Hannah Simone Quotes

Here's the mark that a lot of people miss nowadays. Producers missed. They leave out the heart and soul. And that's what I learned from Sammy Davis, Jr., from Frank Sinatra, is when you went to go see those shows, you got to know them.

I think energy is the most important thing that we can give to people as performers. Anything else is a little bit pretentious. But energy is not.

I have no interest in playing 'perfect.' To me, it's more about being an entertainer. Having a connection with the audience.

I enjoy having a large audience, but I don't do anything special to attract them.

I've got a lot to do, and I hope that by the end of it all, people will say that Dee Snider was an entertainer, and he did his job well.

I'm not one of those people who has an act.

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.

If you can walk into a set and feel the reality of it, then immediately you're not having to work to bring yourself into the character.

Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it.

I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer.

I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don't necessarily try to put on a show. That's what my father's thing was, and he was great at it. Everything I say is because I feel it, and it comes out of my mouth. It's not scripted.

I do belong on stage.

Movie acting is primarily listening. If you're really engaged, that's all a movie audience wants to see is you processing what's happening in your world.

I will do my best to entertain. That's what I am: an entertainer.

Earlier on in my career I felt that I had to hide behind a lot of different masks, and showboat ways of performing. Now, that's a lie. The less I have to hide, the less I have to act.

I'm no intellect. I'm no preacher. I'm an entertainer. And If I don't get up there and entertain people, I'm not giving them what they paid for.

I never tell an audience what they can expect. I never have and I never will. I'm an entertainer for 75 years.

If you are who you are on stage, people pay attention.

In the world of acting, many are thin but few are talented.

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

I ain't acting when I'm on stage. That's why all the little love bugs who'll come and see me at Lovebox love me. They know it's the real me.

Acting is the art of being and existing, and not being fake.

I would say three-quarters of what I do depends on the sincerity of it. You can croak, but if you croak good, they'll still listen.

It's when you're true to yourself that resonates with other people.

If you're authentic, people smile because they sense there's a piece of themselves there.