Audience Quote by Sue Perkins

I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed.

— Elton John

There is a bit of acting involved when you get in front of a camera for a video. Even when you perform onstage, you're…

— Aaliyah

For me, when you're casting known talent, you're not just casting their performances. You're casting the public's relationship with them, their public images to…

— Jen McGowan

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 out; you…

— Donald O'Connor

Nowadays, performers worry too much about how they look. They're not concerned about what they're really saying to their audience.

— Gloria Trevi

Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and…

— Penn Jillette

If I do a picture, I want the audience to be the people I was just packed against on the subway or on the…

— Eric Drooker

I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience.

— Carter Burwell

The clubs usually enforce no filming of performances pretty well. I want to know that what I'm doing is in the here and now…

— Eddie Pepitone

I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?

— Pauly Shore

I don't photograph for other people. I love an audience, mind you. Once I've got them there, then I love an audience. Not a…

— Brett Weston

You have a responsibility for the way you make the audience feel, and I want them to feel uncomfortable.

— David Fincher