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Only in the theatre was it possible to see the performers and to be warmed by their personal charm, to respond to their efforts and to feel their response to the applause and appreciative laughter of the audience. It had an intimate quality; audience and actors conspired to make a little oasis of happiness and mirth within the walls of the theatre. Try as we will, we cannot be intimate with a shadow on a screen, nor a voice from a box.
Robertson Davies— Lew Fields (1941)
The worst of failure in this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers.
James Agate— Ego 7 (1945), p. 153, July 21, 1944.
— On von Stauffenberg's bomb plot.
It is true that one of the first acts of tyrants is to erase history, to wipe out the recorded memory of a people. With that in mind, it's important to remember that the work that we do as writers, artists and performers will form an essential part of the collective memory that future generations will draw upon. And so we owe it to those future generations to defend that memory and be honest witnesses to our times.
rene balcer— In a speech to the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, 12/8/09: On the duties of artists.
I was not intrigued with the accouterments of success and fame, the furs, jewels, expensive automobiles and mansions... I can assure you that these things were not on my mind when I sat spellbound in that Pozzuoli movie house. It was what these performers on the screen were doing, not what they received for doing it.
sophia loren— As quoted in Sophia, Living and Loving: Her Own Story (1979) by A. E. Hotchner, p. 63
Of all the more theatrical rock performers, Freddie took it further than the rest... he took it over the edge. And of course, I always admired a man who wears tights. I only saw him in concert once and as they say, he was definitely a man who could hold an audience in the palm of his hand.
freddie mercury— David Bowie, as quoted in "Queen singer is rock's first major AIDS casualty" by Jeffry Ressner in Rolling Stone Magazine (9 January 1992)
John Roecker's Everything You Wanted to Know About Gay Porn Stars *but were afraid to ask, is an intimate, brave and frequently witty exploration inside the heads of 16 male erotic video performers, many with well-known nom de porns: Johnny Hazzard, Brad Benton, Nick Capra and Jason Ridge.
john roecker— Lamble, David (December 4, 2008). "Erotic superstars, up-close & personal: here!TV's 'Everything You Wanted to Know About Gay Porn Stars'". The Bay Area Reporter (Benro Enterprises, Inc.).
What would people think of a tradesman, that was to give a ball in his shop, hire performers, and hand refreshments about, with a view to benefit his business?
jean-baptiste say— Book I, On Production, Chapter XX, p. 214 (See also: Marketing)
Phony psychics like Uri Geller have had particular success in bamboozling scientists with ordinary stage magic, because only scientists are arrogant enough to think that they always observe with rigorous and objective scrutiny, and therefore could never be so fooled while ordinary mortals know perfectly well that good performers can always find a way to trick people.
stephen jay gould— p. 36 (The Mismeasure of Man (1996))
What plethora of material goods can possibly atone for a waking life so humanly belittling, if not degrading, as the push-button tasks left to human performers?
Lewis Mumford— p. 352 (The Pentagon of Power (1970))
In the early days of my carer as an actor, I shared what was then the prevailing attitude of Negro performers :;that the content and form of a play or a film scenario was of little importance to us. What mattered was was the opportunity, which came so seldom to our folks ... Later I came to understand that the Negro artist could not view the matter simply in terms of of his individual interests, and that he had a responsibility to his people who rightfully resented the traditional stereotyped portrayals of Negros on stage and screen.
Paul Robeson— Paul Robeson : Here I Stand (1958), p. 124
Children who willingly participate in sexual acts have the right to make that decision as well, even if it's distasteful to us personally. Some children will make poor choices just as some adults do in smoking and drinking to excess; this is part of life. When we outlaw child pornography, the prices paid for child performers rise, increasing the incentives for parents to use children against their will.
— Mary Ruwart. Short answers to the tough questions, ISBN 978-0963233653, 1998. As quoted at Can the Libertarians Go Mainstream?
Bharat Natyam’s immediate predecessor was sadir, primarily a solo dance form practiced by devadasis, courtesans affiliated to temples and courts as performers and ritual officiants.
— By Janet O'Shea in "At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage", p.4
Clearly what holds the attention is the powerful spiritual substance of this kind of performance. The performers enter with reverence and go through some form of invocations before the show begins.
— On the rhetoric of the Kathakali ‘mystique’ in "Sun, London", quoted in p. 7
Koodyattam is usually performed in Koothambalams in temple premises, either during festivals or as a special offering. The performers are from a sparse community of Chakyars.
— K.A. Chandrahasan, in "Performing arts: In pursuit of excellence".
In Indian Odissi dance, the performers’ body must be curved like a ‘S’ which passes through the head, shoulders and head. The principle of thribhangi sinuosity is clearly visible in all classical Indian statues…
— By Eugenio Barba in Eugenio Barba (9 March 2004). The Paper Canoe: A Guide to Theatre Anthropology. Routledge. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-203-36009-5.
Prejudice against impersonating women and the fear of ridicule are considered to have contributed to the decline in interest of male performers. Perceived lack of feasibility and limited employment opportunities through dance are other reasons. I have a dance school and only three in a class of 200 students are male
— Dulal Roy, culture exponent and project director Sattriya Kendra, Sangeet Natak Akademi quoted in Dance as a daily offering. The Hindu (23 September 2013). Retrieved on 18 January 2014.
est training should not be thought of as a form of therapy, either. The employee in the illustration is not meant to be paranoid, with a persecution complex to be addressed in some form of treatment. est is not primarily for people with problems, and the company executives who have undergone est training have not typically been marginal performers, or members of companies experiencing difficulties.
— George D. Chryssides (2001). Exploring New Religions. Continuum. p. 306. ISBN 0826459595.
Football ... is a ballet of wondrous beauty choreographed by highly skilled performers, dramatising the conflict between good and evil that takes place in every heart. And, at the same time it reflects the impatient immediacy of modern society in that success breeds immortality, while the procurement of second place begets anonymity.
damien richardson— City Edition, Vol. 22, Issue 12, p.5.
