Paul Heyman Quotes

It's hard not to be affected by the live audience.

I can tell how I'm doing, and I can tell if the crowd is particularly dead.

When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written.

I just love engaging a live audience - I love that.

I'm obsessed with audiences and obsessed with the journey that an audience goes on.

It doesn't matter if there are 500 people in the stands or 50,000 people, the '205 Live' guys stick to the script and tear it down each night.

The last collaborator is your audience ... when the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written. Things that seem to work well -- work in a sense of carry the story forward and be integral to the piece -- suddenly become a little less relevant or a little less functional or a little overlong or a little overweight or a little whatever. And so you start reshaping from an audience.

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.

I love connecting with the audience, and there's more ways than one to do that.

You can only be as good as your audience. Sometimes you can be as bad as your audience, but you have to remember you can never be better than them.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

I just feed off the energy of the audience.

It's good to go out and entertain these people, and you've got them on the edge of their seat, they're standing up. Then you know that you've done your job, you've entertained them. My way of entertaining them is going out and wrestling. Everyone's got their different ways.

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.

I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me. Every night I had a live audience of 25,000 people to win over. My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

There's nothing like walking out and watching the people get turned on. Nothing in the world could replace it.

I actually enjoy being heckled; it keeps it interesting, and I think it is a nice feeling for people once they have left the show.

There's nothing like spending an evening with an audience every night.

Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have fun with a crowd of my chums.

Las Vegas audiences are swingers. They're drinkers and swingers, and they like to have a good time and party. I never had a bad audience in my career. Sometimes it may take a little longer to get them, you know. But I would get them. I'd get standing ovations... Everything is attitude. It's very important to always like what you're doing.

I love getting cheers. I love giving scares. Anything that really works with the audience makes me happy.

When you get down to it, wrestling is wrestling, and when you get in the ring and start performing, it's up to you and the guy you're in there with to do it and perform it.