The idea that any performer type is owed anything is a joke to me.
It really took me a long time to become comfortable as a performer. I think I'm finally starting to enjoy playing live.
Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the relief of laughter from this genuinely great performer.
If you just work on your upper body, you're not going to be a full-range dancer or performer. You've got to work in all directions as much as you possibly can.
You can't just try to be a performer. It's in your DNA. I really believe that it's either what you are or it's not at all.
To achieve the intimacy between performer and audience in storytelling, I feel like I have to let the audience in on my emotional state, not just, "Here's a story I'm going to tell by rote, and you're just going to listen to it, because I'm such a wonderfully entertaining fellow. " It's the idea of sharing enough of myself that it's not just all about, "Look at me, look at me. " There's an element to it of, "You understand what I'm talking about, right? You've been in this place that I've been in," which makes it a richer experience.
It is not a mystical thing, however, it is obvious and practical and I think that what the performer does is to try to get to that point with every choice you make from the phrasing in a tune to the choice of tunes.
Try not be resentful or jealous of other people's success. Know that your path as a performer is going to be very different than others. Try your best not to compare.
The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a performer could have on an audience.
I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.
If there's one big thing you can take from Amy Poehler as a performer, it's committing, full on.
I'm a performer. That's what I do. That and making money - it's the passion and the care factor for the people that support your passion, the people that support you, it's the kind of people that go crazy and love your stuff.
When I go see a performer, I don't go to criticize. I just go to be entertained. I don't go to give advice; I just go to enjoy.
Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer.
Songs suffer at the mercy of the performer.
For me the voice is the most important, but making your singing believable makes a great performer.
But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.
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.
I'm a live performer and I love playing live.
I'm not a natural born performer.