Quotes of: Performing-arts Keyword

You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar.

Brendon Urie

I think he is an entertainer. I would prefer if he were a performer.

Carol Bellamy

When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.

Cate Blanchett

Remember one thing - that Sweden is performing better than the rest of Europe.

Goran Persson

The adrenaline of a live performance is unlike anything in film or theater. I can see why it's so addictive.

Gwyneth Paltrow

You have to always physicalize, when you do animation recording. Otherwise, you won't get the performance right.

Hank Azaria

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.

Harold S. Geneen

I listen to Prince on my iPad. And I use a Chords & Scales app to warm up before performing.

Janelle Monae

I've always looked up to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for their outstanding vocal performances. I've always been inspired by them.

Jessica Mauboy

Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing.

John Mayer

No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.

James K. Polk

Maybe it sounds like I'm splitting hairs here but I don't wanna perform for a living, I wanna live for a living.

Jim Parrack

I auditioned for a play in fifth grade, and that's when I knew that I wanted to be a singer and performer.

Jordan Pruitt

No individual has a vested right to a job when that individual fails to perform adequately.

James E. Rogers

I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my clothes off is a documentary.

Julia Roberts

Adapting your own book is like performing open-heart surgery on your own child.

Jonathan Tropper

I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer.

Daniel Day-Lewis

I'm not comfortable singing in front of people yet. That's going to take another 100 performances.

David Friedman

Physical expression was my first language: Before I was an actor, I was a dancer, an acrobat, a mime and a street performer.

Denis Lavant

It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare.

Judi Dench

Performing in front of a live audience can be pretty intimidating, so having a full head of hair was important to me.

Joey Fatone