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“I have never learned how to tell somebody something good about myself; that should be a secret they must find out .”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“Laughing made me feel safe. I was not going to be enveloped by the seediness that coated this world like dust.”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“The act of creation fascinates me. You can only sit with blank page and wait. You cannot press a button, cannot program it.”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“It is often asked why the greatest performers are so timid in private. Confident people get attention naturally. Shy people must do something extraordinary or outrageous to have similar recognition.”
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“Just like competence and performance, good performers are not necessarily the best of leaders.”
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“I don't think any responsible performer would go on stage high. If he convinced himself he is better that way, he is deluding himself.”
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“I had a blind date with a dentist — and he told me to come back in six months.”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“I said, "Is there!" I told him there is a Mafia school where they teach them math — if Johnny has ten fingers and they cut off two, how many does he have left?”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“Everything comes out of smoke and mist and nothingness, a mystical happening…”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“Liked" was the kiss of death. "Loved" or "hated" interested him. At least the performer had aroused emotion.”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“The first thing I look for, in addition to a performer's range, is a performer's look in comparison to the character. That is very important to me as a casting director. ("The Making of Dual Mania: Filmmaking Chicago Style," 2018)”
― The Making of Dual Mania: Filmmaking Chicago Style
― The Making of Dual Mania: Filmmaking Chicago Style
“One forgets that part of one's performance is one's history—or sometimes the lack of it. You're playing against what an audience knows, what they expect. This seems to be true of all performers; there's baggage that gets carried into the venue that we can't see.”
― How Music Works
― How Music Works
“Maybe that is why in my comedy I try and puncture the hypocrisy all around us, why it is almost a crusade with me to strip life down to what really is true.”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“When you begin to losing your audience, do not get loud; get quiet, make them find you and come back to you.”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“Somehow, some way, every person in the arts has to find an accommodation with disappointment and embarrassment. They are the pollen in the air we breathe.”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“People say it is not the key to happiness, but I have always figured if you have enough money you can have a key made.”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“I am driven. Being driven is my energy source. It is my fun.…I believe that where there is action, there is movement, and those ripples will eventually produce something positive.”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“Strive hard to be among the top performers. To do this, create a standard. Go higher than this standard. Set another higher standard; surpass it and repeat the process.”
― 101 Keys To Everyday Passion
― 101 Keys To Everyday Passion
“Most people don’t understand performers are really sheltered and protected so much sometimes that they don’t get a chance to live their lives.”
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“I like performing because it's direct contact with live people. I write a good deal of the time but that's introspective creation rather than interaction.”
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“…you either do or do not have a comedy mind, whatever that is, maybe a heightened sense of the ridiculous and the absurdity of life…We are all crazy and crazed.”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“…but I think comedy is more aggressive than that. It is a medium for revenge. We can deflate and punish the pomposity and the rejection which hurt us. Comedy is power.”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“It gathers emotionally inside you, in a strange way a by-product of struggle, of a willingness to do anything, try anything, expose yourself to anything — staying in motion because sooner or later those ripples will cause change.”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“The revelation that personal truth can be the foundation of comedy, that outrageousness can be cleansing and healthy…”
― Enter Talking
― Enter Talking
“Not everyone who plays knows the rules and neither the One who watches the game is a novice, Grow Up!” ”
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“There is what is good, and what is planned. Performers focus on the good while achievers on the planned.”
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