I keep "leave me alone, I'm busy " pretending to work sign with me because my dad once told me to find a job that you would do for free and I would do this job for free. But I would be a performer for free because that's all I've ever loved to do. I've worked so hard to get to the point where work doesn't feel like work. So when I come to work, I'm actually coming to play - I'm coming to recess. So, when you see me, leave me alone, I'm busy. . . pretending to work.
Find me any performer anywhere who isn't egocentric. You'd better believe you're good, or you've got no business being out there.
I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer and I love rock 'n' roll.
It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.
Naturally, people's image is of a performer, but the reality of it is the writing for me has always been the most important thing and the most rewarding thing.
I'm growing as an actor and performer every week.
I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.
Performance for another in no way signals the inferiority of the performer to the one for whom the performance is intended.
I'm not a natural born performer.
I was a street performer for two years.
There isn't a performer on earth that isn't an exhibitionist. There isn't any point in being in this business if you're not an exhibitionist. And, by the way, you can be an exhibitionist and be very shy as well.
I never thought of being a performer, never thought of being a singer, never thought of being a photographer. It's just the trajectory of my work. I go to the medium that serves the vision.
Miss Dietrich is not so much a performer as a one-woman environment.
I always stayed fit because I'm a performer, and all of those things help me to perform.
I've always been a performer. That's just what I know.
The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.
There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.
I'm a singer. I'm a dancer. I'm a performer. I'm an actress. That's what I'm supposed to be doing. It makes me a better parent, a better person. I think I can just handle more than the average bear, you know?
The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.