Ricky Martin Quotes

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.

The most satisfaction I get is from doing a good gig, which really makes you feel in control. If you've worked a room really well, it makes you feel great. TV is a bit more difficult; there are more factors that can screw it up along the way.

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!

Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.

I love working in theater because it's such a challenge to have the audience right there in front of you. If you mess up, you have to figure it out and keep going. There's no take two! I do hope to return to the stage someday. I really love to sing.

People are used to us being onstage for a while.

For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

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

I really love being onstage - that's kind of home base - but I love the camera, too. I love it all.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

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.

Many more people saw me on TV than will ever get to see me on stage, but I do love being in the same room as the people I'm telling the story to.

You move differently than you do when you're filling the stage at Radio City. You have to be bigger than life there.

I would love to have the biggest band that I can have. I'd love to put on a massive show and just give people their money's worth, then just come away from it thinking, 'That was a good show', because it's kind of disappointing sometimes when you go and see someone and you can see they're not that bothered.

Comedians sometimes forget that there's an audience. You gotta be conscious that you're performing for other human beings.

I do my best creating on stage.

When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform.

At some shows, the set list gets changed while we are on stage. I know Ed thinks about the set very hard throughout the day in order to make the best show possible for the fans and for us.

I put on the best live show, the absolute best live show I can possibly can.

I really love live performing!

I say what's on my mind and have a good time. I try to give people a show. It's all about giving people a good time once you get out under those lights.

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

It's good to go out and entertain these people, and you've got them on the edge of their seat, they're standing up. Then you know that you've done your job, you've entertained them. My way of entertaining them is going out and wrestling. Everyone's got their different ways.

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.