Performers Quotes - Page 29

• The British tradition, basically, is to go to the character. And the Hollywood tradition, shall we say, is basically to take the character to the performer.

  John Hurt

  Character, Hollywood, Tradition

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I'm sure that Zhang Lanxin could be an outstanding action movie actress. For one thing, she wouldn't require a stand-in. As for Yao Xingtong, she might be an excellent action performer in her next life.

  Jackie Chan

  Might, Next, Actresses

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• I think the actor or performer should be - to touch that truth inside of a person. Touch that reality so much that they become a part of what you're going and you can take them anywhere you want to.

  Michael Jackson

  Reality, Thinking, Actors

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There's been (if you sort of scan the magazines) announcements of different performers that has come and tried to get the British audience to go crazy, simply by them entering the stage because they had a hit record. It just doesn't happen. That happens in America.

  Tina Turner

  Crazy, America, Different

  "Tina Turner 'Speaks Up' in 1985". Interview with Peter Panton for Speak Up Magazine, tinaturnerblog.com. 1985.

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• I find that the British audience listens and they accept the performer for its value, value as a singer, as a vocalist, value as a performer. You're only accepted if you're good.

  Tina Turner

  Singers, Accepted, Accepting

  "Tina Turner 'Speaks Up' in 1985". Interview with Peter Panton for Speak Up Magazine, tinaturnerblog.com. 1985.

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• I tell a lot of young performers, 'Go get in trouble. Go commit yourself to something you're not sure you can do.' And I followed my own advice.

  Stephen Colbert

  Advice, Trouble, Young

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Sometimes you write passages that don't need to be rewritten. Performance is that for me. Improvisation, things that happen in the moment, are sometimes wonderful, or wonderful as a moment to be shared between performer and people, but that's it. There might be a strong bond between you and the people, a transformative night, but as a live record it might not translate.

  Patti Smith

  Strong, Writing, Night

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• You can't just try to be a performer. It's in your DNA. I really believe that it's either what you are or it's not at all.

  Sandra Bernhard

  Believe, Dna, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The encore is the short piece after the program has finished, where the performer brings out something that the audience doesn't expect.

  Hilary Hahn

  Pieces, Program, Audience

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Composition is interesting because, in a sense, you always have to let it go. Unless you're a true composer/performer, you're always sending a PDF and then someone else makes it. It's like instructions for a short story, faxed to every English student who's studying it.

  Nico Muhly

  Interesting, Let It Go, Stories

  Interview with Sean Michaels, believermag.com. October 1, 2008.

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• My mom made me go to a Britney Spears concert when I was young. And I was like, 'No, I don't want to!' she was like, 'You're going to be a performer, you need to see other people.'

  Avril Lavigne

  Mom, People, Want

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• Of all the awards, the Stand-up Comic Audience Award is our favorite. It is a chance to honor the performers who spend much of their careers developing their craft and working in the comedy clubs all over America.

  George Schlatter

  Awards, Careers, America

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• It should be pointed out that none of Cardew's works ever gave total freedom to the performer. The instructions were a guide which focused each individual's creative instinct on a problem to be solved - how to interpret a particular system of notation using one's own musical background and attitudes.

  John Tilbury

  Attitude, Creative, Musical

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• I grew up listening to cabaret. At 7 and 8 years old, I was already singing like a club performer.

  Annaleigh Ashford

  Years, Listening, Singing

  "Annaleigh Ashford Takes ‘Lost In The Stars,’ Her Glitzy Solo Cabaret, On The Road". Interview with Curtis M. Wong, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2015.

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• There are certain performers that the gay community receives and recognizes with love, and my whole life, I've always responded to those same artists.

  Annaleigh Ashford

  Gay, Artist, Community

  "Annaleigh Ashford Takes ‘Lost In The Stars,’ Her Glitzy Solo Cabaret, On The Road". Interview with Curtis M. Wong, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2015.

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• Dane Cook is one of the most exciting comedy stars to emerge on the scene in many years, and his ability to connect with audiences is truly remarkable. HBO will be able to give this gifted performer the broadest, most unrestricted showcase for his talent, and we're delighted to welcome him to the network.

  Chris Albrecht

  Stars, Hbo, Years

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• City needs creativity to retain the high performers who have lived there for years as well as to attract new, interesting residents.

  Charles Landry

  Creativity, Years, Cities

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• When it comes to women, our perfectionism gives us a lot of grief. Women want to be super moms, super partners and super performers at work - and all at the same time. That's stressful.

  Kristina Schroder

  Mom, Grief, Giving

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• I'm not a performer. If they're looking for entertainer-in-chief, I'm probably not the guy.

  Jeb Bush

  Guy, Chiefs, Entertainers

  "Jeb Bush's presidential campaign losing momentum". "The World Today" with Kim Landers, www.abc.net.au. October 30, 2015.

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• Classic music somehow changed, and it changed between the first and the second world wars, and somehow what happened was that the hero that had been the composer, the hero now was the performer, and especially the conductor.

  Esa-Pekka Salonen

  War, Hero, Firsts

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think we've become a TV culture where we forget the live performer in front of us can see us. I think there is a self-centeredness that happens. There's nothing more important than what you are doing in that moment. So, unless it's an emergency, put your phone away.

  Laura Benanti

  Thinking, Phones, Self

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want it to go, you're making it up as you go, and you're acting it.

  Rob Reiner

  Moving, Acting, Directors

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn't forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.

  Grace Jones

  Silly, Character, Play

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• I recently found myself going through a period of uncertainty about my future as a performer, my status as a personality, the believability of my Christian witness and the knowledge of God's will in my life. I felt a force bigger than myself saying, 'Lay back. Take it easy. Study hard. Read your bible. Think, write and keep your mouth shut for awhile.'

  Johnny Cash

  Christian, Writing, Thinking

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• I think any great performer or athlete has to have a little bit of a gut to be great.

  Lance Berkman

  Athlete, Thinking, Littles

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