“If I'm focusing on playing and enjoying the song, then it always goes well. I get lost in the song, and the performance is so much better. If the focus becomes not making a mistake, then it just feels rigid to me.” IfsFeelsWellsSongLostEnjoyMistakeFocusPerformancesMaking Mistakes Author:Marketa Irglova
“It's impossible to say that live art enjoys any single status in the information age--there are versions of live art that are still primarily art-world phenomena, others that appeal to much broader audiences. The Burning Man festival is a case in point--an event featuring performance that is itself a performance, which partakes simultaneously of frontier mythology, a counter-cultural impulse, and popular cultural visibility.” MenWorldArtStillsAgeEnjoyCasesAudienceImpossibleEventsInformationPerformancesMythologyVersionsBurningAppealsImpulseFestivalsFrontiersArt WorldInformation AgeVisibilitySingle StatusBurning Man Author:Philip Auslander
“I have a great editor and I enjoy, in a masochistic way, being ruthless about my own performance. How do I know, but I think I'm quite good at saying, "That's no good. That's no good. That's it. That's it. That's good." And I'm with the editor who goes, "No, I think you're wrong. That's not your best." There's an initial point in the editing, if you're directing yourself, especially in my case, where you go, "Ouch, ouch, ouch, I can't watch this." And then, there's a point where you become hard-nosed and just take your neurosis away and go, "What's working? That's okay. That's okay. We can lose that, and lose that." You get objective about it.” IfsWayI CanHardEnjoyLosesMy OwnWatchesCasesOkayPerformancesObjectivesEditorsEditingInitialsRuthlessNeurosisOuchMasochistic Author:Ralph Fiennes
“I have worked alone and with a cast and enjoy the process both ways. There is more back-and-forth with a full cast, and you can feed off the other actors' performance.” WayActorsProcessEnjoyPerformancesCastsBack And Forth Author:Frank Welker
“Assume the worst. About everybody. But don't let this poisoned outlook affect your job performance. Let it all roll off your back. Ignore it. Be amused by what you see and suspect. Just because someone you work with is a miserable, treacherous, self-serving, capricious and corrupt asshole shouldn't prevent you from enjoying their company, working with them or finding them entertaining.” SelfJobsEnjoyCompanyWorstFindingsPerformancesAssumingMiserableServingSuspectsEntertainingOutlookAmusedTreacherousSelf ServingCapriciousKitchen Confidential Book:Tony Bourdain boxset: Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw Source: Tony Bourdain boxset: Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw
“There's one thing you can't download and that's a live performance. And I know how to put on a show, and enjoy performing, and I'll always have that.” KnowsShowsEnjoyKnow HowOne ThingPerformancesPerformingDownloadsLive Performance Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I would enjoy venturing into music, as I do write songs and compose music! And, of course, dance, rhythm and performance are in my blood, so eventually I see myself doing something in that area, surely!” WritingSongCoursesEnjoyBloodAreasPerformancesRhythm Author:Jiah Khan
“Some nights you might go through an entire performance and not feel a thing, and the audience may have a much better time, 'cause if you're enjoying yourself on stage too much, they're having a terrible time because they can't hear you. And if you're a woman your mascara's running.” IfsFeelsMayMightRunningNightCausesEnjoyAudienceToo MuchStageTerriblePerformancesMascaraTerrible Times Author:Anthony Hopkins