I don't think Elvis was able, really, to perform a lot of times when he did. I worried about that, same way I did with Hank Williams, Sr.Quote by Minnie Pearl about opinion
I think Elvis loved his fans-I think that's why they loved him and still love him. Fans are very conscious and sensitive to the fact that performers love them.Quote by Minnie Pearl about love
I think there just comes a point where you are just too sick to perform and you should not be forced to do that.Quote by Minnie Pearl
I've been with certain stars, some are caring and pay attention to their fans and to their fellow performers and some are too busy. Elvis never seemed too busy.Quote by Minnie Pearl about attention, celebrity, stars
Every time I work with a European director, I find they hire the person that captures the spirit of the role. Americans tend to hire the best face. The person that looks more like the role, whether they can perform the role or not is a bonus.Quote by Elizabeth Pena about time, people, americans, spirit, work, face
Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral.Quote by Elizabeth Pena about fall, world
A lot of times with comedic actors, they sort of perform for you all the time. And that can get a little exhausting, especially when you're doing a film, because you're together all the time and you kind of want somebody who can come down and have...Quote by Piper Perabo about time, actors, film, work
Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything.Quote by William Faulkner about people, man
The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.Quote by Alexis Carrel about society, duty, destiny
The real secret of magic lies in the performance.Quote by David Copperfield about magic, secret, real estate
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.Quote by Horace Walpole about people, man, things, world
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.Quote by Thomas Hardy about olderness, end, value, age, old, people, man
I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.Quote by Nat King Cole about music, fairy tales
Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.Quote by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison about fantesy, reality, imagination, world
Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed.Quote by Peter O'Toole about writing, art, magic
Every silence performs its own swan song. Costel Zăgan from Inventeme, translated by Dan CostinaşQuote by Costel Zăgan about silence