Entertaining Performance Quotes

Putting my audience to sleep isn't what I'm going for.

If you've paid your hard-earned money to see a gig, you want to be entertained. That's what I wanna give my fans.

Shinsuke Nakamura is probably one of the best wrestlers I've ever been in the ring with. He's very unorthodox. Everything he does is with knockout power. He's a guy who is very flamboyant, so don't let his Michael Jackson antics fool you. This guy is deadly.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

Who can deny that it was a pleasure to watch Rob Van Dam interact with the audience and tear the house down for 30 minutes a night.

I believe the UFC knows what they're watching and looking for, so I always try and put on a great show for everybody watching and try to go out there and finish my opponent and do something exciting. I believe a lot of people come out to watch me and see me perform.

Jerry 'The King' Lawler might be the most talented man I've ever worked with. He comes in, he's cool as a cucumber, and then all of a sudden, as soon as the camera comes on, it was a dream. It was an absolute dream come true to spar and share the same airspace with a guy I've respected for a long, long time.

As professionals we have a responsibility of providing a good show for the fans. Getting hits and home runs is what they want to see.

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to.

Messi makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He has only one idea, to run towards the goal.So as a football fan, just enjoy the show.

Psychic, illusionist... I'm just doing the things that I find interesting and worthwhile.

If people are paying money to see me, then I want them to walk away from the show knowing they had a really great time. I want it to be very energetic and to have fun, sad, emotional and uplifting moments. I want it to have everything!

I was very young when 'The Carol Burnett Show' came out, but that kind of comedy and the spontaneity of her, I think it really deeply affected me within just the joy of performance.

One of my guilty pleasures is George 'The Animal' Steele. I didn't like him, but I couldn't stop watching him when he did the corner post thing. It was the most awkward thing I ever saw.

What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that it be dramatic and interesting and captivating, because these people weren't entertainers, you know.

When an actor constructs reality, it has to be riveting and entertaining. There has to be an emotional connect with the audience.

I pretty much give both barrels every time I walk on stage.

During my stage shows, I am so energetic. It's constant! I just don't stand still. I actually got given a mic stand from my team to say 'Just calm down. Stand still for at least two songs.' But now I just pick it up and walk around with it.

Michael Rooker is like the Merle Haggard of the acting world. Never a dull moment.

I enjoyed the Bradshaw character - the beer-drinking character from Texas. It was just fun.

Me and Akshay share a great timing and bond in real life and that comes alive on screen. Our scenes in 'Singh Is Bliing' are something which audience will enjoy a lot.

Going in there just to win and put on a boring fight, I don't want to be related to anything like that.

I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording.

Audiences are not interested in watching singers who stand stiffly and sing for three hours.

If you come to any of my live shows, you'll see, it's very frenetic. I have the attention span of a gnat.