Florence Henderson Quotes

There are no rules in live television.

I love the stage - the fact that you only have one take to get it right, the interaction with the audience, and how every show is different even though you're doing the same thing.

I love the rush of doing live TV - you never know what will happen next.

The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute for a team of artists performing at their peak live when failure is possible. It's a high-wire act. That excites me.

I love improvising on the spot. I like that pressure.

Doing stand-up is like running across a frozen pond with the ice breaking behind you. I love it because it's dangerous.

I love the you-never-know-what's-going-to-happen aspect of doing concerts.

I prefer doing TV, where it can be different every time.

I love doing live TV.

Live TV is unlike any other animal. I love the adrenaline rush. I love the unexpected.

When you go live, anything can happen. It excites me because it means I have to be on. When the camera's on, whatever happens happens.

Playing live if the thing I love doing best.

It's an awesome thing to be flung out onto the stage twice a weekend in front of 250 people, and you have to make it up as you go along.

There's real drama in performing live. You never know how it's going to be.

I mean, there's definitely a difference between film and live performances or live television. But at the same time, it's just performing. No matter what, it's performing.

I love being onstage. I love the relationship with the audience. I love the letting go, the sense of discovery, the improvising.

It's so liberating to play a song in front of 50,000 people that you've never played before. Not something you played a long time ago and have forgotten: Never. Played. Before. There's something magical about it.

I've had some shows where I really plan out what I'm going to say. Then I've had other shows where I'm like, 'Take a sip of the Ole Smoky Moonshine and just let it be natural and cross your fingers that you say the right things.'

When it's a live performance, anything can happen.

I think from doing so many live shows it gives you a real appreciation of being present. You don't know what's going to happen, you don't know what is around the corner.

Some nights you just can't predict what's going to happen live for an hour.

Live television is just like competing on live TV. You're never going to be perfect. You just try to prepare the best that you can and execute the best that you can and try to be in the moment.

You often feel like you are on a high wire with no net productions because you have to rely on spontaneity and come up with ideas on the spur of the moment - and then what happens is that there is electricity to it that gets caught.

I come from the world of improv; I love any show or any vehicle that gives me an opportunity to be in the moment.

The greatest thing about the call-in show is that you always felt like you were on a high wire without a net.