Performance Quotes

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Filmmaking isnâ€™t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through… — David Fincher
I was driven to give the best possible performance I could based on the material that was given to me and that material was documentary… — Timothy Bottoms
I don't plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going to bring you… — Brendan Gleeson
As an actress and comedienne, I'm a huge fan of he theatre and the Tricycle in Kilburn is my favourite in London. I dragged my… — Arabella Weir
Sometimes when I see a performance that really takes me, I struggle. How can I express this to this person, I want this person to… — John Astin
Through performance, I found the possibility of establishing a dialogue with the audience through an exchange of energy, which tended to transform the energy itself.… — Marina Abramovic
Theatre is fakeâ€¦ The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the… — Marina Abramovic
There's so much to learn about acting and performance in general... I mean, acting is a very complex art, and there are a lot more… — Haley Joel Osment
I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game.… — Barry Bonds
I have a chef who makes sure that I'm getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at… — Barry Bonds
People are my most important asset. Faith in the supreme being, trust, credibility and performance are the things that have brought me to the top. — Don King
Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for force.… — Peter Drucker
The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance. — Ansel Adams
There was no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created, like an author creates… — Richard Avedon
In the circle of light on the state in the midst of darkness, you have the sensation of being entirely alone... This is called solitude… — Constantin Stanislavski
I appear, my fellow-citizens, in your presence and in that of Heaven to bind myself by the solemnities of religious obligation to the faithful performance… — John Quincy Adams
Good movies make you care, make you believe in possibilities again. If somewhere in the Hollywood-entertainment world someone has managed to break through with something… — Pauline Kael
I belong to that generation who, as students, had before their eyes, and were limited by, a horizon consisting of Marxism, phenomenology and existentialism. For… — Michel Foucault
The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living. — Martha Graham
I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do… — Rush Limbaugh

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