Quotes About Performance

By the fourth or fifth take, I had gotten over the 'Oh my God, it's a Stanley Kubrick movie' and got around to doing a little bit of acting.

I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star.

You can't buy being a rock star.

In my next life, I'm going to be a rock star. I was a ballerina in my last life.

Being a rock star rocks.

I'm not just a hip-hop artist; I feel like I'm a rock star.

Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.

I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alone, I'm not a rock star. I'm not in it for the fame, I'm in it because I like to play.

I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.

Every comic is really a frustrated rock star.

I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role.

Every actor I know pretty much wants to be a rock n' roll star, and we'd all give it up to be in a rock n' roll band, but we're never going to do that. But being in cartoons - that's as close as you get without being an action figure.

I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off.

It's great to play a rock star. Maybe not so great to be one.

When you come from a star family in the South, you're expected to be really good in dance and fights. It's really important that you open up as an actor in front of the camera.

In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.

I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters.

When I saw Spencer Tracy in 'The Old Man and the Sea,' I realised the distinction between being an actor and a film star. He was both, and I, too, resolved to try and be both.

In order to be a star performer you have to have someone to play against.

Now, the DJ becomes a star in itself because of the way he programs the songs with lows and then highs and then slowing it down. The big DJs, like Tiesto and Deadmau5 and all those guys, they are very, very creative.

I sang at least one hit for almost every star - Dharmendra, Jeetendra and Vinod Khanna included, and several hits for all the Khans, Akshay Kumar, Rishi Kapoor and many more.

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.

I'm forever in the 'limelight' being Da Brat, being an entertainer, being a star.