Quotes About Presentation

It's hard to brief in the Oval. You know, you can't - no visual aids, hard to roll out something in front of somebody.

That's a big important deal, the way people see you from the stage. Once in a while, I'd ask people, 'How did you enjoy the show?' 'Hey, you looked great.' But how did I sound? That visual look is very important to people.

I love to sell, to visualize something for someone and make them see it.

Each time you present a tour, you're faced with these questions of, 'How do you want to present visual information? How do you want to take the music that we're making on stage and visualize that?'

I have never been vocal about my singing abilities, but I am always ready to present my dancing skills.

When you have the chance to present yourself vocally, you realize a kind of brand develops around that vocal, and you start to see the public consciousness of you is only about one half of your brain.

The thing about covers is that the first thing you're going to notice is the vocals, because it's not the same person.

I talk in that baby talk voice when I'm on TV, it's a put on.

Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you're not telling jokes.

The secret of my success? I speak in a loud clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture.

Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood.

It isn't that NPR is matriarchal but that it has dedicated itself to not being patriarchal in its outlook and presentation, stipulating from the outset that its headline voices would not resound across the fruited plains from big male bags of air sent from Mount Olympus.

I wanted to work for CBS because I loved the way CBS broadcast the Masters and I loved the way CBS presented the NFL. I loved the voices I heard.

What's the most fetching thing that provokes people? A volcano? Fountains that dance? A pirate ship that sinks? Some other animated device or presentation? Is that as strong as mystery? Allure, intrigue, is much more powerful... It taunts you.

I think if you turn down the volume on the good comedy, you should not even know if it's a comedy or not. It should look like a drama.

I passionately believe if you put on an act, the audience will be able to tell. That does not mean that I am going to be talking in top volume all the time in private conversations... Clearly, broadcasting has to be an extension of yourself; it's an exaggerated version of you.

I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.

But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.

How we present ourselves matters a lot, and that's every American, not just at the senior levels.

I consider myself a showman, and I love magic, and I love art, and I love performance, and they're all separate.

I've been Austin almost half my life. In almost every public setting, that's why I'm there - to be Austin Aries.

On the road I don't shave until the evening before I go out on stage.

If I'm going to be on national T.V. without my shirt on, I've got to look good.

It's kind of really fun to get to dress up, because you take yourself a little more seriously if you dress nice in a starched shirt.