Michael Ian Black Quotes

I'm always playing a role, whether it's the role of the mayor, the role of a news anchor, or a role of a crazy talk-show host. But there was a specific function. 'On Dancing With The Stars', I had nothing to do but be me, schlepping around the floor. And when I host 'America's Got Talent', that's really me just talking to regular folks.

I'm still doing me. I try to come up with different concept for my shows, you gotta keep the people interested, but I'm still me.

I think the key to great art and great artists is to just fully be yourself and not be scared of that, and be the extremes of your personality. Show the extremes of your personality and embrace the imperfections. Embrace the things about yourself that you might not like.

Sometimes it is hard to sing and dance at the same time, but I would rather be off and be real and genuine about it to my fans.

I have no interest in playing 'perfect.' To me, it's more about being an entertainer. Having a connection with the audience.

The magic to our show and, I think, any successful show, be it on the radio or TV, is every person being true to themselves.

You have to add something of yourself to the portrayal.

Everything that I've done in wrestling and hopefully going forward in entertainment has always been unique and genuine to who I am.

I never considered game show host as a career, but it's fun because I get to inject some of my comedy into it.

There are some beautiful things about people like Katy Perry, who are bold enough to go up on a pink cotton-candy cloud, with a guitar, in a tutu, and sing all by herself.

It has been my experience that the greatest performers in the genre of sports-entertainment are usually natural extensions of their own, true personality.

My game is me. I didn't try to pattern my game after nobody.

I always wanted to be in the world of entertainment. I just love the idea of an audience being happy with what I am doing. Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.

I'm glad that I'm able to entertain and be a part of people watching shows and enjoying the work.

We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.

The sexiest thing about style is if you kind of just take your personality and put it in what you wear. That's what I think is cool.

I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

As an actor, you try to put a little bit of yourself in everything you do.

No one is a plain white room. I hate going into a home that is done to the nines but has nothing do with the homeowner - no knickknacks, no art that has anything to say about the person who lives there.

The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else.

I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.

I don't do anything specific for the stage. I'm just myself. I can't stand still for five seconds. I'm normally quite active, so that just comes out on stage. If I see people react to me and my music, I just have to give back and express myself.

Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life.

I consider myself a showman, and I love magic, and I love art, and I love performance, and they're all separate.

My only way of getting my uncles' attention or aunts' attention or whoever's attention was by dancing and singing around the house.