I grew up in musical theatre and love to perform on stage.
I'm more interested in writing than in performing.
There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing.
The more comfortable you are, and the more you can relax, the more truthful your performance is.
I painted sets before I ever performed.
The Smiths hasn't been equaled. That goes for the composition of the songs, the lyrics, and the performance.
No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance.
I say this quite deliberately, this is the finest Shakespearean performance I've seen.
I always find that 90% of the performance, for me, is about what comes from inside.
When a performer doesn't get nervous, that is when you have to give up.
I learned a lot just watching people perform.
I signed up to be a musician, I want to perform, I want to sing.
I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football.
When all the performances are excellent, critics understand it's the direction.
I perform in the major leagues of what I do. It's incredible.
But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.
The mind of the performer is a very strange thing.
I wasn't playing a drag queen - I was playing an extraordinary performer.
Steve Martin is one of my favorite performers, writers, artists of all time.
It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.
My relationship with shoes has always been linked to shoes, women, women in their shoes and performance.
