There's so much to learn about acting and performance in general... I mean, acting is a very complex art, and there are… — Haley Joel Osment Copy Share Image
Even if Mays is given every conceivable break on every unknown - defense, base running, clutch hitting - his performance still would… — Bill James Copy Share Image
I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The only way you can influence your fate is to put your soul into your performance and hope it registers with the… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
A way of describing performances that I admire is that there is an absence of careerism. It's a clumsy way of describing… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
In the scenes I try to be a giver as much as possible, giving the other actor something to work with. When… — James Preston Rogers Copy Share Image
There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
The [Frank] Sinatra interpretation of the music, as opposed to some other music that you were listening to - where you felt… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
I'm there [on Moana] with the other actors, so you play off one another. It's not just your idea of what the… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is… — Carlos Ghosn Copy Share Image
In the circle of light on the state in the midst of darkness, you have the sensation of being entirely alone... This… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and their first performances fill the pit with… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I love storytelling and I love just relating directly to an audience. That's why we do theatre, it's because we love contact… — Simon Callow Copy Share Image
I appear, my fellow-citizens, in your presence and in that of Heaven to bind myself by the solemnities of religious obligation to… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
The reason I moved to California the first time was to build the Cobra. I thought it was stupid to have a… — Carroll Shelby Copy Share Image
I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a… — Scott Hamilton Copy Share Image
At first a golfer excuses a dismal performance by claiming bad lies. With experience, he covers up with better ones. — Lee P. Brown Copy Share Image
It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
Stage performance is obviously a much grander sort of depiction. The audience isn't right in your face as close as a camera… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
If we should tell ourselves the truth, all things being equal, President Jonathan will be re-elected with minimal stress, because of his… — Orji Uzor Kalu Copy Share Image
We will not achieve high performance in education if we replace teachers with machines or turn teachers into machines. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
The act of creation, as you very well know, is a lonely and private matter and has nothing to do with the… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
One of the biggest challenges in my job is letting go of the movie once you go home at night, and knowing… — Amber Heard Copy Share Image
Fixable but unfixed bad performance is bad character and tends to create more of itself, causing more damage to the excuse giver… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
When you hire that first person, then you're a boss. You've got performance reviews. You've got complaints about not making enough money.… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Done right, a performance review is one of the best opportunities to encourage and support high performers and constructively improve your middle-… — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
Noah, from 'The Young Lions' (1958), was the best performance of my life. I couldn't have given more of myself. I'll never… — Montgomery Clift Copy Share Image
Some of Jimmy Stewart's performance in 'It's A Wonderful Life' is some of the most disturbing performance he ever did, when he… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
Songs that don't depend on composition depend instead on performance - so the fire has to be there in the playing. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
One of my favorite comedy performances of all time is Charles Grodin in 'Midnight Run,' and in a lot of things he's… — Andy Daly Copy Share Image
Everyone knows 'Smash' is about musical numbers, and everyone knows we have fantastic dance sequences and great performances. — Raza Jaffrey Copy Share Image
Check out the albums, ... Check out the live performances. That's the reality of it all. Music is such an energizing thing. — John Mayall Copy Share Image
Unless an entire row of people got up in the middle of a performance and left the theater in disgust, I felt… — Jeremy Piven Copy Share Image
Assessments should compare the performance of students to a set of expectations, never to the performance of other students. — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
The funny thing is that I'm not a planner. I have no idea what I want to do in the interim of… — Kristen Bell Copy Share Image
Live performances make music important. Recording is cool and fun, and it's nice to document the thing you made, but the goal… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
Talent is not enough. It's an important component in a successful performance, but it's really only a starting point. — Tony DiCicco Copy Share Image
No performance is worth loss of geniality. 'Tis a cruel price we pay for certain fancy goods called fine arts and philosophy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I lose myself in my performances so I wouldn't say that I ever act on stage. I don't find it to be… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
![“The [Frank] Sinatra interpretation of the music, as opposed to some other music that you were listening to - where you felt like they were singing at you - you felt Sinatra was singing to you. It's a very intimate art form, and that's what I responded to - the intimacy of his performance.” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cb4/robert-davi-17031_art_the-frank-sinatra-interpretation-of-the_2452897.jpg)
![“I'm there [on Moana] with the other actors, so you play off one another. It's not just your idea of what the character is and what the world is like it would be in an animated [film], where it all sort of exists in your head. It's all right there, and if Diego's performance is doing what it's…” quote by Alan Tudyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/247/alan-tudyk-7208_actors_i-m-there-on-moana-with-the-other-actors_345834.jpg)
