Quotes About Performance

I want to get in there and wrestle my sister! That's the fun part, when you get in there with someone who has the same passion for wrestling and that can work well, and you can put on a good match where you can really just get at each other.

What I loved about wrestling was just being foolish, so I studied clown. I studied clown. I studied the art of clown. I actually did my thesis on clown.

Wrestling was the first time I thought, 'My leg is the thing that functions in this way to do this move, to get from A to B.' Instead of, like, 'My body's purpose is to suck it in so the male showrunner thinks it's attractive.'

Wrestling really is kind of the highest form of theater.

Everyone has a dormant wrestling character in them that is pretty easy to tap into.

There's a misconception about wrestling, that it's really fake, but it's real, and you can really get hurt, even though a lot of it is performative.

When I went out and did what I did in the world of professional wrestling as Stone Cold Steve Austin, pretty much anything and everything thing I said was ad lib, on the spot, just let it fly and go for it.

Wrestling is a very serious subject for me.

People go into that arena, and they know the fix is in. They know what pro wrestling or sports entertainment is. That being said, they want it executed to the highest level so that they can suspend their disbelief and buy in, and so, in a world of make believe, you make people believe in you. It's as real as it can be.

Part of me wants to stay involved in wrestling, because I love it. But the thing I loved most about it was the wrestling part of it. I didn't get into it to be famous or to be a TV star: I got into it because I loved the act of wrestling.

Nothing is more theater-based than wrestling. It's Greek-tragedy-level theater.

I'm telling you, there have been some great finishers in the world of pro wrestling or sports entertainment. Whatever you want to call it. Man, I enjoyed the Iron Claw back in the day. I believed it was real.

I don't know if a pro wrestling career prepares you for Hollywood. When you get out there, and you're in an arena for 20,000 people or 90,000 people, it's a lot different than being on a quiet set with 100 people, so I think you get used to dealing with cameras.

People who like hard-hitting wrestling and action, they'll like me.

Wrestling is different to me. As I talk to other wrestlers, wrestling seems a little different to me than it does to a lot of them. To me, it's about an artistic performance and about honing my artistic performance in pursuit of these minute moments of perfection. These little encapsulations. And none of them are ever perfect.

That wrestling ring is home for me; it's my passion. I love what I do.

I am focusing on entertainment because entertainment is the best way to promote sports in India. And wrestling can benefit a lot through entertainment. That's why I am trying my best to juggle between wrestling and entertainment.

I like wrestling 30 minutes a night.

When you have such a love and passion for wrestling and you love to work, you want to get in with good workers.

Professional wrestling is my first love, and I will continue to do that, but if I get a good offer for a film or a show, I would love to take it up.

Acting is a big ambition, but I still have a professional wrestling world to conquer.

When you're doing a television production, or you're with a company, there is some stress; there is pressure to perform, and it's a little tougher, but it also comes with the benefits of having huge television exposure and wrestling in front of a bigger crowd.

With 'Total Nonstop Deletion,' my main goal is to give people the two hours of the most fun wrestling they have ever seen.

I've never been a politics guy in wrestling; I'm just someone who came out and worked.