punch the Undertaker in the face.

Take into consideration I get to play-fight in my underwear every week, and I get paid very well to do it.

For people coming in through the turnstiles and people sponsoring, we are entertainers and that's where the game is going.

When I was in sprint cars, it was the mentality of, 'Sometimes you crash big and sometimes you win, but either way it was a good show.'

The first rule of show business is get off the stage while people still want more.

I knew I was an exhibitionist. I came from a huge family. I found an emotional connection being on stage.

You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.

I loved entertainment and acting, performing. I just liked the stage and having the spotlight and stuff.

Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.

The circus a place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing.