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I definitely am a performer, and there are different styles of stand-up; I mean, some people are writers and they get onstage to get jokes out, and that's definitely not what I do. I like to just go up and, if I'm telling a story about someone, I'll play his or her part.

People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.

I've always been a performer. I love doing impressions of people and being the clown.

I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time.

You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the same thing, but you don't - you have to find out who they are and give it to them.

When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.

I am a performer. I go on stage and make a fool of myself.

I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do.

I'm not like a performer type.

I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration.