Performers Quotes - Page 11

• I think the contrast between these two in the professional world of cinema mattered to me. One who has reached the ultimate point of being a star, who knows how to do everything very well, facing another person who would throughout the making of the film transfer his anxiety to both of us, to me and to Juliette, as to whether or not he would be capable of fulfilling his role. This in itself created a challenge that was actually very good for me, since I hadn't ever counterposed two such performers before, creating that challenge between someone who knows their part and someone who doesn't.

  Abbas Kiarostami

  Stars, Thinking, Two

  Source: aaroncutler.tumblr.com

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• Grass probably helped me as much as it hurt me. Especially as a performer. When you're high, it's easy to kid yourself about how clever certain mediocre pieces of material are. But, on the other hand, pot opens windows and doors that you may not be able to get through any other way.

  George Carlin

  Hurt, Clever, Kids

  Source: scrapsfromtheloft.com

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• One thing about being a performer is you're not just doing an intellectual job behind a desk; you're out there performing and being looked at, being assessed for really superficial stuff.

  Amanda Palmer

  Jobs, Intellectual, Stuff

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I'm really interested in, who's booked the guests, who's decided to have Lena Dunham and to have the mothers of sons who were shot - sons and daughters who were shot by the police and, you know, the other performers, Paul Simon and Alicia Keys.

  Terry Gross

  Daughter, Mother, Son

  "Covering Hillary Clinton, A Candidate 'Forged In The Crucible' Of Conflict". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 27, 2016.

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• I feel like my dad was the more artistic one, creating his own thing, loving to be around people, and all this stuff, doing exciting things, and my mom was more of the performer.

  Jillian Hervey

  Mom, Dad, Creating

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• [Gord] Downie has become more animated than the early days, but he's still the same charismatic performer. And as a whole, that band is really the result of each individual member. If one member was not a part of it, it wouldn't be the Hip. They're all crucial to the whole thing.

  Sarah Harmer

  Band, Hips, Individual

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• The biggest possible thing that we're trying to do is change the conversation about what it means to be a working artist today, and hopefully, as the generation of performers that is training and listening to our show at the same time comes up, and becomes a working generation of performers listening to our show-hopefully that's going to change some of the ways they're looking at the hierarchy of theatre and start to blur those lines a bit more.

  Nikka Graff Lanzarone

  Mean, Artist, Training

  "BWW Interview: The Ensemblist Podcast Returns for a Second Season". Interview with Ashlee Latimer, www.broadwayworld.com. September 4, 2016.

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• I see a lot of young female performers who do not call themselves feminist, but would certainly believe in their own right to self-determination, and wouldn't want anybody to stop them from becoming themselves. They just refuse to recognize the relationship between their lives and those of other women, or feel any solidarity there.

  Ani DiFranco

  Determination, Believe, Self

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• I did get good enough to get on HBO's Young Comedians Special, but I certainly wasn't the person who got launched off of HBO's Young Comedians Special. That would be Ray Romano that year. I had some semi-intelligent jokes, but when people would see me, they would think, "Oh, that's a good writer." No one would ever have said, "Oh, that's a good performer."

  Judd Apatow

  Intelligent, Thinking, Hbo

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 1, 2011.

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• I think that we have a unique opportunity as performers and artists to be kind of the town criers and also to get more people to listen, so that's a blessing and a responsibility that I take very seriously.

  Bonnie Raitt

  Responsibility, Artist, Blessing

  "Origin Interview: Diggin' Deep with Bonnie Raitt, Legend, Activist, Musician". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 27, 2016.

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• I think it's important as a performer, no matter where I travel, if I run into someone at the airport or I'm having a conversation on an airplane, run into someone on the sidewalk, or you're waiting on a long line and you start talking to somebody, who doesn't really share a lot of your same views, but then you come to commonality, I think that's very very important as well.

  Reggie Watts

  Running, Airplane, Thinking

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• I grew up as an only child, and my mother was a single mom. It's always been "us." If it weren't for her nurturing and guiding my artistic talents at a young age, I don't think I'd be a professional actress and performer today.

  Edwina Findley

  Mom, Mother, Children

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• Something very rare in this day and age is to see performers do something that has never been done before.

  Matt Hardy

  Age, Done, This Day

  Source: www.rohwrestling.com

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• I still get excited performing live. When you see the immediate reaction from a crowd, its like being a theater performer, its something you can't get from being a writer or being an ad man ... its almost ritualistic.

  Marilyn Manson

  Men, Crowds, Excited

  "The 50 Best Quotes From The 2015 Cannes Lions Festival" by Jeremy Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 30, 2015.

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• That's the most comfortable place for me. In the beginning, yes, I was nervous going on stage. I was not a natural performer. I really had to acquire that skill.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Skills, Nervous, Natural

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• I believe a lot in the relationship between performers. When you're supported by someone's eyes, you're not alone.

  Clemence Poesy

  Believe, Eye, Not Alone

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I knew I finally made it as a performer when I began hearing rumors that I was gay.

  Dustin Hoffman

  Gay, Rumor, Hearing

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• Being an elite performer on the playing field of life is not about being perfect. Rather, it is about cultivating a mental focus towards mastery in every area of your life. It is about commiting yourself, from the core of your heart, to manifest and polish your highest talents and become the person you are destined to be.

  Robin Sharma

  Heart, Perfect, Focus

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• Not everyone can be as successful a performer as myself, who gave 10 great performances the first time I ever did comedy, and then toiled in obscurity for years.

  Scott Aukerman

  Successful, Years, Obscurity

  "Scott Aukerman of Comedy Death-Ray". Interview with Kyle Ryan, tv.avclub.com. June 22, 2010.

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• Birds are the first and the greatest performers.

  Olivier Messiaen

  Bird, Firsts

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• I don't think we should really be judging on Chris Brown like that until we know what Rihanna did. We all got reasons for what we do. Look at me. I'm one of the top 10 performers of all-time. I had to beat this one mermaid ass in a seafood restaurant over some shrimps. No lie. You just never know.

  Coolio

  Lying, Thinking, Judging

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• I love to sing, dance, and act so I guess I am one! Although I definitely think that I have tons to work on and I hope to grow as a performer everyday.

  Megan Lee

  Thinking, Everyday, Grows

  "Interview with Megan Lee of Make It Pop!". GLITTER interview, glittermagrocks.com.

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• The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what's given back to me by the audience. You would think you would be a performer partly so you could feel all the appreciation or adulation, but I haven't quite managed that yet.

  Michelle Shocked

  Appreciation, Thinking, Would Be

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• Oh sure, I have lots of fears. My job is to conquer my fears. The irony of being a performer is that I have huge insecurities. Each of us is responsible for what happens in our lives. When good things happen, we take ownership, but when bad things happen we often don't take responsibility. There are no mistakes or accidents. Consciousness is everything and all things begin with a thought. We are responsible for our own fate. We reap what we sow, we get what we give and we pull in what we put out.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Jobs, Mistake, Responsibility

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• I'm so not a performer, my drive to do [acting] is so different to other people - and I'm not discrediting that, they're born performers, they're people that you love to watch just be themselves. I like to be a little bit more in control. I like to make something.

  Kristen Stewart

  People, Acting, Different

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