Tatiana Maslany Quotes

I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challenge of learning new material and singing it in front of an audience.

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me.

I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.

Once you've experienced the warmth of an audience, the achievement of getting your first laugh, and entertaining them, singing or playing piano, it just keeps it all going.

As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.

Maybe I just wasn't a show-biz type. I didn't miss performing at all.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.

I've always been compelled by some force to be a performer.

When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive work was done before.

I love being able to perform in front of people. I like potentially making a difference in somebody's day or somebody's life.

I love working in front of American crowds.

I'm an entertainer - that's what I do.

You can get bored up there on stage, night after night. But it's an open forum where you can get away with almost anything, so you might as well do it.

Performing live is a part of who I am.

The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting with the audience.

I would never want something I'm wearing or the way I'm dancing or something to overshadow what I'm doing. I'd rather grab people's attention with my voice.

A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.

I'd love to give my music to someone who really likes to wow the crowd. I feel like half the time I just want to hide in the dressing room!

It's so easy in these cabaret venues to get earnest.

Being performers, that's what we do: We put on shows and want people to watch.

I realized that 'performing' was what I wanted to do when I did my first professional gig as a dancer with my company 'Synergy' in Canada. I was overwhelmed with how it felt to perform in front of an audience.

I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.

I would just stand there puzzled, then realize this would be a great place to make a show.

All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform.