A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
I'm a consumer as well as a performer. Among my leisure-time activities is going to the theater. I'm very interested in that.
Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged.
The more you perform and get out there, I guess the more practice you have at it and the better you are and the more comfortable you are on stage.
An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.
Performing, I can take it or leave it. Horticulture is far more challenging. I'm absolutely fascinated by it.
The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole studio onto the stage.
I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances.
I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.
I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist.
I think that if an audience is truly appreciative of a performance, they will show it. Sometimes though, there are little differences, and there are audiences that are very reserved even though they are enjoying the show.
If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to develop all the other necessary attributes.
There's a tremendous amount to be gained from being a performer, and being an artist, and being an actor.
My job of being a musician in a recording studio has nothing to do with being a musician being on tour performing.
I think the lawyers are such incredible actors. Can you imagine the performance they have to do every day?
If you can't bring yourself to applaud because the performance was lousy, then applaud because it's over. They tried.
As an athlete, confidence makes me more competitive and helps me perform better.
For me, the most effective cabaret evenings have been some of the most personal ones, where the performer is comfortable enough to simply be themselves.
I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired.
I was admired by all these hippies, and it was wonderful playing at Monterey and Woodstock, performing for half a million people.
We call ourselves comedy writer-performers, and that encompasses everything, and I certainly have a very open mind about it.
