Quotes About Engagement

I like performing. I like partnering with an audience.

The jobs I enjoy most are the ones where I never feel like I'm performing. I'm just feeling things.

Comedians sometimes forget that there's an audience. You gotta be conscious that you're performing for other human beings.

I like being on camera, performing, seeing what people have in common.

The thing I miss about performing is being with people.

Everyone's got crazy fans! But honestly, the crazy fans are where it's at, because they know all the lyrics to the songs that you're singing, and they're dancing and having a great time. You can really enjoy performing for them, even more than you can enjoy performing for someone that's not crazy.

If I'm performing with a DJ, it's all on me to draw the energy. I like the camaraderie of a band.

I think that everybody's worked on shows where you feel like maybe a divide has happened between the talent and the crew. Those are the hardest jobs to do your best in, because as you're performing, you're aware that the people around you, because they haven't been afforded the respect that they deserve, they're not as invested.

I may be more passionate about my comedy because that's the one place where I feel comfortable - because I'm in the now. Performing is the only time of the day when I have to really force every ounce of concentration into whatever's happening in that moment.

I do actually like performing to a live audience. I like the response. I do a lot of Doctor Who conventions now, and the reason that I do them is that there is a live audience I can get to directly.

It's all performing; that's what we do in life. We talk, we look, and we hear, and we listen. Your life is a performance.

I think that's what is so cool about performing. When there is a show to do, you get up there and do it.

I find that I get most of the same things I loved about performing in the ring when I do my live shows around the world.

Unless we build theater and performing arts, then we're not going to be creating future patrons. We need to make it accessible.

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.

Businesses cannot be extricated or disintermediated from the communities they serve. Businesses who do that will do that at their own peril. They will draw fire. And companies who are integrated will be lauded by their communities and not draw fire.

Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization.

In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and you can see in that occupation are many lessons for the current occupation of Iraq. So we have these connections that go way back that people aren't aware of.

To be truly engaged at work, your brain needs periodic breaks to gain fresh perspective and energy.

There've been periods where I had to convince the audience or win them over.

I would stay on, but 'General Hospital' honestly doesn't seem to want that relationship with this character at the moment. They want little short doses during sweeps periods.

That's how you win these battles over long periods of time. You continue to fight. You continue to bring it up. You continue to message it to your constituents and to America in general.

It's not necessary to have read everything about a particular subject in order to get interested in it. The main thing is to sort out what's important and what is peripheral in order to be able to dive in.

She was a patron saint of the peripheral.