#performers

Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.' ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#back #back-up #get #go #i

Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#interested #invention #just #more #mozart

The most evocative thing to me is probably when a writer and a group of performers can collectively put together something compelling that asks the really simple question: 'How do we live?' ↗

— John Malkovich

#collectively #compelling #evocative #group #how

Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart. ↗

— Adrian Edmondson

#comedians #cooper #endearing #getting #like

Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#earnings #family #family members #half #members

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#best #bring #different #live #makes

Being performers, that's what we do: We put on shows and want people to watch. ↗

— Adrian Grenier

#people #performers #put #shows #want

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

— Gloria Trevi

#audience #concerned #how #look #much

I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world. ↗

— Tony Bennett

#best #i #insist #performers #still

I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers. ↗

— Tony Curtis

#always #circus #day #great #i