Wyatt Cenac Quotes

I consider each performance to be an intimate conversation between me and the audience members.

I love connecting with the audience, and there's more ways than one to do that.

Intimacy comes from being yourself on the stage and making the audience feel, without trying, that you're sittin' down there with 'em, playing, and that can happen in a big hall, if you have a good audience that want to listen.

I love being onstage. I love the relationship with the audience. I love the letting go, the sense of discovery, the improvising.

I tend to make bolder and more interesting choices after I've done theatre.

It doesn't matter as long as there's interaction between me and the audience. That's why they come.

I don't know if I ever really considered making a connection with the audience.

The relationship with a live audience seems to me to count for more.

Part of the gestation of 'The Wall' was this business of alienation from the audience, and so the interesting thing was, what 'The Wall' eventually became was something that absolutely engaged the audience.

I know that out of the thousands of people who show up, maybe nine of them will actually understand what's going on stage, music-wise. But no one should be sitting down in my concert.

It took a while of performing and pushing the boundaries and starting to involve the audience to feel comfortable.

Cabaret presents different challenges, as it is all on me. I love having the freedom to say anything you want - do anything you want. It is a lot of responsibility, and if it works, you get all the kudos, and if not - all the blame.

The truth is, when you want a great show, it's not 'entertaining' the audience - it's you sharing with them... an experience of communion.

Some guys like myself, we like to play off the crowd.

When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

I want to work with performers who really are ready to lose their minds, you know? People who are established and have talent, but who are ready to break new ground and really be cracked open in a new way.

The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.

As actors, you do have to be aware of your audience. You can't act in a vacuum, even if that audience isn't exactly present with you.

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.

I did things with the microphone stand that no-one else has attempted to do.

I long for an audience. I ache for it. I think that's one of the hardest things about the television medium is that you don't get that. You don't get that immediate response.