Quotes About Performance

When I was five or six, I asked to sing at a big family party, and ever since I got up there in front of everyone in my suit - it had a blue collar, like in 'Scarface' - I had the bug.

You think I'm a pretty good race car driver? Wait until you see my brother. He's the best driver in the family.

My family has to be very patient living with me, if you're playing a part that's not you. You have to get it right.

Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family.

My twin sister, my cousin, and I used to write and perform plays for my family. We raided the closets for costumes and fought over parts. I'm sure I was the bossiest one.

Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.

I grew up in a show biz family and, if you wanted to talk at the dinner table, you'd better be prepared to talk about film.

I've always loved musical theater. It's a bit of a family tradition.

Im known for impressions and family stories.

Everyone in my family can sing - my momma can sing, my cousins. I was in the third grade and I was that kid who was so bad in school because I could sing.

From a very young age, I was singing and acting and performing for my family.

I think actors always like to think they don't bring the character home, and then their family all laugh and tell you otherwise.

My family is happy. That makes my job a lot easier. For the fans, I try to put it all out there on the floor.

The dramatist's function is (1) to earn a living for his family and himself and (2) to try to entertain people for a few hours.

It's not new: In the '70s, Archie Bunker said terrible things on 'All in the Family, ' but it was all in Carroll O'Connor's performance. You saw lack of intelligence, and you laughed.

Music was always a big part of my family. Only a few of us had the talent - or the courage - to walk out on a stage.

I wish that being famous helped prevent me from being constipated.

A famous actor, Edmund Kean, on his deathbed, was reported to have said, "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."

That's what music is: entertainment. The more you put yourself into it, the more of you comes out in it.

I'm so famous, people expect me to sell as many records as Celine Dion or Puff Daddy.

It's important for me to take very famous, well-known people and not have them play themselves and not have them be seen as themselves.

I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.

I only want to play basketball, and play it well and be happy about it. But I realize that with being famous, comes a lot of demands.

Playing with Queen was the biggest moment of my career. It was like living a childhood fantasy.