Tionne Watkins Quotes

I think anyone doing an interview is to some extent on show. And therefore, we always want to put on our best face.

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.

I can sing and dance. I can smile - a lot.

Your life could be falling apart, but for your audience, you have to put up a show.

People need the court jester, so I keep that smile on and keep going out there to do what I do.

I was a class clown. I realized early on feeling very comfortable in front of people.

I always loved to be a ham and be at the center of attention, always in everybody's faces.

I've never been ashamed of being the ham or the provocateur, as it were, in my style of commentary or my style of showmanship.

I'm definitely never going to be John Cena, the life and soul of the party.

I definitely don't wanna be known as the 'Up Down' guy. I love singing that song, I love that song, but yeah, there's definitely more to me than just a party for sure.

Even if I'm not having the best time in a social situation, I'll force a smile.

As an actor, you need to smile all the time, which is not easy.

I'm going to give you everything I've got, I'm going to put my body on the line, and I'm going to entertain you. Plain and simple.

I feel like I'm an entertainer.

Being a WWE superstar is about giving, and I think there's a few guys who get that.

When you see me at the show, I'm smiling because I want you to know I can do this all day.

What we do every day onstage, there's lights, there's lots of other musicians, there's an audience, there's a microphone and mic stands - layers of the onion we have to kind of hide behind.

I always see Lonzo dancing on social media.

When I'm getting a chance to do my job or make somebody's day, and be on stage where I love, and see all the fans having fun, you can't help but smile.

I work hard to make a gift to the audience.

If people took the time to leave their homes and bought a ticket with their hard-earned cash to see me perform, the least I could do was give it everything I had every time out.

I think actors, athletes, and anyone who's a public speaker is very amazing or fascinating to me.

Playing Mo-yeon was satisfying because I could be irritable. I normally can't be like that in public because of my image.

There's always a performance going on in our house.

Often the people with the biggest smiles can be struggling the most.