Phyllis Diller Quotes

Shows were very different then - even as the headliner we did a very short set by today's standards and sound systems were really primitive. But the girls made it all worthwhile!

It's nice to get the feedback from a theater audience. It's a gas.

Why do you judge me as a musician, John? All I'm interested in is making money.

I have to expose myself and then accept the judgment that audiences and critics will have. And that's okay. I appreciate the elliptical nature of it. Sometimes people are more in the mood to be nice to me than others, and that's great.

To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance.

Well, no. I believe that it's not at all impossible that some of the performances that I've heard so far by some pianists may be superior to my own playing because those are two totally different acts altogether.

I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion, and then I would see these same people writing very respectfully about ordinary naturalistic plays.

Once you've experienced the warmth of an audience, the achievement of getting your first laugh, and entertaining them, singing or playing piano, it just keeps it all going.

We don't make movies for critics, since they don't pay to see them anyhow.

Through years and years of playing to various audiences, what I've learned is - and I think quite a few actors will agree with me - we're not always the best judge of that audience's reactions or not. And we discover, to our amazement, at the end of the show, they bring the house down with applause, and we thought, 'No way tonight,' you know.

Criticism pretty much follows anything anyone ever does. So, anytime anyone ever writes a song, plays a show, or does whatever they do, there's going to be a certain amount of criticism because that's kind of what happens.

Art is an amazing form of being able to share our experiences and tell stories and hopefully relate to other people, but you don't know how everyone else is always going to react to what you put out there.

Art is difficult. It's not always going to please everyone; it's not always going to work the way you want it to work.

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

There's nothing more superficial to do than to paint a beautiful woman. The most beautiful portraits in art were of ugly women. If you paint Brigitte Bardot, it's a disaster. Sunsets, you have to stay away from sunsets. You paint a sunset, you are in great danger.

Performing live is a part of who I am.

I love live theatre, it's always thrilling and exciting.

People see my films, and they cheer and they clap, and they are the kind of movies I like to see myself.

I knew that if I just came out as a singer, people would just be criticizing my voice.

You can play a gig as a band and not know that they hated you; with standup, after every line, you know.

It's difficult sometimes to go and see a show and enjoy it and not go and see a show and critique it.

I always need a reason to do something on stage, for me. I am not judging anyone: there is not a good way; there is not a bad way. You just have to justify everything.

I think the audience will be pleasantly surprised to see what I have attempted with 'Dolly Ki Doli.' I am confident that this movie will be accepted.

When I bring my music to a live audience, I know right away whether it is being appreciated or not.

I agree that some of my performances in America, apart from having drama and excitement, have been a little under my estimation for performance.