The thing that you learn in directing is that when you're on the floor, no matter how complex the shooting is...you have… — Irvin Kershner Copy Share Image
When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling! — Kailash Kher Copy Share Image
One of the problems of a director on the set is that we become overwhelmed by all the factors and threads of… — Whit Stillman Copy Share Image
Morphlabs is excited about the OpenStack release of Essex. We believe that this release positions OpenStack to become the foundation for next… — Winston Damarillo Copy Share Image
Personally, I always felt times aren't so excellent as are performances. — Bill Rodgers Copy Share Image
Trust is the one thing that affects everything else you're doing. It's a performance multiplier which takes your trajectory upwards, for every… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
You know, you're doing the same show every day, and your inspiration, you have to look no further than the fact that… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
When you're writing fiction it's a heightened voice. You're trying to cast a spell, which isn't the same thing as trying to… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
Performance is something we all strive to be better at. I'm no different than that. Who wants to look bad? — Kevin Garnett Copy Share Image
All magic is about transformation... the performance magician is telling you that you are the magician in your own life. You are… — Eugene Burger Copy Share Image
I learned a lot about acting - watching not just myself but other actors and learning how to distinguish between two great… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
He believed that life, true life, was something that was stored in music. True life was kept safe in the lines of… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
...the routine of life goes on, whatever happens, we do the same things, go through the little performance of eating, sleeping, washing.… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
Then the singing enveloped me. It was furry and resonant, coming from everyone's very heart. There was no sense of performance or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Within weeks of our premiere, it became obvious that Leonard [Nimoy] and the character of Spock were becoming something of a national… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
I have to laugh because despite the destruction, we cannot let 'them' steal our pleasure. That is always the theme of my… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
I would love to do more movies. I'd like to get into some theater, too, if I could, just to learn more.… — Jason Dohring Copy Share Image
When you go on a stage - or even in a café or a room - and you play it's all happening… — Gail Ann Dorsey Copy Share Image
Investment performance doesn't determine real-life returns; investor behavior does. — Nick Murray Copy Share Image
The first and perhaps the most important requirement for a successful writing performance - and writing is a performance, like singing an… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Emotion is more than just anger. When I am performing, I need emotion, but I need control, too. Emotion drives the best… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
The apex of perfection in equestrian art is not an exhibition of a great deal of different airs and movements by the… — Nuno Oliveira Copy Share Image
Actors are part of a certain percentage of people on this planet who have an emotional vocabulary as a primary experience. It's… — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
Anthony Mackie in 'The Hurt Locker' is everything an actor can hope to be. So rock steady in his portrayal that you… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Sam [Mendes] said he took advantage of the fact that Kate and I were so close for many years. He knew it… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
It has been said, and only half in jest, that a tough, professionally led union is a great force for improving management… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I've done two albums for Concord Records; one was with Al Jarreau and it did very well for us. The second album… — George Benson Copy Share Image
The effective executive knows that it is easier to raise the performance of one leader than it is to raise the performance… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
When you recite you're giving a performance, in the way that an actor or a singer performs, and some poets are not… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
You should make an effort on stage because it's a performance. The stage should be glittery and camp, but I don't go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Occasionally there are parents who say, "I brought my child so he or she could learn what the career of a writer… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
No, I'm not a drug addict, and neither is my husband. If that were so, you'd get a lot less work out… — Whitney Houston Copy Share Image
Somehow writing has always seemed to me to have an element of performance. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I prepare myself very intensely. I am at the theatre four hours before the performance. It allows for complete concentration and preparation. — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
The most important method of education always has consisted of that in which the pupil was urged to actual performance. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The seven Ps: Proper Planning and Preparation Prevent Piss-Poor Performance — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
If you swap it about, do television, theatre, film, you can go on surprising yourself. The problem is you get employed to… — Kenneth Cranham Copy Share Image
![“Within weeks of our premiere, it became obvious that Leonard [Nimoy] and the character of Spock were becoming something of a national phenomenon. ... And to be unflatteringly frank, it bugged me. ... [Then, Gene Roddenberry] said to me the wisest thing he could possibly have uttered. He said…” quote by William Shatner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0da/william-shatner-1304_becoming_within-weeks-of-our-premiere-it-became-o_2727156.jpg)
![“Emotion is more than just anger. When I am performing, I need emotion, but I need control, too. Emotion drives the best performance and is necessary, but it must be controlled. I believe Fedor [Emelianenko] does that. I do too. We may look different in how we do it, but we both do it.” quote by Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/05d/mike-tyson-752_anger_emotion-is-more-than-just-anger-when-i-a_2739291.jpg)
![“Sam [Mendes] said he took advantage of the fact that Kate and I were so close for many years. He knew it was something he could harness in our performances, and we knew that too.” quote by Leonardo DiCaprio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/402/leonardo-dicaprio-997_advantage_sam-mendes-said-he-took-advantage-of-the_2747441.jpg)
