Performance Quotes

1516 quotes by 1228 authors

I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience… — Bruce Beresford
In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality. — Harold S Geneen
Performance is your reality. Forget everything else. — Harold S Geneen
All the dialogue on tape, and we'd play the tape in performance. Then I thought it'd be interesting if the actor's repeated what they heard… — Richard Foreman
I would have liked it to have stayed serious and have the adventures of a family lost in space. This isn't to take anything away… — Mark Goddard
All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art. — Jack Bowman
Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity. — Jack Bowman
We're all so mauled by information, but it's recycled information. We need to shut it out. So, you've got to get bizarre. This is an… — Jack Bowman
That kind of piece, perhaps most recognizable because of Yoko Ono's similar work, built a bridge between performance art and music - and without raising… — Tony Conrad
I'd like to think I could do something great - a performance like Meryl Streep's in 'Sophie's Choice' - at some point in my life.… — Heather Graham
That's the only way to do it. Just like an actor. You can get a great performance if you do a bunch of takes and… — Lindsey Buckingham
I think it hurt my performance because I stopped being me. That won't ever happen again. — Christopher Darden
That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you. — Richard Donner
It's about getting a more democratic Wales for the purpose of improving our economic performance, for improving the delivery of health care, for raising educational… — Ron Davies
Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and… — Peter Drucker
I'd never played a cop before, and this particular role with what she is going thru, especially during the first season, covering her alcoholism to… — Nancy McKeon
To pay 60 musicians for rehearsal and performance is quite something, and I decided I wouldn't be able to handle that kind of situation financially… — Chuck Mangione
One of my side strange abilities is to hear a good song, no matter how it's being performed. Even if you get a bad performance,… — Manfred Mann
I wanted to feel that precision and control and then try to apply it to tele. That's what I've looked for in my gear development… — Paul Parker
No one will ever argue that someone could have played Helen Keller better than Patty Duke. It was an incredibly demanding role and I don't… — Richard Masur

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