Performer Quotes
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The worst thing you can do as a performer is to judge your character in any way, positively or negatively.
Romola Garai
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There`s this sense that of course you want to be famous. When you`re a performer, of course you want an audience, but it`s very, very different from courting fame.
Cate Blanchett
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I`m a performer. I`m better in the first take.
Frank Sinatra
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For a performer to get rage, or to get hostility or shock or any kind of emotions from the audience is a joy. The thing I think actors fear the most is boredom or inattention. That`s what kills me.
William H. Macy
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People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I`ll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn`t the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.
Rowan Atkinson
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I don`t think film acting is necessarily a triumph of technique. Film stardom is a friendship that happens between an audience and a performer. Its like you meet someone and you click with that person for whatever reason.
Richard Dreyfuss
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[on Julie Christie] Julie has such a wonderful film presence and fulfills everything I admire in a performer in that she -- more specifically than almost anyone else -- works for the director and recognizes that the film is created by the director in the ...
Donald Sutherland
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As a performer, much of my life has been spent in the spotlight. I know how important appearance can be to teens, especially the impact it can have on the way you feel about yourself.
Christy Romano
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If you want to help the American theater, don`t be a performer--be an audience.
Tallulah Bankhead
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I`d always wanted to be an actress, and suddenly I knew that learning to control my facial muscles was one of the best assets I could have as a performer. Emotions often must be portrayed from an inner feeling, of course, but I had a double advantage beca...
Jane Greer
Keywords: actress :: advantage :: always :: an :: and :: as :: assets :: be :: because :: best :: but :: control :: could :: course :: double :: emotions :: facial :: feeling :: from :: had :: have :: inner :: knew :: learning :: muscles :: must :: my :: of :: often :: one :: performer :: portrayed :: suddenly :: that :: the :: to :: wanted :: wasSource: imdb.com
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I don`t want to be the oldest performer in captivity . . . I don`t want to look like a little old man dancing out there.
Fred Astaire
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Being successful doesn`t change things. There`s a painful, lonely part of acting because you`re always waiting. The thing about being a performer is doing, and when you have to wait, it`s the same pain as when you`re starting out and have no job. You thin...
Val Kilmer
Keywords: about :: acting :: always :: and :: as :: because :: being :: change :: doesn :: doing :: have :: is :: it :: job :: lonely :: no :: of :: out :: pain :: painful :: part :: performer :: re :: same :: starting :: successful :: that :: the :: there :: thing :: things :: think :: to :: wait :: waiting :: when :: youSource: imdb.com
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[on being picked to host the 78th Annual Academy Awards]: As a performer, I`m truly honored to be hosting the show. Although, as an avid watcher of the Oscars, I can`t help but be a little disappointed with the choice. It appears to be another sad attempt...
Jon Stewart
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[on not having her father to walk her down the aisle at her wedding] I`m a performer. I can totally walk myself down the aisle. I just realized it would be really nice to have that male protector in your life, to have felt that your entire life, and to ha...
Christina Aguilera
Keywords: aisle :: and :: at :: be :: can :: down :: entire :: father :: felt :: have :: having :: her :: in :: it :: just :: life :: male :: myself :: nice :: not :: on :: performer :: protector :: realized :: really :: tha :: that :: the :: to :: totally :: walk :: wedding :: would :: yourSource: imdb.com
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No, you just have to eat healthy and stay fit. I am a performer. It doesn`t matter whether you drink or smoke, as long as you have a clean spirit. You can`t have any stress, when you have stress you can forget it. You got to have a clean mind. - On how to...
Rocco Siffredi
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I want to bring a change and do something new and different in my profession, but in the beginning I`ll have to toe line, I want to be known as a performer not a star.
Preity Zinta
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Nic Cage (Nicolas Cage) is no longer an actor. He`s more like a performer. [1999]
Sean Penn
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When I saw him move I was mesmerized. I`ve never seen a performer perform like James Brown and right then and there I knew that that was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
Where Are They Now
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Michael Jackson
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My career has been over since 1990, he said. "When I look at my fans, they don`t love me. They love what I do. I`m an entertainer. I`m a performer. I entertain them. That`s what I do."
Mike Tyson
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(On college) "I knew that I wanted to be a performer of some sort, like an actress or a comedian, when I was really young, so I worked for that."
Amanda Bynes
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[quoted from Brian Lanker`s book "I Dream A World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America", New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1986)] My own people didn`t see me as a performer because they were busy trying to make a living and feed themselves. Unti...
Lena Horne
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I grew up singing since the age of three. Vocally trained since the age of eight. Fascinated by Mary Poppins and all those musical movies and really knew that I wanted to be a performer.
Nikki Blonsky
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[on Judy Garland] The finest all-around performer we ever had in America was Judy Garland. There was no limit to her talent. She was the quickest, brightest person I ever worked with.
Gene Kelly
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She has the extraordinary capacity to push you as a performer, and yet never make you feel as if you should be afraid to experiment. - On working with Mira Nair on Vanity Fair.
Romola Garai
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The things that drive me are poverty, and pain, and knowing that I don`t want to end up being alone and I want to do something with my life and I want the name Dobson to remain in everyone`s heads. Basically, just to rock and be the best performer I can b...
Fefe Dobson
Keywords: alone :: an :: and :: are :: basically :: be :: being :: best :: can :: do :: dobson :: don :: drive :: end :: everyone :: heads :: in :: just :: knowing :: life :: me :: my :: name :: pain :: performer :: poverty :: remain :: rock :: something :: that :: the :: things :: to :: up :: want :: withSource: imdb.com
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You have to remember that when you are a performer you become a celebrity, but you are not saving lives. It`s not that important.
Victoria Beckham
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You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... three nights.
Elvis Costello
Keywords: and :: as :: at :: came :: centre :: composer :: face :: fact :: festival :: have :: in :: invited :: lincoln :: my :: new :: nights :: no :: opportunity :: perform :: performer :: reputation :: songwriter :: summer :: that :: the :: this :: three :: to :: was :: when :: york :: youSource: brainyquote.com
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You can never be guaranteed good roles because of an award, but I think your profile and net worth as a performer has to do with awards, unfortunately.
Minnie Driver
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Writing is my ultimate ambition. I respect it above all. I didn`t strive to be a performer. It`s come so easily for me. In some ways I feel guilty about that. On the other hand, I enjoy it precisely because I`m not consumed by it.
Mia Sara
Keywords: about :: above :: all :: ambition :: be :: because :: by :: come :: consumed :: didn :: easily :: enjoy :: feel :: for :: guilty :: hand :: in :: is :: it :: me :: my :: not :: on :: other :: performer :: precisely :: respect :: so :: some :: strive :: that :: the :: to :: ultimate :: ways :: writingSource: thinkexist.com
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When you have a performer as talented as Bill Murray or as Harold, that can write as well as they can perform, you can do a final draft on the set if you think of it that way.
Ivan Reitman
