Quotes of: Performing Keyword

The studio thought I was crazy to perform all of my own fencing stunts, but I loved it.

Maureen O'Hara

Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobody can judge unless they've worn those shoes.

Olivia Hussey

We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.

Oscar Peterson

My job, I think, is the hardest job out of all the judges because I am the only one that is a performer.

Paula Abdul

Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.

Phil Collins

I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.

Paloma Faith

We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance.

Penelope Keith

I know how to put it on when it comes to interviews and performing because I have to. But I'm pretty laid back.

Patti LaBelle

I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances.

Philippe Petit

A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.

Pat Riley

Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances.

Peter Stone

There was a strange happening during a performance of Elgar's 'Sea Pictures' at a concert hall in Bermuda tonight, when the man playing the triangle disappeared.

Ronnie Barker

I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.

Rose Byrne

Personally, I tend to be more interested in security and performance-related issues than other things.

Rasmus Lerdorf

The day I feel like I'm at an office job is the day I'll quit performing in front of a camera.

Sasha Grey

Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.

Steve Lacy

I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition.

Sarah Sutton

I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.

Scott Weiland

The thing is I'm very interested in bad taste, as anyone who's ever seen me perform or had dinner with me would know.

Tom Baker

You get callbacks, and they either give it to what they call a 'name' performer, or they decide to go in an entirely different direction.

Tanya Fischer

I'm not saying that more performance wouldn't be better - all these technologies are going to get better - that's the difference between first generation and second generation.

Trip Hawkins