Because of my Asian-ness, I couldn't be anonymous - what I said, what I ate, what I did at the weekend were… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
My goal is to work. That's the goal of most actors or performers: to work and keep working, and do the best… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
I think probably the most difficult challenge was just the climb and rise in show business because I went through my entire… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven’t gone through the regimen of learning how to… — Hal David Copy Share Image
If you read reviews of concerts, the word 'creative' comes up all the time. However, performers playing music usually aren't creative. Critics… — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
I've always felt kind of safe on stage, protected. I've talked to other performers about this and they feel the same things,… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
There are some strong female performers out there. But the industry's pre-occupation with the packaging of how a woman looks has gone… — Siouxsie Sioux Copy Share Image
I feel that if entertainment is that important, the media, then it's my duty, not only to mankind but to God, to… — Liberace Copy Share Image
One of the common traits of outstanding performers-coaches, athletes, managers, sales representatives, executives, and others who face a daily up/down, win/lose accounting… — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
When I started out in this business, I was a performer before I was a songwriter, I was a performer before I… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I felt I could become a performer who stood out, who challenged the way things were done and make it more creative… — Sasha Grey Copy Share Image
I always call performing live "giving the people the medicine," because when you're engaged in it, you can feel the sort of… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
It's always been impressive to me when someone can really do what they want onstage. The audience has confidence in the performer… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
What musical performers bring to straight characterizations is that physical flexibility that comes with knowing your body so well. A lot of… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes,… — Boz Scaggs Copy Share Image
I grew up as an only child, and my mother was a single mom. It's always been "us." If it weren't for… — Edwina Findley Copy Share Image
Arrogant S.O.B.s run the world. A performer can never have too much self-confidence. The best in every field are likely to strike… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
It's a very different show because of the elements that we're putting in. There's so many different styles of comedy, but Mr.… — B. J. Porter Copy Share Image
My father was the proprietor of a music shop on Forty-third Street, where many of the finest performers and musicians of the… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
I'm much more interested in lesser-known eccentrics and characters and performers. Like Matthew Buchinger, who was born in Germany in 1674, had… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
That is the godawful thing about television today. Performers don't have any place to hit and miss. You're either in or you're… — Donald O'Connor Copy Share Image
Many times, the game comes down to the final possession, the final shot. I want to become a better clutch performer. That's… — Tracy McGrady Copy Share Image
I'm separated by other performers with whom I might be lumped, since what I say is so intensely personal. I'm anti-art and… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
I don't think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I am a glamour… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Even as a stage performer, I have my garb which is leather jackets and black jeans to make me feel a certain… — Andrew Dice Clay Copy Share Image
I think Phil Collins is one of the most underrated musicians, singers, performers - he is absolutely amazing, I think, and I… — Rick Astley Copy Share Image
... it took me five years of going right into the mouth of the lion to learn to be at ease onstage… — Rory Block Copy Share Image
In country and R&B, there's much more of that division between writers and performers, and that's where you see more of those… — Alan Light Copy Share Image
I find that the British audience listens and they accept the performer for its value, value as a singer, as a vocalist,… — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but… — Emanuel Ax Copy Share Image
My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
When you're casting a movie and when you're shooting a film, the eyes are the most important feature of any performer, really.… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Not 'I don't give a f-' to just be reckless and do whatever, but 'I don't give a f- what they say.'… — Justin Bieber Copy Share Image
If you don't take no chances, then you're not a performer. Performers always take chances. You go see a singer, they'll hit… — Evander Holyfield Copy Share Image
I have discovered that I cannot enhance anybody's performance without getting them not only to live with the butterflies that come with… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Performers should really go to the best schools, like Lady Gaga, you know, she went to NYU and had great teachers... It's… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I grew up going to bluegrass festivals, and there were performers who got on stage and didn't say much. They would stand… — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
I look at old performers like James Brown: back in the day when you actually had to work hard to get poppin'.… — Kyle Copy Share Image