Wade Barrett Quotes

So you don't have to take us too seriously; I mean, we're already intimidating enough on stage.

I see myself as like the lead singer of a band or something.

We really do have a lot of personality in WWE. You have to, to be in this job. You showcase a lot of personality.

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

I showed that I could be a crowd-pleaser.

I've never been ashamed of being the ham or the provocateur, as it were, in my style of commentary or my style of showmanship.

I love performing for the crowd. Maybe that's what it is. I'm a crowd pleaser.

I have that inherent performer personality.

I don't think no one out there can entertain better than I can.

Basically I'm an entertainer and I use football as my vehicle.

I think actors, athletes, and anyone who's a public speaker is very amazing or fascinating to me.

I don't suppose I would describe myself as a showman.

I'm always playing a role, whether it's the role of the mayor, the role of a news anchor, or a role of a crazy talk-show host. But there was a specific function. 'On Dancing With The Stars', I had nothing to do but be me, schlepping around the floor. And when I host 'America's Got Talent', that's really me just talking to regular folks.

I'm not like a performer type.

I know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.

Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there.

On a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage... You start to think that you're Tom Jones.

I'm a total performer.

If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.

It's good to go out and entertain these people, and you've got them on the edge of their seat, they're standing up. Then you know that you've done your job, you've entertained them. My way of entertaining them is going out and wrestling. Everyone's got their different ways.

I always knew how to draw a crowd.

When I come onstage, I'm exploding.

I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.

Someone asked me what the key to being a good frontman was, and I think having a sense of humor about it is pretty near the top of that list. It's a very strange place to be in, and I don't take that role too seriously.

Cyndi Lauper knows how to work a crowd.