“Coming here, I sharpened and fine-tuned everything I had and needed. What I thought of as myself as a performer, I looked back and was like, ‘Wow, I improved from where I was.’ I thought I was ready and then saw the improvements I made which were unbelievable. It makes the transition from down here to up there (the WWE roster) so much easier because you’re prepared for what they need you to do. It’s not like you’re jumping into a whole other world. You’re prepared for what they need.” WorldNeedsMadeWholeSawsReadyLike YouFineNeededEasierPreparedImprovementTransitionPerformersWowWweUnbelievableJumpingNeed YouOther WorldsRosters Author:Bo Dallas
“Prince is the ultimate performer. Prince is that dude that's going to get on stage by himself, if he need to, but hold you in the palm of his hand. Like, you can't take your eyes off the man when he's on stage, and he could just be sitting there playing his guitar.” IfsMenNeedsHandsEyeStageHe ManLike YouSittingUltimateGuitarPerformersPalms Author:Ne-Yo
“If you get too heavy with the nods and winks, people get a sense that they're excluded from something. If they're in screenings and everyone's laughing, and they don't know what the hell it's about, somehow you feel excluded from the party, or like you're not in the inner circle. As a performer, that's the worst thing you can do to an audience. It's fun, but you have to be very careful with it.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsFunCan DoPartyAudienceLaughingHellWorstLike YouCarefulHeavyCirclesPerformersWorst ThingsExcludedScreening Author:Hugh Jackman
“If I feel really authentically in my body, then everything seems to click. But, sometimes I can only get into that, if the atmosphere is already conducive to that with the sound and all that stuff. There are moments where, as a performer, you're on stage and you feel like you're exactly where you're meant to be in the universe. It's a rare and beautiful thing when it happens.” IfsFeelsI CanSometimesMomentsBodySeemsHappensBeautifulUniverseStuffSoundStageLike YouAtmosphereMeant To BePerformersBeautiful ThingsClicks Author:Ben Lee
“My mom made me go to a Britney Spears concert when I was young. And I was like, 'No, I don't want to!' she was like, 'You're going to be a performer, you need to see other people.'” PeopleWantNeedsMadeYoungLike YouMomMy MomConcertsPerformersSpears Author:Avril Lavigne
“I used to be a street performer, and performances on Venice Beach, it's like playing the Apollo: They let you know if they don't like you!” IfsKnowsUsedStreetsLike YouPerformancesUsed To BeBeachPerformersApolloVeniceStreet PerformersVenice Beach Author:Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
“I think that watching artists, soulful artists, they get into it. It's always the way I perform, so when I'm on stage I just try to get into it - I'm in my own world. That's the whole thing about the stage, it's like a sacred place. They're [the audience] watching into the different world, right, so it's like you see performers and they're in the same room, so it's a different vibe. Sometimes it's great, but I try to separate it, you know, I wanna separate it 'cos otherwise I feel naked. It just feels natural.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayFeelsTryingDifferentSometimesWholeArtistNaturalMy OwnRoomsAudienceStageLike YouSacredNakedPerformersDifferent WorldsSoulfulMy Own WorldSacred Places Author:Justin Nozuka
“When you only hang out with performers, you start to feel like movies and TV and comedy is everything. Especially being in LA, where it feels like you walk into a coffee shop and you see 15 laptops with screenplays being written.” FeelsWalksComedyWrittenTvsLike YouCoffeeShopsHanging OutPerformersScreenplaysLaptopsCoffee Shop Author:Gillian Jacobs