Heather Matarazzo Quotes

The important thing is to do good work, no matter what medium you do it in.

Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform.

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

I always knew I wanted to be a performance artist.

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.

I just play to good people; they seem to like what I do, and the more they like it, the more I play.

It would have to be connected with performance art somehow, either in the front of the house or the back. I was myopic about this from fourth grade on.

Music is my life. I love doing it, so I just do it nonstop all day. And with dancing, I wanted to put on a show for people. I don't want to just be sitting there doing nothing, so that's when I started to dance.

For me, I just want to continue telling stories - whether it's musically or theatrically, this is what I love to do. So, I want to create more.

I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

What is exciting is taking back the excitement of being able to debut something to an audience in exactly the way you want to.

Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.

What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.

I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer.

Theater really gets damaged when there is a paucity of good criticism around.

I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I love about theater is so different from what I love about film, and I enjoy the craft of both.

I don't care what I do - act, stand-up, write, direct - it doesn't matter as long as I'm being creative and it's good work.

I love what I do, and I love the audience, and I love the fact that I get to do it, and I love, I love our craft very, very, much, and it's a noble craft. We have a responsibility to it, and to the audience, and to the playwright, and to the message. I won't ever care less.

I'll tell you what I love about directing: the surprise. You never know what's going to happen with your piece until an audience weighs in.

Singing well has always been important to me, but the most important factor is the connection to the audience.

I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing to!

I love working in the theater.

Every week it's another opportunity to really make that work and figure out how to make it work better. And I love that it's like theater, too, and the audience, and it's so short. It's only 20 minutes. It's like a haiku or something.

It's one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you're doing and try to bear in mind everyone in the audience.

It's important for me to put out things that I think are good - I want to be a fan of my own stuff. I also want my live shows to be really awesome, and dance is such an important element for me and my performances.