You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theatre because it is an unmerciful life. It's… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
I don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances. My approach is so simple; every song I sing, every… — John Davidson Copy Share Image
There were radio shows where you actually got to hear people play off of each other and get that immediate magic that… — Jeph Loeb Copy Share Image
You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
It is one of the few elements in the process that a director really, really can't control: an actor's performance. If you… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
[Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Animators do amazing working translating and interpolating the characters [in the Planet of the apes], the facial performances. What we're creating on… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I've lived in New York all my life, and we went to the Mormon Pageant each year in upstate New York. It… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
The first thing you have to do is take everything with a grain of salt. You know, you've gotta just look at… — Stefano Langone Copy Share Image
I have never stopped performing live.I've been blessed with the talent to sing and play the piano so I can fit into… — Oleta Adams Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
All the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important… You can describe all the… — Edward Gorey Copy Share Image
If you mess up the tiniest little thing in the Beethoven concerto, or the phrasing isn't just exactly perfectly executed, Beethoven brings… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
It is not enough for us to know what is right and to believe it is good. We must be willing to… — Dean L. Larsen Copy Share Image
I consider the first 20 performances just learning the piece. Think about it this way: If you think about a pianist who… — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
Assume the worst. About everybody. But don't let this poisoned outlook affect your job performance. Let it all roll off your back.… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
It is difficult for young players to learn - because of the great emphasis on records - but, ideally, the joy and… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Performance's only life is in the present. Performance cannot be saved, recorded, documented, or otherwise participate in the circulation of representations of… — Peggy Phelan Copy Share Image
Among the many inconsistencies which folly produces or infirmity suffers in the human mind, there has often been observed a manifest and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There's a real tension between it being a collaborative art process, which is almost like performance art of yourself, and, as we… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The part of the brain most affected by early stress is the prefrontal cortex, which is critical in self-regulatory activities of all… — Paul Tough Copy Share Image
I was very impressed with Hanson's performance. I thought that little drummer was a kick-ass drummer, and uh, that they sang great,… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
I have the confidence that I can take anybody and have them give a good performance, because I don't think there's anything… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
Cognitive skills such as big-picture thinking and long-term vision were particularly important. But when I calculated the ratio of technical skills, IQ,… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Justification by religious performances, and meritorious deeds, is nothing better than the old Pharisaism with a Christian name stuck upon it. .… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
But, working with directors whose history is in performance, I feel like there's a different kind of focus, as opposed to directors… — Bryce Dallas Howard Copy Share Image
I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, if thought is the equivalent of labour, for… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
I'm all about real drama, real performance, and real people, so my twist on this is: I'm creating a family, a brotherhood… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
I belong to that generation who, as students, had before their eyes, and were limited by, a horizon consisting of Marxism, phenomenology… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I think directors can be a little insensitive to how vulnerable an actor is, when he's giving a performance. Part of the… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
I want to single out Kathryn Hahn's performance in Jill Soloway's film 'Afternoon Delight,' which in my opinion should have been nominated… — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
One does not avoid incompetence if one makes an attempt whose likelihood of success is too low. This seems little more than… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
All the equity investors, in total, will surely bear a performance disadvantage per annum equal to the total croupiers' costs they have… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Every day the word 'gift' is used to define talent, ability, and performance. Being gifted has an even deeper meaning, a meaning… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
I think we need to teach pleasure. What beautiful touch means. What reciprocity means. What being connected and what intimacy means. Boys… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
When I was a junior in college I moved to New York and went to this performance school the Experimental Theatre Wing.… — Antony Hegarty Copy Share Image
We cannot escape the conclusion that because of performance in the pre-existence some of us are born as Chinese, some as Japanese,… — Mark E. Petersen Copy Share Image
Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I… — Bill Tilden Copy Share Image
You may be a well-educated, clever and virtuous person, but those qualities will not necessarily make you a successful businessman. You must… — Konosuke Matsushita Copy Share Image
David's Lord was made David's Son, and from the fruit of the promised branch sprang One without fault, the two-fold nature coming… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
![“[Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they say, I don't think they're being absolutely sincere. I think it's performance art. And most of them are bad actors.” quote by Kevin Spacey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/kevin-spacey-931_actors_washington-dc-feels-like-you-re-watching_99635.png)
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