Quotes About Performance

Our officials want nothing more than to be at the top of their professional game and make the correct call. That's what they do; that's their living, that's their pride, that's their joy. They don't achieve that because they happen to be human.

To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.

I guess I take a lot of pride in that no matter what type of car we drive, we're always competitive in it. That's something I've taken a lot of pride in my whole life.

You can't generalise, of course, but there is a school of American acting where there is a kind of pride in the number of takes you can do.

Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to people.

I'll be playing a priest in 'Chavez Cage Of Glory,' which is a fight movie.

Our priests and presidents, our surgeons and lawyers, our educators and newscasters need worry less about satisfying the demands of their discipline than the demands of good showmanship.

I will never give up my dream of being a prima ballerina and backup dancer for Justin Timberlake!

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.

The dream was to be a prima ballerina.

The point here is that I enjoyed singing. I enjoyed the rhythm of it. I grew up listening to Louis Prima, who was also rhythmic.

It's real primal; I just like playing music.

I really like small, intimate shows, but there's nothing like playing at a festival. It's a completely different experience. Everyone is just a little more primal; they can get away with more things.

I wanted to become a cricketer primarily because the idea of playing in front of 40,000 odd people gave me an adrenaline rush.

I will be singing primarily all the songs from the musicals that I have been in from over the years.

I'm primarily a character actress.

Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.

If you want to be an entertainer and just keep your audience happy, that's one thing. But to be an artist, I think, means ultimately primarily pleasing yourself, and in that respect, you constantly have this sense of confronting the expectations of your audience.

When we play live show we tend to find there's a whole portion that's a considerably younger demographic. That's quite gratifying. They primarily seem to be into 'The Hurting' which I guess makes sense.

A stage show's popularity depends on its organisers and the public, but primarily on the performer.

I see myself primarily as a comedian, and my aim on the 'Last Leg' is to be as funny as I can about the news.

Things like dressing, postures and gestures are under the artiste's control. If I'm performing, my safety is primarily my responsibilityso I shouldn't end up doing anything that would infuriate the audience.

I think, primarily, acting is like working out a muscle; the more you get to do it, the bigger that muscle gets.

There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original.