For me, some of the happiest moments on a live-action film are the awkward moments. One actor says something to another actor.… — Gore Verbinski Copy Share Image
You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Research shows that for jobs of all kinds, emotional intelligence is twice as important an ingredient of outstanding performance as cognitive ability… — Daniel Goleman 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
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
Roger Bacon, a disciple of the Arabs, also insisted on the primary necessity of Mathematics, without which no other science can be… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
The key to becoming world-class in your endeavors is to build your performance around world-class routines. It can be difficult, even futile,… — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
It helps so much being on location. It's like the difference between performing for the rectangle of the camera versus a world… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
All poets have signalized their consciousness of rare moments when they were superior to themselves, -when a light, a freedom, a power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Life consists not of a series of illustrious actions or elegant enjoyments. The greater part of our time passes in compliance with… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Take care of yourself: When you don't sleep, eat crap, don't exercise, and are living off adrenaline for too long, your performance… — Evan Williams Copy Share Image
There's a difference between over-training and over-exercising. Over-training can be you're trying to do something at high performance, but when you're over-exercising… — Mark Spitz Copy Share Image
You can eliminate depression without making someone happy. You can cure anxiety without teaching someone optimism. You can return someone to work… — Shawn Achor 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
Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under… — Kristi Yamaguchi 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
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
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
Sponsors obviously care more about a ninety-second commercial and want to pay you more than any guest star gets for a ninety-minute… — Barbara Stanwyck Copy Share Image
Leadership is the art of creating a working climate that inspires others to achieve extraordinary goals and levels of performance. — John Michael Montgomery Copy Share Image
That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances. — Dick Button Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by good work. Whether it is a great performance by another actor, a piece of art, or someone doing something… — Mateus Ward Copy Share Image
I was definitely a fan of Robert Patricks character in T2. I was just really awed by his performance and the complete… — Kristanna Loken Copy Share Image
A half-century before Madonna, Gypsy [Rose Lee] understood how to make performance out of desire, how to exploit the very human and… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
My best kiss was on stage. Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child gave me a really nice soft kiss on my lips during… — Chris Brown Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of the director, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and his work, and I knew he was going to be an… — Javier Bardem Copy Share Image
Every season I teach zombie school. The casting people in Georgia look for like 200 new recruits. They come in in groups… — Gregory Nicotero Copy Share Image
I was charmed by a performance given by Crowded House at Toronto's Massey Hall where the bass player broke a string. — Alannah Myles Copy Share Image
I'd been used to this idea of destructive performance art instead of a slick, good-sounding show. So, I became frustrated as I… — Erika M. Anderson Copy Share Image
True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is a spiritual commerce with the Creator of heaven… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
What sets apart high-performance teams, however, is the degree of commitment, particularly how deeply committed the members are to one another. — Jon Katzenbach Copy Share Image
Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
There is a great amount of precision within each individual's technique and role in the play. When you put 22 of them… — Brendan Daly Copy Share Image
Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases ... If you have talented and motivated people, they should be… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I think that story wins out over acting and that the thing as a whole is more important than the performances therein. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
I find all of my performances come down to mathematics in a sense - how do you approach the problem of this… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
Writing is a performance art for me. They're very closely aligned, writing and performing. But I'm a writer, not a performer. — Clive James Copy Share Image
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