If you focus your energy on the camera, it takes away from the time you have to focus on the performances. — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
Performances will determine who actually ends up being the eighth-inning guy. — Brad Ausmus Copy Share Image
Every time I've had a bad performance at an event, I've come back more determined and focused. — Shaun White Copy Share Image
Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be — Tom Berenger Copy Share Image
I felt I should get back to stage performances because I really enjoy them. — Padmapriya Janakiraman Copy Share Image
It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something very different. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
My favorite performance would definitely be "Toxic," which was my blind audition song. It was the start of it all and it… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I don't think I gave a good enough performance to be nominated for it. I thought I gave a fine performance, but… — Paul Giamatti Copy Share Image
Les trois quarts de nos exercices intellectuels ne sont plus que broderies sur le vide. Three quarters of our intellectual performances are… — Stephanie Crayencour Copy Share Image
During an early performance of 'Spamalot,' I left my regal gloves in the fridge to cool down and didn't remember them until… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself. — Michelle Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
I don't have anything that dramatic as far as a performance goes. I've never participated in a show that ended in a… — David Koechner Copy Share Image
After conducting a concert in a small town, I once received the following note from a farmer who had attended the performance:… — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
Great men, Till they have gained their ends, are giants in Their promises, but, those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance. And… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
I don't mind being sexy, but on my terms. To this day, I love sexuality. I love the art of sexuality. I… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
The Bible is full of God's promises to provide for us spiritually and materially, to never forsake us, to give us peace… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Sometimes you write passages that don't need to be rewritten. Performance is that for me. Improvisation, things that happen in the moment,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Let's make it clear for the dimmest bulbs among you: the kids at Columbine High didn't die from too many guns, they… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
In acting, you are fulfilled if you give justice to your role... if you are able to do a credible performance and… — Timothy Hutton Copy Share Image
You have as great an opportunity for satisfaction in the performance of your duty as I do in mine. The progress of… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Relaxation, acceptance, and keeping open mind are key. First of all, peak performance isn't possible if one is not relaxed, and if… — Lynn Hill Copy Share Image
Short-term performance envy causes many of the shortcomings that lock most investors into a perpetual cycle of underachievement. Watch your competitors not… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
The other thing is that when people mention computers - and I'm pretty much the same - they find it hard to… — Ray Winstone Copy Share Image
I definitely wanted to pay homage to what he did and use his performance in the first one as a foundation. But,… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
Women watched for the spectacular performances of the men, and there can be no reasonable doubt that the presence of an audience… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
Good movies make you care, make you believe in possibilities again. If somewhere in the Hollywood-entertainment world someone has managed to break… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an… — Eric Butterworth Copy Share Image
Youll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isnt rolling. — Brendan Fehr Copy Share Image
He who is ever brooding over result often loses nerve in the performance of his duty. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I'm one of these people who would rather show you than tell you through the performance. — Jeremy Piven Copy Share Image
We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven. — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
Perceived self-efficacy influences the types of causal attributions people make for their performances — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
I'm not in competition with anybody but myself. My goal is to beat my last performance. — Celine Dion Copy Share Image
