John Leguizamo Quotes

In fifth grade, we had to write a story and read it in front of the class. When I read mine out, the class were just belly laughing. And I remember being like, 'This is the coolest!' So I want to dedicate my life to trying to make people laugh. I can't imagine doing anything else.

I'm motivated by entertaining people.

What made me fall in love with acting, which is my life, was watching other people perform. It made me hunger to do that.

I'm always curious about anyone who has enough passion to go onstage and say, 'This is what I'm really passionate about.' It's always worth listening to.

I want to entertain people. That's my whole life. To my last breath.

'Ragtime' was the most magical show that I've done. I had an incredible experience with that, with the show itself, with the cast, with the audience. The response to that show - my God, it really blew me away, the reactions to that show, the way it changed their lives and altered their thinking, their own self-discovery.

There's no better feeling as a writer than to see your piece going beyond what you can have ever imagined. And a wonderful way for that to happen is for new audiences to discover it.

I'll be doing stand-up for the rest of my life. The opportunities that it grants you can't be denied. Stand-up is both the hardest thing I do and the thing I enjoy most.

I feel very fortunate to be in a position to where I can continue to make music and have people appreciate it.

I love wrestling, and I love telling a story to the audience.

My goal in wrestling was always to take people on a journey to get a reaction and make people feel like they had seen something special. Thankfully, I get reminded of that every day.

The only thing that made its way to actually happen for me was acting. I love it, and I love being on set. I love being in rehearsal for things and telling stories. It's what I feel I am supposed to be doing.

For me, acting is like a pool you dive into. If you're lucky, you find what you need, then get out again.

I love to perform and express myself to inspire people.

I look for roles that are a good story for me as an actress and what I think will grow me as an actress and person. I also just really enjoy working with people who are passionate about what they do.

The way Salman connects with his audience, I love it! I am trying to learn that from him.

It's all you want as an actor: to have a story people want to be told.

I put my all into performing so people can walk away knowing a bit more about me and feel the passion in my story.

The joy of doing the TV or something like 'Sacrifice' isn't really the process of doing it; the joy is going through this real-life experience.

Whatever I do, no matter it's for television, web or the big screen - it should satisfy me as an actor.

I'm an entertainer: I want to make people laugh, cry. I want to move them.

When doing comedy, I do what makes me laugh. The first person I learned from said I should talk about things I am passionate about - that I love or hate - because the audience likes to see passion. The stuff I rant and rave about stems from a place that really pisses me off.

But professionally I've never felt as strongly about a project, with the exception of 'The Bridges of Madison County', as 'The Light in the Piazza'.

I always wanted to thrill people with my dancing - just as how K-pop dancing thrilled me.

I can never say that I don't want to work anymore. That would be an absolute lie because I enjoy, I take delight in, working in films because I feel it's an honour, you know, to entertain people, to regale audiences.