14 Quotes About Performer

They say you can’t put the past behind you. But as an artist, you can. Although your past may not be as glorious as those who have come before you, it’s not the past anymore. You must learn to let go and focus your energy on the now Read more

It’s a great thing that performers can look back at their careers and see a growing list of accomplishments and accolades. Such a wonderful piece of advice from a truly talented performer!

Your life experience is a moving picture, of which you...
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Your life experience is a moving picture, of which you are writer, director, performer, producer and critic. T.F. Hodge
Even the world’s greatest actor cannot fake an erection.
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Even the world’s greatest actor cannot fake an erection. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Art doesn’t give rise to anything in us that isn’t already there. It simply stirs our curious consciousness and sparks a fire that illuminates who we have always wanted to be. Kamand Kojouri
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I'm like a circus standing on two legs. Nuno Roque
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In musical performances one can sense that the person on stage is having a good time even if they're singing a song about breaking up or being in a bad way. For an actor this would be anathema, it would destroy the illusion, but with singing one can have it both ways. As a singer, you can be transparent and reveal yourself on stage, in that moment, and at the same time be the person whose story is being told in the song. Not too many kinds of performance allow that. . David Byrne
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It is easier to be a mere performer and not to make serious decisions, to live with an assistance of someone else’s mind and obey someone else’s command when you are a person of victim mentality Sunday Adelaja
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To perform you need practice, to practice you need passion. Amit Kalantri
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A crowd of men stood in front of them. Of all ages, with expressions of sex-wonder in their eyes, gazing curiously as men who cannot solve a mystery that populates graveyards and through the ages has sent poets, popes, kings and fools to the junk heap. Jim Tully
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The upper management team had informed me that an employee that worked for me was a poor performer and would be terminated soon. This employee was clearly displaying mental health issues that were causing problems in the workplace. When I followed the company procedures and reported this to human resources, their response was to inform me that my contract would not be renewed and I would be immediately fired if anyone complained about me. This was my introduction to how mental health issues are handled in the USA. . Steven Magee
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I like performing because it's direct contact with live people. I write a good deal of the time but that's introspective creation rather than interaction. Oliver
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This is the world of pretend. We are artists and we are servants of the stage, and I take both jobs very seriously. As artists, we work as a collective–all for one and one for all. As servants, we work for thos who venture out alone, otherwise known as performers. Rebecca Stead
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I don't think any responsible performer would go on stage high. If he convinced himself he is better that way, he is deluding himself. Oliver
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I'm able to shift gears from mom to performer to mom pretty quickly. Faith Hill