Performances Quotes

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Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of… — Ricky Jay
When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged.… — Robbie Coltraine
Each performance and each film is what it is. It's right and belongs within that moment. You look at it and try to make it… — Robert Carlyle
I love storytelling and I love just relating directly to an audience. That's why we do theatre, it's because we love contact with the audience.… — Simon Callow
I'd rather do my own performance than copy someone else's. — Arthur Darvill
My mother and my father have always supported me. Now in their eighties, they actually clamor onto the tour bus with me once or twice… — Jeff Dunham
A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work… — Sean Durkin
I wanted to make a classical piece that was actually designed to be a CD, not designed for performance. — Anne Dudley
Second of all, I don't think Wall Street is doing what it's supposed to be doing, even after the shameful performance of the last two… — Howard Dean
I would love to do more movies. I'd like to get into some theater, too, if I could, just to learn more. I want to… — Jason Dohring
I love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don't have music. I love to shoot and I love… — Jonathan Demme
I mean, sitcoms shouldn't be doing 'Saturday Night Live.' You can't just do bit after bit after bit. You have to string it together with… — Joyce DeWitt
From what I've been able to determine, many of our big stars are addicted to tobacco. They want to smoke in movies for the same… — Joe Eszterhas
I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a… — Danai Gurira
You're always going to be more judgmental about your own performance than anyone else. — Ioan Gruffudd
I spent all of my childhood at a performance art camp. Putting on plays, it was more like commedia dell'arte. It wasn't career-oriented in any… — Troy Garity
It was 1975. I had spent the year at the Boston Museum School doing some very bizarre performance works. The last one included going to… — Alex Grey
We need to make sure parents and coaches are aware of the dangers an on the look-out for the warning signs. Performance enhancing drugs are… — Chuck Grassley
I rebelled by not getting straight A's and not following the path that my elder sister did. She was valedictorian and is very exemplary in… — Jennifer Garner
A fantastic actor in a scene that's just closed off will be good. But when working with a director who knows little tricks - correct… — Matthew Gray Gubler
No matter what the character is, I just say to myself 'If I, Melissa George, was in that situation, how would I react?' and once… — Melissa George
I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say 'cut' you have… — Michel Gondry
Comedy has to be so much cleaner than drama. You can't layer it in the way you can a dramatic performance. Which is why it's… — Grant Bowler
It's not what you see on-screen that makes a performance. It's the things you should never know about - it's the secrets. — Alice Englert
I've been to strip clubs where the dancers have these whole routines that they create just for the wow factor and to say, 'Look how… — Megalyn Echikunwoke

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