Quotes About Performance

I went to see some voguing ballrooms and krump battles, and I was hypnotized by their body language. These guys, who are usually very poor, become stars onstage once a month in a ballroom or in a battle.

The first time I arrived in Hollywood for the Grammy Awards, I thought I'd bump into people who mattered, such as Ry Cooder or Randy Newman. I was disappointed to see the people I'd always thought of as pop stars. They would charge around the stage rather than enjoy the music.

Drag is pastiche and parody and satire. Drag queens are never meant to be stars. We make fun of stars. Drag queens are the people that 'point' at the star.

Making it to the finale of 'Dancing with the Stars' has been a major accomplishment.

Rock stars are good at making noise.

I like 'The Fault in Our Stars.' I thought those two guys did a really, really good job. The movie obviously did really, really well.

You know, I entertain whether I'm on 'Housewives,' or whether I'm on 'Dancing With the Stars,' or whether I'm on 'Young and the Restless.'

Rock stars are incredibly energizing to me.

I create stars.

This is the place to see the stars - Hollywood Bowl.

I'm attracted to working with comedians because they don't have that stars' idea of what a hero should be. The downside is they're always addressing the camera too much.

You've got Corey Feldman doing his thing, and the problem is, they're trying to be pop stars. You can't compare Salty to any of the other actors out there playing music.

An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.

The stars handle it very graciously. They let you know. They know how to play the game.

There are a lot of stars I've worked with - big stars - who, when they walk on set, the energy just changes.

'Dancing With the Stars' is so Middle America, and people take it so seriously.

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

I don't want to be on 'Dancing With the Stars' anytime soon.

It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in 2005. It measures 13 feet x 9 feet. It has 18 nearly life size recognizable portraits of the biggest jazz stars that I knew and saw perform in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and includes Wynton Marsalis.

Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.

When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's a fact.

I don't know that I came across as being real competitive on 'The Bachelor,' although maybe I did a little bit on 'Dancing with the Stars.' I am a born competitor. The bigger the challenge the better!

I was a little girl who grew up idolizing musical-theatre stars.

Movie stars are insecure like everyone else. That's why they go into acting!