Firsts Quote by Domenico Gnoli

The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.

— Maggie Smith

Performance for another in no way signals the inferiority of the performer to the one for whom the performance is intended.

— Sandra Bartky

What I really like seeing from the stage is people having their own moments, when people are doing some performance of their own.

— Florence Welch

So much of performing is a mind game.

— Joshua Bell

Having the presence of mind to react to any situation onstage is what makes the best performers keep their spontaneity intact.

— Marni Nixon

There are a lot of things that make up a performance, a lot of technical things. It isn't always just about pulling it up…

— Robert Carlyle

Everybody thinks performance capture is about thrashing around and doing a lots of movement, but it's actually about being able to contain and think…

— Andy Serkis

Self-consciousness can destroy a performance. Getting rid of that is always good.

— Joe Dempsie

Performances are always more interesting to me when something is at stake.

— Kirsten Prout

My performance is totally dependent on what the other actors are doing.

— Stellan Skarsgard

Performing is just standing up there and doing something. Performance takes on an edge to it. It has a more dramatic context.

— Alan King

All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.

— Jack Bowman