Sasha Velour Quotes

People have cried at a couple of shows. To think that someone could do that for me... Jesus Christ. That's a crazy sign.

I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can actually have a real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well.

I think there's something really thrilling to having to get people laughing about something, and then, when you have them in that comfort space, you can drop the weight into the texture of the story.

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences.

I just want to make art that connects with people and moves them on an emotional level. Any time I can put out music and place a story behind it and have people watch it and go, 'Wow, I was affected by that,' to me, feels like I've done my job.

The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another.

Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.

I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it.

I don't want people to look back at my matches and say, 'When you did that move, it was good, and I liked it because it was cool.' I want people to sort of remember a rush of images and the emotion that they felt when they saw it. That's when I think you have a real masterpiece in your hands.

I want to create films that will speak to different parts of our hearts and brains, stories told from a different angle.

I want to entertain, but I'm interested in a whole range of feelings.

I'm just focused on getting to the end of each show and feeling like we've done a good job when we walk off stage. And a perfect show isn't necessarily about making the audience feel good. I know I've done my job well if I've made people feel... interesting. I like to leave them a little stunned.

Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

Art is all about the experience. I could say I don't really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go, 'Blimey, look at that.'

My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do.

I love to entertain, I love to make people laugh, cry, and move them, perhaps moving them in their lives.

I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words.

The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.

As long as I can make an audience feel something, I don't care whether it's a good thing or bad thing, just to feel something is important to me.

Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.

Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.

I don't have a favorite genre. I love to work and live vicariously through every character. It's all about trying to bring the character to life and get the story across in a way that resonates with the audience. It's always interesting and challenging in a gratifying and unique way.

The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.

Playing live is basically just hyperactivity and a certain sense of enchantment that I deliver to the audience, to let them know what it would be like to be inside my head.