Quotes About Performance

Yes, there have been women in comedy. Moms Mabley was one of the earliest. She was an African American comedian; she often dressed up as an older, disheveled woman.

'Dance Moms' was one of the best experiences I've ever had in my life!

I had my first concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals.

When I play in Hong Kong I go alternative, from Wu Tang Clan to 'Blue Monday,' and then for the last 45 minutes, if they deserve it, I play beautiful drum 'n' bass.

So while most people dealt with the scale every Monday at the Berea training facility nervous about how high the number was going to be, I was the one that was nervous about how low the number was going to be.

Working with Brock Lesnar is a daily challenge because every Monday night that we're on television, I feel compelled to deliver, at least from my end, the best performance I've ever put on.

It's almost like the Monday Night Wars for me all over again. That's the kind of feeling I get with Reality of Wrestling.

I just shot my first dramatic movie in France, and for those dramatic scenes that I shot, I would not want to look at those. There's a certain mindset you have to put yourself into for those scenes, and looking at the monitor would just take you out of it.

I don't want to monitor my audience too closely, as that can really drive you crazy.

I usually focus on monitoring my acting.

Dance Monkey' is about the bad side of busking.

My first taste of theater was my middle school play. We did 'The Jungle Book.' I auditioned for Mowgli, which I didn't get. I ended up playing a part as one of the monkeys.

With a monologue, you can be unendingly elliptical.

The beats are like scripts, and the raps are my monologue.

I teach voice, and I teach pretty much just, like, whatever people need. So if they want me to work on a monologue with them, or if they want me to do some work with them, I do that. And then I do master classes, like at high schools - which is my most favorite thing to do.

I started acting when I was, like, five in monologue competitions at this private elementary school.

I became a dancer in self-defense. I was doing a comedy monologue and didn't know how else to get off, so I danced off. I've been dancing ever since, but I'm still a comedian.

Comedy clubs sharpen a comic, they're like the gym for us, making us stronger, faster, funnier. Without them every comedy show would feel like a monologue.

I remember finishing a monologue, looking up, and seeing people really moved and then being like, 'Oh, my imagination just took me somewhere completely different.' That was the moment I knew that this is what I wanted to do.

The monologue is one of the most difficult and interesting forms of theatre for an actor to learn.

The monologue is an interesting space for an actor.

My first job out of CalArts was performing monologues at the Women of Faith conferences across the country.

Theatre is highly satisfying in terms of words. You get to speak in monologues; words drive the action.

Monologues are fun.