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Daily Inspiration Quote by Trish Stratus

"Recently, I went up to Casino Rama to see Martin Short's show, just to see how he put it all together. And after the show, I went backstage and picked his brain to find out why he did certain things"

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There is something quietly radical about a famous performer admitting she went to study another famous performer like a student with a notebook. Trish Stratus is describing craft, not charisma: driving up to Casino Rama, sitting in the crowd, clocking the timing, then going backstage to ask the unglamorous questions. In an entertainment culture that sells “natural talent” as the whole story, she’s pulling the curtain back and saying the work is modular, learnable, and worth dissecting.

The specifics matter. Martin Short isn’t just a comic; he’s a master technician of pace, voice, and character control, someone who makes precision look effortless. Stratus’s phrasing, “how he put it all together,” treats a show like an engineered object: beats, transitions, resets, applause cues. “Picked his brain” signals permission and hustle at once, a veteran-to-veteran exchange that doesn’t require worship, just curiosity.

The subtext is career longevity. Stratus came up in a world (pro wrestling, especially in her era) that often reduced women to presentation over process. Here she’s positioning herself as a serious builder of performance, someone who reverse-engineers what works and adapts it. The context of a live venue like Rama underscores that she’s studying audience energy in real time, not just watching clips.

It’s also a reminder that the best entertainers are, quietly, the best thieves: borrowing structure, learning intention, then making it look like it was always theirs.

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Stratus, Trish. (2026, January 15). Recently, I went up to Casino Rama to see Martin Short's show, just to see how he put it all together. And after the show, I went backstage and picked his brain to find out why he did certain things. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/recently-i-went-up-to-casino-rama-to-see-martin-168635/

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Stratus, Trish. "Recently, I went up to Casino Rama to see Martin Short's show, just to see how he put it all together. And after the show, I went backstage and picked his brain to find out why he did certain things." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/recently-i-went-up-to-casino-rama-to-see-martin-168635/.

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"Recently, I went up to Casino Rama to see Martin Short's show, just to see how he put it all together. And after the show, I went backstage and picked his brain to find out why he did certain things." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/recently-i-went-up-to-casino-rama-to-see-martin-168635/. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.

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Trish Stratus (born December 18, 1975) is a Entertainer from USA.

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