Performances Quotes · Page 56

Playing a character in a video game is different to other performances because your character can't lead the audience of players in…

— Andy Serkis

Some reviewers have read this as cynicism but I don't see it that way. When I say "I am so sick /…

— Randall Mann

A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have…

— Vernon Jordan

Wrestling is a performance. Its entertainment, we [wrestlers] tell stories. We make our fans happy by telling stories but the long and…

— John Cena

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be…

— Christina Aguilera

No matter what the character is, I just say to myself 'If I, Melissa George, was in that situation, how would I…

— Melissa George

My grandmother took me to a lot of theater. I was exposed to performance quite a bit - everything from Broadway to…

— Julia Stiles

Typography is to literature as musical performance is to composition: an essential act of interpretation, full of endless opportunities for insight or…

— Robert Bringhurst

We might think of dollars as being 'certificates of performance.' The better I serve my fellow man, and the higher the value…

— Walter E. Williams

Normal adults can doodle, amble, and drift with no need to assess risk, since there is normally no risk at all. Jazz…

— Ernest Sosa

Everyone has some natural talent or aptitude in one or more areas. If you can identify those areas you not only will…

— Dave Ramsey

Realize that the reason most people fail isn't because of the competition but because of the limits they place upon themselves, allowing…

— Bruce Jenner

Full live performances are always my favorites, and I think a lot of people's favorites too, just because you can feel the…

— Gabby Barrett

I would always choose the script. You get more creative control that way. But, when you're in a situation like this, where…

— Justin Theroux

What matters is performances, regardless of what the name is, whether it's The Rock - which is my nickname and people call…

— Dwayne Johnson

My character is different from all of the Elves you've met before, in that she's really young. And I keep telling journalists…

— Evangeline Lilly

It takes far less energy to move from first-rate performance to excellence than it does to move from incompetence to mediocrity.

— Peter Drucker

This Thursday, Barack Obama is gonna give his acceptance speech, and reportedly it's going to include performances by Bon Jovi and Bruce…

— Conan O'Brien

My family traveled with a whole community to European festivals. My mum did gymnastics, freak show performances, and swung fire in the…

— Neon Hitch

All I have is my performance, I try to feed in the best of everything that I could possibly do into those…

— George Thorogood

I think that if an audience is truly appreciative of a performance, they will show it. Sometimes though, there are little differences,…

— Lea Salonga

All of my works are performance pieces, as is true for many writers of color, writers who have indigenous roots - because…

— Sandra Cisneros

Spirituality is invisible. Never forget that. If you can see it, if it's dressed in funny robes, if it's up there to…

— Stuart Wilde

Art, if it is successful in the task of questioning reality, if it is good painting and not merely a performance of…

— Patrick Swift

Measuring Safety Performance by the number of injuries you have is like measuring parenting by the number of smacks you give

— Robert Long

I always get self-conscious about what I look like in a film, but less so if I'm a character very far removed…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

As buoyancy is not contrary to other characteristics of leadership, including decisiveness, accountability and performance standards, I don't ever think it can…

— Kevin Allen

That was an interesting thing I learned I think the first time I did a late night show or something. It was…

— John Mulaney

I always try to take performances as an opportunity to implant my spirit into the hearts and minds of anyone in a…

— Vic Mensa

I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club.…

— Margaret Cho

I actually got to perform for Queen Elizabeth, and I got to meet her after the show. She said she thought my…

— Jake Shimabukuro

From now on, we want to put on even cooler performances, be cooler, be better, so look forward to it. Please, always…

— Suga

The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in…

— William Irwin Thompson

Bong Joon-ho is enormously sensitive to performance. He knows what he needs to see and that's all he needs to shoot. He…

— John Hurt

I'm certainly not one of those actors who remain in a dark place the entire time in order to be doing the…

— Matthew Rhys

I mean, sitcoms shouldn't be doing 'Saturday Night Live.' You can't just do bit after bit after bit. You have to string…

— Joyce DeWitt

In the end, worship can never be a performance, something you're pretending or putting on. It's got to be an overflow of…

— Matt Redman

I've always looked up to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for their outstanding vocal performances. I've always been inspired by them.

— Jessica Mauboy

I've learned to never expect or require performances that exceed the player's ability. If they just equal their ability, that's what you…

— Ned Colletti

I've realized that the only thing I'm interested in is the performance. If the performance is right, then I'm happy. You offer…

— Steven Knight