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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
It was a slow process of getting closer and closer to my actual personality on stage. And now there's very little separation. I definitely find the more open and vulnerable I am, the more people enjoy it.
— Mae Martin
The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
— Ian Mckellen
You're at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait.
— Dave Lombardo
I don't wake up drenched in sweat because I haven't been on stage in years.
— John Malkovich