Performers Quotes - Page 13

• There's always room. That's what the directors usually want. They want the performer to bring themselves and give what they have to give for the role. The smart ones allow that to happen because then it becomes even more organic within the performer's imagination. It becomes even more real. It's not always a given in other films, but when Gunn works, and we all work together in a collaborative way like that, it becomes a given that you bring it. It becomes a lot of fun.

  Michael Rooker

  Fun, Real, Smart

  Source: collider.com

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• When I first went on the stage I was 17 and under the legal age for performers.

  Ethel Waters

  Age, Firsts, Stage

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• For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.

  Stephen Sondheim

  Albums, Faults, Casts

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• As performers grow older, I reckon there are two ways they can go. They can either be up there, playing more deeply from their guts than ever, or they can be phoning it in so crassly that it leaves a lump in your throat as you leave the venue at the end of the show.

  Henry Rollins

  Two, Way, Ends

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• The idea that any performer type is owed anything is a joke to me.

  Henry Rollins

  Ideas, Type, Jokes

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• If you just work on your upper body, you're not going to be a full-range dancer or performer. You've got to work in all directions as much as you possibly can.

  Karen Allen

  Dancer, Body, Range

  "Karen Allen on The Sandlot, liking the fourth Indiana Jones, and being typecast". Interview with Pete Croatto, www.avclub.com. February 13, 2016.

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• Write your own music and write frequently. Go to as many live shows as you can as well (of bands you enjoy of course). You can learn a lot watching other performers.

  Dia Frampton

  Writing, Band, Enjoy

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• I really enjoyed working with Daniel [Craig], because he's a brilliant actor at the top of his game. That gave me an opportunity to learn from the best, which is what you're always looking for as a performer in order to grow and get better at your craft. It was also great because he was so nice and incredibly supportive, because it really was an intimidating experience for me. He sort of held my hand and said, "We're in this together and we'll get through it together." And he did look after me.

  Naomie Harris

  Nice, Opportunity, Hands

  "Naomie Harris is the new James Bond Girl in Skyfall". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• Any musician with a slight level of self-awareness can be taught to write a 'good' song. A great song is completely original. It feels as if the performer is the only person who could bring it to life.

  Greta Salpeter

  Song, Writing, Self

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• I was spending three days literally just kibitzing with Jack Nicholson at a table! It was heaven! And talk about a normal guy. My God, he was just so real and cool and relaxed and fun. And he was a great performer. He's such an actor. He really was so focused on every moment. It was great.

  Peter Jacobson

  Fun, Real, Guy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I wasn't really writing anything that I felt was worth it at the end, but then certain things sparked me as a solo writer - to be able to try new things and experiment, and ultimately challenge myself as a performer and as a songwriter and just to commit to ideas, and not be afraid to be myself.

  William Beckett

  Writing, Ideas, Challenges

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• I'm doing exactly what I was supposed to do. Yeah. I didn't exactly choose this. My own life, if it were up to me, would be very, very quiet. I'd be like a shopkeeper, a book collector, or something like that. I'm not like this. Myself as a performer and an artist is totally different from who I am.

  Mos Def

  Book, Artist, Who I Am

  "David Bowie & Mos Def: The Style Council (2003 Cover Story)". Interview with Ben White, www.complex.com. January 11, 2016.

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• I'm not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events together.

  David Bowie

  Together, Events, Shows

  "David Bowie On The Ziggy Stardust Years: 'We Were Creating The 21st Century In 1971'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. 2002.

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• I think I'm open to adventures and surprises. As a performer, I'm really just naturally talented. And those roles may not look as good on paper, but I know how to create them on screen. I like to have fun and interpret my roles in my own way.

  Bai Ling

  Fun, Adventure, Thinking

  Disc Dish Interview, www.discdish.com. July 8, 2013.

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• The performing part of it, that's what I live for. I've always told people that's what I was born for. I believe, with the proper things around me, and everything I need as a performer; band, and all that kind of stuff, I still feel to this day there's no one that can touch me. Still.

  Ginuwine

  Believe, People, Needs

  Source: www.parlemag.com

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• I'm so glad you brought that up Jay Lethal as a performer has grown into, I'll say this even though I'm wrestling him this Friday, he's one of my favorite wrestlers in the game right now. He's unreal. He's amazing in the ring. It doesn't matter who he's wresting. He's unreal on the microphone.

  Adam Cole

  Friday, Wrestling, Games

  Source: 411mania.com

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• In a personal way, to do with family and the father-son relationship, in a kind of artistic way with regard to him being an art student. I also studied the visual arts at Lancaster University. I then decided to become an actor as he was becoming a musician. And then as an actor/performer, we have similar sort of interests - music hall and that whole world. So, there's a lot that I felt connected with.

  Andy Serkis

  Art, Father, Son

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Pushing myself against my own will really, because some of this stuff is hard. I don't consider myself to be a great guitar player, so pushing myself as a guitar player or pushing myself as a singer, as a performer, and just riding that fine line between being so hard on yourself that it's counter-productive and being so hard on yourself that nothing is ever good enough is what drives me.

  Cody Johnson

  Player, Guitar, Lines

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• I'm very much a stand-up comedian in my heart. That's really what I do. Now I'm trying to incorporate all of the different elements of my work as a performer, and use it as a stand-up comedian.

  Margaret Cho

  Heart, Comedian, Trying

  "Sing out, sister". Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. February 25, 2016.

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• I'm most excited to see how I've grown as a performer. After Dancing With the Stars I really was able to evolve in a lot of ways and I'm excited to put that to use on stage.

  Nick Carter

  Stars, Dancing, Use

  "Nick Carter Confirms That "of Course" the Backstreet Boys Will Appear on His Tour". Interview with Kelsie Gibson, www.popsugar.com. February 25, 2016.

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• My sympathies go out to the young performers today because they are under a microscope in a way I wasn't. Now everybody's got a camera phone and can record at will or take pictures of you. It's just a different world. I don't know how I would have fared back then.

  Ricky Schroder

  Phones, Different, Records

  Source: 411mania.com

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• I knew I wanted to be a performer really early on, like around 8 years old. I did tons of acting and loved being in front of people.

  Kate Brown

  Years, People, Acting

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• It's a very different show because of the elements that we're putting in. There's so many different styles of comedy, but Mr. Show was unique to Bob and David - two of the most brilliant performers and writers there are. Their show was based on them. Our show is a bit more broad. We have a cast of 7, we have guests. We can be slightly more topical.

  B. J. Porter

  Unique, Two, Style

  Source: www.dead-frog.com

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• I'm not a natural performer. I don't like performing very much.

  David Bowie

  Natural, Performing

  "David Bowie EW Cover: Inside David Bowie and Moby's out-of-this-world 2002 tour". Interview with Jeff Gordinier, www.ew.com. January 11, 2016.

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• There's so many parts of your life, you know? People say that you don't get any better after the age of about forty or something like that, as a performer. I find all that to be a misconception. I don't feel bad about the way I present stuff. The calendar and the mirror - they're bastards.

  Robert Plant

  Mirrors, People, Age

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 25, 2013.

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