Bill Dixon Quotes

I try to do my absolute best for the people who come see me play.

I'll play until they have to scrape me off the stage.

When I do a fashion show, it's not done until it exits out of the door.

This is an opportunity to walk away from the game knowing that I've given it all that I can.

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing.

You can have a knack for dancing, but you still have to practice till your feet are bleeding to be worthy of being in front of an audience.

I was just doing my job in the ring and doing my best to make people happy.

Put me on stage and I'm happy.

To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years.

Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be.

When you're on stage, you gotta do it. People pay to see you, and they deserve to be entertained, and you should go out there and really give it your best shot. And that's quite a challenge.

Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!

My audience was my life. What I did and how I did it, was all for my audience.

I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do, and I love this profession.

A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.

I'm a hard worker and I really give to my fans through my shows.

I just consider myself a committed actor. If a movie is a success, that's great; I'm happy for that. But I've learned just to concentrate on my job and do the best that I can.

Up on that stage, my personality changes. I put everything behind me when I perform. My problems don't belong to my fans. I don't put a burden on my audience. I give them 100 percent of my energy.

I give everything I have to give on the screen. I feel I don't owe the public anything else.

I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.

As an actor, you know that every act has a closing curtain.

I'm like a mechanic. If you break down and phone the AA, they'll come to you whether it's raining or snowing. That's what an actor should do.

I go on stage for hours, and I like to give it my all.

I had fun while I did it, and I left it all out there on the field. I'm tapped out.

It's only when I feel that I can do justice to a character that I take up a film.