Quotes About Performance

Just give me a mic, and I'll rock it.

I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.

If I'm not in the theatre, I'm in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.

I'm a stand-up comic, but I also have ideas, and I want to get them out. People think getting in front of the mic is the only way to work out. You've got to try different situations.

During my stage shows, I am so energetic. It's constant! I just don't stand still. I actually got given a mic stand from my team to say 'Just calm down. Stand still for at least two songs.' But now I just pick it up and walk around with it.

My dad got me the same mic I use on everything now - this $200 mic from Guitar Center.

I was born with a mic in my hand.

I'm all about showing people what I can really do in country music. Give me a mic and let me perform, and I'll prove it to you.

At the age of 11 I did my first open mic show, and it was one of those lightning-bolt moments where I suddenly found what I wanted to do.

There were people that grabbed you just by talking, and that's what I loved about professional wrestling when I started out. That's why I'm already so good. That's why people literally hang on the edge of their seats when I have a mic because they want to know what I'm going to say.

On stage, I have my three band mates and my guitar in front of me, and mic stand and that's like your shield - it's genuinely amazing what having an instrument does for you, it's like your safety blanket, taking that away is really weird.

In 'Of Mice And Men' I play a straight dramatic role and I'm the only female in the play.

Michael C. Hall is an incredibly detailed actor who can convey so much with just an eyebrow.

I was blown away watching Michael Keaton act because he was such a maniacal, evil person on set. He takes on a totally different life, and it was so amazing to watch him work.

I leave the hip thrusts to Michael Jackson.

Nothing is better than the moment you have Michael Bolton dressed as Forrest Gump and you see it in action.

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

There's something really amazing about watching an actor like Michael C. Hall or Jennifer Carpenter, who are completely professional and do everything so brilliantly, but yet can have a really great time on set.

Film and TV and stuff like that was something that I wanted to do when I was really, really little; like, I remember I used to do these plays with my cousins. We used to do Michael Jackson performances, and I would be Michael.

I always had a love of music, from the time I was a little kid, dressing up and singing along with Michael Jackson songs.

My favorites growing up were always Billy Joel, Michael Jackson... and Placido Domingo.

Did you happen to catch the film I did between 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Kong?' It was a nice little Jennifer Garner comedy, '13 Going on 30,' and I play her boss. In my big scene, I get to moonwalk - pretty well, I thought - to Michael Jackson.

Apart from Michael Jackson, the only man I look upto and admire his dancing skills is Prabhudheva.

Let me put it this way: If you're sitting in a movie and you're watching me, and you say, 'Isn't that Michael Caine a wonderful actor?' then I've failed.