“I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.” WritingStuffRoomsPaperSittingEmptyPerformingInterviews Author:Randy Newman
“Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it.” YearsHeartDoneRoomsActingMy HeartSixMy FamilyPerformingMumLiving RoomSix Year Olds Author:Lily Cole
“In all honesty, if somebody asked me the secret of auditioning for Americans, I don't know. Often, I do what's called self-taping for America. I go over there quite a lot to sit in a room and do stuff in front of people. You feel like a performing monkey. It's bizarre.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsSelfAmericaStuffRoomsSecretFrontsHonestyPerformingMonkeysBizarre Author:David Wenham
“I had a very active imagination as a kid, and I was constantly performing, whether I was making money doing it or not, whether it was on a stage in front of 1,000 people or in the living room in front of my family.” PeopleKidsImaginationRoomsStageFrontsMy FamilyActiveMaking MoneyPerformingLiving Room Author:Laura Bell Bundy
“Sometimes, the most daunting thing about performing is making eye contact with your audience, so just look above them and at the corners of the room. Soon, you'll totally forget they're there.” LooksSometimesEyeForgetRoomsAudienceCornersContactPerformingEye Contact Author:Laura Marano
“When you write the script, you're home in a room by yourself, and you're writing, and there's no connection with the real performing world. So you get a lot of things wrong and make a lot of mistakes and make a lot of bad choices.” WorldWritingRealHomeChoicesRoomsMistakeConnectionsScriptsPerformingBad Choices Author:Woody Allen
“I remember performing in Russia when I was twenty, and I stayed at this hotel with 3000 rooms. There were sailors knocking on my room door, wanting to barter stuffed animals with Marlboros that I had been instructed to bring!” RememberAnimalRoomsDoorsTwentiesRussiaPerformingHotelSailorKnockingStuffed Animal Author:Anne Akiko Meyers
“In New York, I'm playing in a church, solo, doing instrumental stuff. There's talk of doing more, like, installation-type things with some of the specimen horns I've played through. Just filling a room in a museum with these horn-speaker sculptures and then making loops that run all day, and you walk around the room and sort of mix the sound by where you stand. That's all way in the future, but that kind of stuff is a different way of thinking about performing.” ThinkingWayKindDifferentRunningStuffSoundChurchWalksRoomsNew YorkTypePerformingDifferent WaysMuseumsSpeakersSoloSculptureFillingHornsWay Of ThinkingLoopsWhere You StandInstallation Author:Andrew Bird
“With a live performance, you feel nervous because there's a sense it could do well or badly based on how well you are performing, whereas the only variable with a film premiere is technical, which invariably you have very little control over, whether the sound is good, whether the acoustics of the room are good.” FeelsWellsLittlesFilmSoundRoomsPerformancesNervousPerformingVariablesAcousticsPremieresLive Performance Author:Richard Ayoade
“Some comedians are silly or goofy or straight joke writers who avoid anything subversive or political. Others are drawn to it. The beauty of standup is there is room for everyone, and years of performing in front of crowds will dictate what you can or can't do.” YearsPoliticalRoomsFrontsJokesCrowdsSillyComedianPerformingSubversiveGoofy Author:Ted Alexandro
“Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half the time: You're in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you're onstage performing for 60,000 people, then you're back on an airplane. It's very hectic and I couldn't do it without my family.” PeopleKnowsMomentsNextRoomsHalfToughMy FamilyPerformingHotelWhere You AreAirplaneTouringAeroplanesHotel RoomsHazeHectic Author:Vanessa Hudgens