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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Any performer would love to have the opportunity to be able to express themselves in many different areas. If you feel confident… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
Christmas was really where I started coming into my own as a performer because I did all this stuff on my own,… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a stand-up comedian. I consider myself a performer; a comic as opposed to stand-up comedian. Stand-up comedians stand… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
People who aren't complicated in real life come through as pretty bland on the screen. Most great performers are not very happy… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed… — Eve Arnold Copy Share Image
I want to work with performers who really are ready to lose their minds, you know? People who are established and have… — Bennett Miller Copy Share Image
I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
When you do a really good play, the audience and the performers are looking into the same looking glass, the same microscope.… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
In the performer's body, you don't care how you look. It doesn't matter if you're old, fat, beautiful, or ugly. It doesn't… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was… — Dana Plato Copy Share Image
There are so many factors that go into how you feel, as a performer, on any given movie, that it's really hard… — Alessandro Nivola Copy Share Image
I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called Radio Gaga. That's why I love the name. Freddie was unique -… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Today, I marvel at the vegan foods in the supermarket, at the cruelty-free clothing choices in stores, and at the fantastic alternatives… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I can get onstage and cut that off and be superinstinctive. To be a good live performer, you have to be instinctive.… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see… — Tony Curtis Copy Share Image
Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye… — Charles Garfield Copy Share Image
For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of… — Joan Chen Copy Share Image
The objective.. is to achieve a comfort level between the cook/artist/performer and the customer/viewer/diner. And if we can achieve that, and the… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
I see a lot of young female performers who do not call themselves feminist, but would certainly believe in their own right… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
The most direct path to achievement whether you're an entrepreneur, a company executive, or a pro soccer player is to be a… — Maynard Webb Copy Share Image
Second, they [those who disagree with market efficiency] always claim they know a man, a bank, or a fund that does do… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
It was at a performance art space that's no longer around, Gusto House... All of these great performers from all over the… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
Like most actors, I've always been grateful for Chinese restaurants; they were often the only places that stayed open late enough for… — Ginger Rogers Copy Share Image
Here's what I advise any young struggling actress today: The important thing is to develop as a woman first, and a performer… — Lucille Ball Copy Share Image
One thing about being a performer is you're not just doing an intellectual job behind a desk; you're out there performing and… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
I came back to New York after college like any number of struggling performers, and you just find that niche where you… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
Top performers in their fields such as Debbie Moore, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Deborah Meaden and Jo Malone, did not go to university and… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only… — Alban Berg Copy Share Image
When the theater is gothic it matches the sensibility of the show. It's also very intimate. The audience is very close to… — Frank Wildhorn Copy Share Image
I don't think you necessarily have to be the most perfected performer, in order to express your feelings. It's really those feelings… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I wish there was something more that performers could do other than get out there and sing at benefit performances. I wish… — Bea Arthur Copy Share Image
The proliferation of new music groups and individual performers focusing on new music today is heartening. On the one hand the culture… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I feel like with our shows it always feels weird to be performers on stage and not engaging in audience interaction in… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
Even going to college, getting my degree in Radio TV and Film, as I was approaching the time when you have to… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
As an actress, you're living something through the duration of the play and its geography. I've always seen writing the same way.… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
I wanted to be the writer in the room setting depth charges of feeling out the world with my language.You know, I… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image