I loved science, and when I discovered Buddhist meditative practices and martial arts, I was able to bridge those ways of knowing the world into my own unique way. From that grew the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, which became my ...
If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first minute. That first minute is crucial.
I think leather pants are just better than jeans onstage; they give the performance a nice attitude, and they are also shockingly comfortable. Comfort is key.
I never go perform somewhere alone. I've done that since day one. I've always taken other comics with me.
I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be performing.
Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral.
Korean audiences are amazing. The fans scream so loud, and that really surprises skaters when they first perform in my shows.
I look up to Mick Jagger because he's an amazing performer and he's such an individual. I respect him and admire him eternally.
Ah, men losing the power in their dicks. When they can no longer f___ their women, they f___ the world.
Hungry for what? Money? No. Power? Over people? That was like having power over clams.
I went into performing for the community. Being backstage with your company of fellows is the best part of working in live theater. That energy, that combined focus, the synergy - it's addictive.
A lot of directors want to storyboard you, whereas the best way to get a performance out of an actor is a collaborative process where you listen to the actor's input.
As an actress, I'm constantly watching different shows and films and am always gathering information and inspiration for characters and techniques to make my performances the best they can be.
It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.
I wish I didn't have to perform 'Iron Man' every night.
If you don't get feedback from your performers and your audience, you're going to be working in a vacuum.
As far as performance, the roar of the crowd, the smell of the greasepaint no I don't feel that.
As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates.
I'm still standing up there tall and strong every night that I perform.
I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?
Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday performance.
