Taye Diggs Quotes

I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.

I was always in dance and performing arts school. All of my schools were performing arts. I'm the one that, like, turns up the whole party.

I would say just in general, in life, I'm more willing to be animated as a person, and so obviously onstage as well.

I was always very dramatic - my family would probably use the word 'dramatic' - as a child; always putting on performances, making everyone come watch, and pay to watch. I was very business-savvy as a child.

Singing and dancing will never grow old for me - I'd like to do that until I'm... actually, I think I'd like to drop dead onstage. I think that'd be just great.

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

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

I don't mind being a bit of a showman.

The hardest thing about being an actor, for me, is that if you are the 0.00001% of individuals who wants to do it, you're a freak. And you're an assertive freak. Though actors are often shy, there's this tremendous assertive extroversion in you somewhere.

I am a little extrovert.

Have I ever been the shy retiring type? Never. Not since the day I was born.

My only way of getting my uncles' attention or aunts' attention or whoever's attention was by dancing and singing around the house.

The truth is that to enjoy acting one must be an exhibitionist at heart, one must revel in those exposures of the emotions which would be agonizing to a shy or reserved person. All the great actors have been and are exhibitionists.

I think every film actor secretly wants to be a rock star as well; just that part of the job which requires the extrovert in you. Even if you've become an actor because it's your way of hiding in plain sight, there's still part of you which has that craving.

By the time I was five, I was a little diva.

If you don't take no chances, then you're not a performer. Performers always take chances. You go see a singer, they'll hit the high note. They'll hit that note, they're not afraid, they're gonna exaggerate the fact and make me enjoy it, make me say, 'Wow, I wish I could do that!'

I always have the best story at the party. Anyone telling a story at a party is like, 'No, no, you've got to listen to my story!' I'm like, 'Step aside, everybody. I'm going to blow the doors off this place.'

I'm naturally a loud person. It can be a bit overpowering.

I realised when I sang at family parties and Christmases I'd suddenly get everyone's attention, and, being the youngest of three, I thought what a brilliant attention-seeking ploy it was.

I am an official slow-roasted, honey-baked ham. Ever since I was a kid, my thing is that I love attention. All my report cards are like, 'He would be wonderful, but he just can't stop being a clown in class.'

There is nothing like being on stage.

My singing wasn't horrible, but my dancing really made it look silly. It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing. But I don't have the consistency or the presentation skills that a good performer has.

When I'm on stage, that's me. It's blown up, but that's me.

I've been stealing scenes all my life.

When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.