Quotes about Performance
There's only one rule in stand-up, which is that you have to be funny. Yet 99 per cent of comics look and talk exactly the same.
— Bo Burnham
The best script in the world doesn't work perfectly when you actually act it out. That's a law. That's a given. So you have to play with everything. And the more fun you have with it, the better the finished product.
— Ricky Gervais
Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That's just the luck of the draw. If you consistently do it... that's excellence.
— Jay-Z
For me, performance is a holy ground. When I perform, I really step into a different state of consciousness.
— Marina Abramovic
I just like to write and then perform.
— Bo Burnham
I've always been aware of my health - when you are having to go on stage and perform, you need to be feeling good - but when I was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, I became really, really conscious of my health.
— Olivia Newton-John
My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But that's just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun.
— Tom Lehrer
You just have to take control of your own performance.
— Damian Lewis
First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give 100 percent and then what happens, happens.
— Marina Abramovic
I performed in a bowling alley before while people were still bowling. Cut the check, and I will perform anywhere.
— Kevin Hart
There's no getting around it: Writing is hard, while working with young performers is nearly always a joy.
— Andrew Lloyd Webber
People like Brel were sensitive and vulnerable; on stage, they dared to take risks.
— Stromae