I love when there's an obstacle to overcome, even for the audience to actually empathize with that character. I find that interesting,… — Craig Gillespie Copy Share Image
That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Behavior must also be adequately assessed under appropriate circumstances. Ill-defined global measures of perceived self-efficacy or defective assessments of performance will yield… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Realizing that my surroundings were going to be built around me, the way that I performed, we helped the directors through the… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
Having gone through editing process, I can see that in actor's faces there's point where they're not managing their performance and that's,… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I also think the more experienced you get as an actor, you start to hear the conversations about why people get cast… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
The performance group The Ant Farm redoing JFK's assassination in Dallas was an event that struck a chord with me, especially when… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
The record company started as an adjunct to that, to give young composers their first recorded performances; to give young musicians their… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
These days, I find it harder to listen to really trebly lo-fi recordings. At the same time, without the old limitations, these… — Michael Dumontier Copy Share Image
Rugby has always been a game for all shapes and sizes. You have the superstars and the fast guys who score the… — Warren Gatland Copy Share Image
Possibly the biggest issue, however, is that performance appraisals focus managers attention on precisely the wrong thing: individual people. As W. Edwards… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
History is filled with examples of men and women who rendered highly effective performance without the conventional badges of accomplishment in terms… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
When I did "Top of the Pops" for the first time, Ace of Base was one of the other bands, and I… — Beck Copy Share Image
I'm less confident now than I've ever been. In this peculiar craft, confidence is something you spend a lifetime losing. I used… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
I've consciously taken on material that's a bit too much for me but not an overreach. The first movie, just about performances.… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
What was accomplished in 'Band of Brothers' was incredible, from the writing and producing to the performances of the actors who honored… — Jon Seda Copy Share Image
Well, outside of the tone, the big thing that I gained from working on horror film was how to shoot really quickly… — Deon Taylor Copy Share Image
Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and end by producing a kind of… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Those who, either from their own engagements and hurry of business, or from indolence, or from conceit and vanity, have neglected looking… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
It is essential that we put an end to steroid abuse and set a better example for aspiring young athletes to follow,… — Jim Sensenbrenner Copy Share Image
I remember specifically a couple of performances that I saw when I was young - River Phoenix in 'Stand by Me' and… — Asia Kate Dillon Copy Share Image
I am excited to be part of Generation UCAN. I believe this product, its team and the company's vision will change the… — Meb Keflezighi Copy Share Image
Having done Spaced, I can't even remember it being that difficult on Spaced, but we know what the end's going to be… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
Because 98 percent of our ideas are not great ideas, or everyone would be a billionaire. So yeah. That's something people have… — Dax Shepard Copy Share Image
With that incredible voice that he [Alan Rickman] could play like a sort of wonderful instrument, like a cello or something. He… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
There's comedians who I consider extremely punk rock who I've seen do very political stand up in places where nobody wants to… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
I view my stories as sexual or personal. Curiously, I don't. When I was writing those stories I thought of them as… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
Classical music, fortunately or not, unfolds in time. It's not like a picture you can stare at for 10 seconds or 10… — Carlo Grante Copy Share Image
When you're a first time director, you're often considered what's called a "deadly attachment" in the eyes of financiers, because they're trusting… — John Krokidas Copy Share Image
If you have a great part, you have the opportunity to give a good performance. The greatest actors get the best parts,… — Tom Hollander Copy Share Image
I've never really felt like a journalist. I've felt like a writer and a diarist. I have made myself vulnerable in my… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
The future success of the Marine Corps depends on two factors: first, an efficient performance of all duties to which its officers… — John A. Lejeune Copy Share Image
All of us are prone to excuse our own mediocre performance. We blame our misfortunes, our disfigurements, our so-called handicaps. Victims of… — Thomas S. Monson 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
My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
In competitive archery, risk assessment has minimal bearing on quality of performance, since the archer has so little choice over shot selection.… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
My mother and my father have always supported me. Now in their eighties, they actually clamor onto the tour bus with me… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
In this crazy mirror of terror and art a pseudo-quotation made up of obscure Shakespeareanisms (Chapter Three) somehow produces, despite its lack… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
You need someone who has a really good way of enabling trust in the cast and crew, or the cast particularly, to… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
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