Tommy Lee Quotes

I really want to act and act in great roles, which have scope of performance.

I make sure I say something important without being preachy through all my performances.

As a young kid I never saw myself as a drummer.

I know that as a performer how much we rely on the fans for how we feel and react.

The first role that I played as a musical - I was 14 years old, and I played Birdie in 'Bye Bye Birdie.' That was an awakening of, 'Wow, I'm good at that. People are responding.' And I hardly knew what I was doing back then, but there was something that people were seeing.

All my best drumming, I'm sure, has never been recorded.

I am a very blessed actor because I have always got the chance to portray various characters.

The audience has reacted well to my comic timing. But, I also have other aspects to my acting talent.

I have never been vocal about my singing abilities, but I am always ready to present my dancing skills.

I am keen to prove myself as an actor.

Once you step on stage, the people are actually looking to be transformed. That's why they showed up; that's why they spent some money. And great performances do that.

It doesn't matter what people think about you, so long as they get the play through your performance. Only a few not very good actors go in for self-advertisement.

I think, like most actors, it's really exciting to be challenged.

I've seen many great performers on stage, from Dean Martin to Celine Dion, but nothing beats the first time I saw Elvis. There was no pomp, no pyrotechnics, nothing to distract you from the raw talent of the man in the white jumpsuit.

Everybody deserves to showcase their different talents and there's always somebody new you can tap into.

Until I started performing in public, when at the end of the concert people would come to me with teary eyes and say that my performance took them to a trance zone, I had no idea that I can create an impact with my singing.

I always wanted to be an actress, but I was embarrassed to say so, and somehow I found myself in the dance track. I'm very competitive, and I wanted to be the best in that field, too, although it didn't really speak to me.

I didn't realize how much the paint was going to affect how I moved and how I walked. And it wasn't something that consciously happened. It was because the first time I'd done it was a Tokyo Dome show, I want to say in 2013-14, and I walked out there, and I was a completely different person.

People took notice of me and saw that I can carry off light-hearted roles as well. They started talking about Pritam Vidrohi, and it became a lovable character; I saw that people were clapping and whistling. It was a big high to watch this kind of reaction.

I play the drums really, really badly.

What I care about is making sure that when the people watching me put their head to their pillow, I'm the last thing they think about. Not because I hit the coolest moves, not because I'm putting my body on the line for their entertainment, but because I'm captivating.

Naan' performed admirably, and the people have since associated me with that character. I am in no hurry to change that image.

It definitely feels different to perform to people who know your music. Because people's feedback is not just, 'Oh my God, that was amazing. Who are you?'

Probably my sister was the only one to tell me that I was good singer until 'America's Got Talent.'

I wasn't an obvious actress in any sense of the word.