Quotes About Presentation

You just know that you're a performer and that's that.

Being performers, that's what we do: We put on shows and want people to watch.

I wanted to be a performer, not someone who introduced other performers.

All I have to concentrate on is my performing.

It's all performing; that's what we do in life. We talk, we look, and we hear, and we listen. Your life is a performance.

I think that's what is so cool about performing. When there is a show to do, you get up there and do it.

We're all performing for someone.

But with period clothes, people know less so they accept the pretty drawing that I give them.

There've been periods where I had to convince the audience or win them over.

He's reading it pretty good, but he's still reading it from the page, and every once in a while he stumbles over his words.

'Fine dining.' I'd love to know who coined the term and whether they meant it to be as offputting as it is. The words evoke an idea of phoney refinement, of needless flummery, snooty waiters, and an atmosphere designed to intimidate the customer.

I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you're but the jester.

For me, comedy is constantly presented as this fake casualness, like a guy just walked on stage going, 'This crazy thing happened to me the other day.' And he's in front of 3000 people, and he's acting like an everyman, and he's getting paid so much money.

When I first started my character in my first match with Alicia Fox, I walked out with my hair in a ponytail, and as soon as I got into the ring, I took the ponytail out and let my hair down, because I knew it would get messed up, and I didn't want to look ridiculous on TV.

To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play special.

Me, I'm good at nothing but walking on the set with a pretty dress.

When I was young, all the politicians looked like ancient Latin teachers or greengrocers. They were mumbly, stumbly men with their hair blowing in their eyes, walking into trees, opening the wrong door. They had no idea how to present themselves.

I had the most expensive haircut you can get, and I was walking around with my hair in rollers backstage, and my hair still came out looking like I was shot out of a cannon and I had just gotten out of bed.

Big movie or small movie, you make this thing, and then you show it to people, and you just hope they like it. You hope it works.

Keeping well groomed is a big part of my routine.

You have a laugh line; don't accentuate it. You get a bigger laugh.

I don't tend to write articles and blogs because, I think, if you went into the theatre knowing that this is the writer's view on x, y, and z, it's just game over for the play.

When I'm on stage, that's me. It's blown up, but that's me.

Before I do anything, I practice it for a while, and then when I know it's the bomb, then I'm gonna present it to everybody.