I'm much more interested in making people laugh than getting applause breaks. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Part of me would love to have been a leading lady because there's a lot of glamour that goes with that and… — Selma Blair Copy Share Image
You hit a certain age, and you haven't died yet, and you become an elder statesman. I think I get a lot… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Work for your satisfaction & which serves a cause.If you work only for applause,it will loose its purpose & it may have… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty. — Emanuel Ax Copy Share Image
Oh, how thunderous the applause must be in Heaven, all those times we are mocked on earth for the sake of His… — Mark Hart Copy Share Image
“Those of you in the cheaper seats can clap your hands, and those of you in the balcony can just rattle your… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter. — Ivor Novello Copy Share Image
“I could see you drop dead this minute from paralysis of the brain cells and burst into uninhibited applause.” — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
Chandresh relishes reactions. Genuine reactions, not mere polite applause. He often values the reactions over the show itself. A show without an… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
“i nod to the other will grayson, up onstage. he nods to me. we have something between us, him and me. but… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
It's always great to see grey hairs in a crowd; people who are older have been to a lot more gigs than… — Winston Marshall Copy Share Image
When you've got that performing bug, there's no way that you can tear it out. It's there. When you go out on… — Ann-Margret Copy Share Image
I was born and raised to entertain other people. I've heard laughter and applause and known a lot of sorrow. Everything about… — Donald O'Connor Copy Share Image
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If thou couldst, doctor, cast The water of my land, find her disease, And purge it to a sound and pristine health,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
My first job was singing at the Hammersmith Odeon. It was years ago, so I can't remember who I was performing with.… — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
The Broadway audiences are very vocal and seem very engaged. For certain shows, especially with a show like 'The Heiress,' the audience's… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
Americans respect talent only insofar as it leads to fame, and we reserve our most fervent admiration for famous people who destroy… — Florence King Copy Share Image
I was doing stand-up at the Improv and when the host introduces you, 'OK, the next comedian, you've seen him on 'Silicon… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if we enjoy it, we naturally wants to… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
When we speak to drunkards, worldlings, or any ignorant, unconverted men, we disgrace them as in that condition to the utmost, and… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
The scent organ was playing a delightfully refreshing Herbal Capriccio - rippling arpeggios of thyme and lavender, of rosemary, basil, myrtle, tarragon;… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Comedy crowds - we always want to come out and ask you, 'How you feeling?' We always say that, 'By a round… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
Man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and next to escape the censures of the world.… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
If anyone ever boos you off stage, that is simply applause from ghosts. — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
To win applause one must write stuff so simple that a coachman might sing it. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause. — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
