Mick Ronson Quotes

The biggest impact that acting and theater had was, of course, stage presence, but it also had a big impact on my writing.

I'm more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I'm mostly an improviser, though I haven't improvised in awhile.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

I think the theater is where you stand up, and you say, 'Here is what I have to offer.'

I tell stories, and I do it through writing, through acting, through my stand-up, and through directing. All the hats I wear - producing as well - ultimately, I am a storyteller.

From a very young age, my main thing was always entertaining.

I'm an entertainer, period. I can write it, I can speak it, and I can act it.

That's the one thing I think I have figured out pretty decently well is I'm a performer. I've always been an entertainer; y'know, growing up, that's all I've ever done.

I've definitely always had a passion for entertaining.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.

I've always seen myself as one of those 'show people.' My earliest memories are wanting and needing to entertain people, like a gypsy traveler who goes from place to place, city to city, performing for audiences and reaching people.

I think acting is a gift.

I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera.

I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them feel - is paramount to me.

I see myself as an entertainer.

Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen.

I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.

I'm definitely a writer. I don't even know how to freestyle.

I'm a dreamer with lots of energy and a vivid imagination. That's the recipe for becoming an entertainer.

I am an entertainer.

I feel like I'm an entertainer.

I feel like I'm absolutely insane, and I don't think I could probably do anything else. I just love entertaining, and I feel like pretending to be people... and having that as a job is crazy.

I was always a performer even as a child; I loved delving into various characters.

As filmmakers and as actors, you have to find truth.