Jools Holland Quotes

I think I called myself an entertainer on my son's birth certificate. That sounds a bit Sammy Davis Jr. or Brian Conley, the sort of guy you just drop into a room and let them 'entertain.'

I am a performer; that's what I like to do.

I'm going to be Dog, and I'm going to be an entertainer. And I'm going to make mistakes.

Ever since I was 2 or 3, I loved to perform for people. I would walk up to another table in a restaurant and crack a joke, sing a song, do a dance, or something entertaining, and the 'audience' would almost always smile and laugh.

I don't get on stage and give a social diatribe. I am a performer and an entertainer.

When I'm on stage, that's a job. It's acting, it's faking, just making fun of yourself, telling bad jokes - I'm pretty good in this - dancing, just to entertain.

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

As a performer, I want to hit the last row of the arena. I want to make big moves. I'm a spaz, naturally.

When I was in third grade I taught myself ventriloquism... What's hard is to learn to be an entertainer and make people laugh. I was a few years out of college before I felt I had enough material. Then in 1988 I moved to L.A. and started to do some shows at comedy clubs.

I would just stand there puzzled, then realize this would be a great place to make a show.

The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.

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.

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.

I can never stand in one place on stage for more than a minute and am always singing, dancing and jumping.

I do my best creating on stage.

A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing.

I like performing. I like partnering with an audience.

I really love live performing!

I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.

I'm a total performer.

I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director.

The violence or the vaudeville style of comedy is a technique all by itself. You get up there, and you are a comedian, and you're doing one thing. That is, you're going to make the audience laugh.

A clown's makeup and character, that's all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character.

Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, it's a presentation. There's a showmanship about it. And that's why I wanted to be a pop star.

I love performing.