Quotes About Showmanship

I remember doing a comedy show with Jim Carrey once, and he was out there with his foot behind his neck and rubbing his face with it.

I got really lucky that at age 12, I knew I just wanted to be a dancing monkey in front of people and entertain them, or try to. It's amazing that at age 12 I realized what a needy life I was gonna have.

It takes a lot of nerves to be a sports entertainer and to be in front of those big crowds.

I've always had a thing for playing in front of people, and the nerves never really creep in too much for some reason for me.

Some shots people won't think are right but I want to give the crowd a good show and get new people into the sport.

To get 'The Greatest Showman' greenlit, we had to get everyone into New York City to hear a read through, where we'd read through the script and sing it.

I've always had a niche for entertaining since I was a little girl.

There's no difference between rocking in front of a crowd or rocking in front of a camera.

I have no interest in playing 'perfect.' To me, it's more about being an entertainer. Having a connection with the audience.

Essay writing is not about facts, although the essay may contain facts. Essay writing is about transcribing the often convoluted process of thought, leaving your own brand of breadcrumbs in the forest so that those who want to can find their way to your door. xvii The essayist often brings to the writing table an odd mix of shame and showmanship and it may well be that the tension thererin is what propels the work. xx

Every physical movement is mannered, thought-out, plotted for maximum screen effect. She takes deep breaths. She seems to sigh a lot. She's the first-class passenger on a ride of her own invention and she loves the fact that she can share it.

Two LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… ME!

I don't want people to think that this is just going to be great matches, there is going to be a lot of great matches. But it is also going to be some of the most entertaining guys in pro wrestling and these guys are going to be unleashed.

I'm not really a flashy dunker or a show dunker unless somebody's in front of me. That's the only time I really get wide-eyed: when I can dunk on somebody. If it's a wide-open dunk, I've never been the type to dunk it real hard wide-open and scream.

I'd like to to do a major pay-per-view match with Seth Rollins. I'd love do a major pay-per-view match with Stardust.

Like with Berle, he was always trying to steal the scene, get a little extra.

I get cheered more and more for one simple reason: When I step in the ring, I steal the show! I will not accept anything less from myself.

I'm always looking to top the last match, I'm always looking to entertain the fans and steal the show.

Nobody works harder than me in the ring; no one steals the show more often, and no one gets better reactions for a guy who's not even part of huge storylines.

Brock Lesnar is a guy who doesn't do a lot of live events, doesn't do a lot of house shows, but every time he steps in the ring, it has a big-fight feel.

I think there's a percentage [of the audience] that don't realize, that don't know that [standup] is how everything began. We planned it, we work hard, rehearsals to get this. It's more of a ... it's not just coming in there in a T-shirt and holding a microphone.

There is no reason to be afraid of a Hardwell show.

I know how to make noise; I really do. I'm really good at it.

I'm normally a player that plays well under the TV lights, the cameras and everything, I normally do produce quite well.