Quotes About Showmanship

I think men like the boobie shows. Vegas will always be Vegas.

We live in a world that needs entertainment. And that entertainment has to be provided by men who sweat and bleed.

Performing magic in the live show thrills me. Just get me a deck of cards and some attentive audience, and I have made my day and theirs too

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.

Just give a drum roll, announce my name & I come out & sing. I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing.

I'm an entertainer. I get up on stage and I try to make people enjoy my music, and that political arena - I'm going to stay out of it, right out.

I couldn't hit a wall with a sixgun but I can twirl one. It looks good.

Watch me work! Watch me work! Watch me work!

All professions have some element of theater to them.

I want the services to look and sound like the Grammys. It's not showy, but we represent God, and it should be first class.

I've always been a very good heel!

I'm an entertainer. If people are paying good money for tickets they deserve the best show they can see. I don't get into lighting stuff on fire, but I do believe in going the extra mile.

Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!

KISS hammered home the importance of high drama...I decided to design my show with the same goal; I wanted my fans to remember my show for the rest of their lives.

Damn everything but the circus!. . .The average 'painter' 'sculptor' 'poet' 'composer' 'playwright' is a person who cannot leap through a hoop from the back of a galloping horse, make people laugh with a clown's mouth, orchestrate twenty lions.

I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

I watched Ali, studied Ali, and I studied Sugar Ray Robinson. I watched them display showmanship. I watched them use pizzazz, personality, and charisma. I took things from them and borrowed things from them because boxing is entertainment.

In the '80s, it got to the point where we'd have shows with a hundred looks. You'd want to order a pizza before it was over!

I'm going to give you everything I've got, I'm going to put my body on the line, and I'm going to entertain you. Plain and simple.

I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.

Some players out there don't really interact with the crowd - they're really serious - but I think it's part of my personality as well. I go out there, and I like to entertain. I like to put on a bit of a show.

I aim to please. I'm nothing if not a vaudevillian.

I work to please my audience.