Quotes About Connection

There's no perfection in family life, and certainly we aren't perfect, but we're probably about as close as we can be.

We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.

People are perfectly glad to accept the idea that dogs love us, so they must be able to love each other.

In golf, there are times when you hit a ball so perfectly that you never feel the ball leave your club.

I wrote about Herschell in my book 'Shock Value,' for which I interviewed him. We became friends; I had dinner with Herschell the last year before he died. He was elderly, but his mind was perfectly intact.

We entered 'Lucid Grey' into the Georgetown festival on April 27, 2001. Now 'Sound of My Voice' is opening on April 27, 11 years later. It couldn't have happened in a more perfectly cinematic way.

It's true that through playing more games our understanding has got much better and now Leo knows me perfectly. He always looks for me - and I look for him - and thanks to that we've been able to score a lot of goals.

You can perform all kind of characters but you cannot change what people feel for you.

As a person who performs on stage, it's good to be emotionally open. If you mess with someone when they are in that state, it's like you're messing with an animal when it's eating.

I never go perform somewhere alone. I've done that since day one. I've always taken other comics with me.

We actors feed off the energy of our fans and when we see them enjoying our dance so much, it gives us all the more reason and motivation to perform better.

When I perform, it's very personal. I'm sharing things I like, inviting the audience into my room.

Some artists I know, they would rather not see the audience or envision them. But for me, I'd rather see them. I feel like part of the reason I perform is to feel that connection. It's the reason I love it so much.

People know who you are when you've never met them. For them, through interviews and seeing you perform, they feel like they know you and you've never seen them before. It's really different, but it's awesome.

When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.

When I perform onstage, I'm actually kind of nearsighted, so I don't have any real, true understanding of what the audience is like.

I like to perform live like we're all just hanging out in my living room. I'm totally casual and informal on stage.

You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the same thing, but you don't - you have to find out who they are and give it to them.

When I met my wife, I was a working comic, so the first week we went out, she saw me perform, and it was very clear what I do.

Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.

There's nothing like live performance.

I have seen 'OK Kanmani,' and I really enjoyed it. I loved Dulquer's performance. I became a fan of his after seeing his work in the film. I would love to meet him.