“I was always tinkering around with stuff but nothing serious at the time. I was doing animations and drawing like crazy, but I wasn't imagining that I'd be performing music for people, that's for sure.” PeopleStuffCrazySeriousDrawingPerformingAnimationTinkeringPerforming Music Author:Chad VanGaalen
“Comedy is serious - deadly serious. Never, never try to be funny! The actors must be serious. Only the situation must be absurd. Funny is in the writing, not in the performing. If the situation isn't absurd, no amount of joke will help.” IfsWritingTryingHelpingActorsSituationComedySeriousAmountJokesAbsurdPerforming Author:Mel Brooks
“I was always drawn to performing, but I never thought I could. I have no idea what I wanted to do outside of the old cowboy-or-fireman. When I was in college, I got serious about acting. I started examining history and then everything related to the theater. History, art, all the other studies, if I could link them into the theater, then it became alive for me. It just opened up my eyes.” IfsArtIdeasEyeWantedActingStudyAliveCollegeSeriousTheaterNo IdeaPerformingRelatedIf I CouldLinksCowboyExaminingFireman Author:Billy Crystal
“I don't think there is any serious evidence that we need to be paying people more than 100 times the average wage in order to get high-performing managers.” PeopleThinkingNeedsOrderSeriousEvidenceAverageManagersPerformingGetting High Author:Thomas Piketty
“I only auditioned at four schools. I started performing and studying when I was in middle school, and then as I got into high school, it just got more serious. I feel like it became more of a vocation. It became clear to me at that point that I wanted to pursue it.” FeelsWantedSchoolStudyClearFourMiddleSeriousHigh SchoolPursuePerformingVocationMiddle School Author:Zachary Quinto
“I wanted to be a jockey. I'm serious. First time I got on a horse, I loved it. That's what I wanted to be, but my dad asked me to start performing with my family.” FirstsWantedSeriousDadFirst TimeMy FamilyHorseMy DadPerformingJockeys Author:Janet Jackson