Bruce Vilanch Quotes

A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing.

I don't know how to do a show not in front of a live audience.

A group or an artist shouldn't get his money until his boss gets his.

I performed in a bowling alley before while people were still bowling. Cut the check, and I will perform anywhere.

Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance.

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

If you're on a contract at 'The New Yorker,' the contract specifies the number of words you will publish in the magazine per year. I get paid by the word, like most writers. That's one reason why the Scientology article was 25,000 words long!

No matter where you play, a stadium or an arena, when you're present on stage, it's going to feel like a theater.

I get paid by the fight, not by the minute.

I've always wanted to do, oddly enough, a live variety show, but only with a live audience.

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

I charge by the hour, or I am on a retainer. We try to work with the client.

Live performances are exhilarating, especially when performing for a young crowd.

I did shows for a while without a rider, actually, because nobody tells you that it comes out of your fee.

I think we're paid a going rate for how well our shows do.

In WCW, your future was determined by the time you signed the contract. I was the lowest-paid guy in the company at $75,000.

With WWE, you're live every single week. You're in an arena, and there can be anywhere from 12,000 to 20,000 people watching you perform.

When you're in WWE, it's a part of that contract signing, that grind. You're on-call 24-7. That's why you become the star that you are.

A live show is something that can never ever be duplicated on a computer.

My relationship with Marvel is that I work for them.

Once you sign on the dotted line, in terms of a contract with a musical, it's a huge commitment. When you're younger, that's fine; you can take it on, and I still go out, and I still sing 15-20 songs - and I can do that - a night.

It doesn't matter if you load it on a DVD, if you videotape it, it doesn't matter. There's nothing more exciting than being at a live show.

There is nothing like WWE live.

Live, it's just the free flow and the energy and the excitement. It's a one-off and you have that adrenaline for an hour and a half.

I liked doing live things, and with the Circus we had a live audience.