#forming

Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#bathed #comfortably #down #dressed #i

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#any #art #command #course #demand

Of course the case of the Christian Church planted among the nations must differ, in various ways, from that of any sect forming in connection with religious awakening in a territory of professing Christianity. ↗

— Robert Rainy

#any #awakening #case #christian #christian church

I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football. ↗

— Jerry Rice

#i #performing #playing #pressure #under

When I stopped performing for 16 years and lived in Michigan and was married and raising my children, I wrote about four or five books. I haven't published them. I just haven't gotten around to it for several reasons. ↗

— Patti Smith

#around #books #children #five #four

Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience. ↗

— Brett Somers

#acting #anything #audience #because #being

I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much. ↗

— Ronnie Spector

#every #every night #i #man #missed

My job is to make sure we keep performing. ↗

— Mats Sundin

#keep #make #performing #sure

Transforming a line like that makes it into a belly laugh instead of a laugh against us. ↗

— Terence Young

#belly #instead #into #laugh #like