Performers Quotes · Page 3

“Even the world’s greatest actor cannot fake an erection.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

— Linda Ronstadt

There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We're not very confident performers, and if we don't get a laugh we get insecure.

— Kyle Gass

Audiences are far from being as dumb as some performers seem to think.

— Theodore Annemann

If you look at high performers they are always the most passionate - in any industry.

— Brendon Burchard

The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.

— Lester Bangs

Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members.

— Martha Reeves

The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious.

— Quincy Jones

Be intensely result-oriented in everything you do. This is a key characteristic of high performers.

— Brian Tracy

As for whether I am a 'new age guru', I am not at all. I help companies build employees who lead without…

— Robin S. Sharma

I've been a performer for a long time and I know when people are laughing from their guts, from the inside, and…

— George Carlin

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…

— Sandra Bernhard

The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.

— Leonard Slatkin

I always stayed fit because I'm a performer, and all of those things help me to perform.

— Sting

Although I'm predominantly known for game-shows, I do prefer to be known as a performer.

— Bruce Forsyth

Christmas was really where I started coming into my own as a performer because I did all this stuff on my own,…

— Jim Carrey

Any performer would love to have the opportunity to be able to express themselves in many different areas. If you feel confident…

— Bryan Cranston

I want to work with performers who really are ready to lose their minds, you know? People who are established and have…

— Bennett Miller

It should be pointed out that none of Cardew's works ever gave total freedom to the performer. The instructions were a guide…

— John Tilbury

People used to believe their life--or at least their life as a performer--was over at 28 or some ungodly age! God, when…

— Jennifer Lopez

Serving and helping are great things, but we can go too far. Managers should not adopt poor performers. Colleagues should not cover…

— John G. Miller

More than an actor, I am a performer... I'm a great believer - honestly so, shamelessly so, vulgarly so - that cinema…

— Shahrukh Khan

Being a singer, being a performer, you have tricks, somehow, to calm yourself when things feel a little overwhelming. I don't do…

— Shirley Manson

I really enjoyed working with Daniel [Craig], because he's a brilliant actor at the top of his game. That gave me an…

— Naomie Harris

I've been, I think, able to stay grounded in such a crazy business, and I attribute that a lot to my family,…

— Debbie Gibson

TV is such a success nowadays because it gives back in a way that features can't. If you go to a film,…

— Milo Ventimiglia

I consider being a performer work. I come from a theater family; I've been an actor all my life. I started acting…

— Torquil Campbell

Eric's performance is an awesome and entirely honest expression of the pain and beauty of his music. To watch him play is…

— Tea Leoni

If you get too heavy with the nods and winks, people get a sense that they're excluded from something. If they're in…

— Hugh Jackman

What I love most about playing in front of people has something to do with a certain kind of energy exchange. The…

— Nils Frahm

Authority never matches responsibility. That's one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all…

— Tom Peters

I'm able to shift gears from mom to performer to mom pretty quickly.

— Faith Hill

A high performer is someone who says, 'I want to be the best at what I'm doing.'

— Brendon Burchard

No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.

— Harry Houdini

The mind of the performer is a very strange thing.

— James Galway

Peak performers replace depletion with inspiration on a daily basis.

— Robin Sharma

Bill Cosby is one of America's most successful black performers.

— Renee Montagne

I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.

— Christopher Walken

I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer and I love rock 'n' roll.

— Patti Smith