Bits Quote by Sue Tompkins Download Open image “Performances have a bit of a life and a time scale to themselves.” — Sue Tompkins ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bits Life Performances Scales Time
The problem with our art form: it's so ephemeral, and catching performances can be so difficult... the important thing is what happens at the… — Judith Weir Copy Share Image
I agree that some of my performances in America, apart from having drama and excitement, have been a little under my estimation for performance. — Naseem Hamed Copy Share Image
You should be judged on your performances, not how long you've been around. — Charles Leclerc Copy Share Image
A way of describing performances that I admire is that there is an absence of careerism. It's a clumsy way of describing it but… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage. — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
A performance is only as good as the audience you are playing to. A lot of times you feed off of the audience, and… — Kelly Jones Copy Share Image
The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage. — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
Performances are always more interesting to me when something is at stake. — Kirsten Prout Copy Share Image
The way I perform or the setup is always same - just me and a microphone and the text - and they usually have… — Sue Tompkins Copy Share Image
For me, there's the certain focus points that come out, which could reference a song or a pop disco, or something really abstract. It's… — Sue Tompkins Copy Share Image
I'm interested in really particular details, ideas, thoughts, and emotions, yet it's defused with performance, where you can play with hiding things, or be… — Sue Tompkins Copy Share Image
I'm not really interested in making someone endure a performance or stand there for too long. I like to think about the length. — Sue Tompkins Copy Share Image
I don't analyze too much, because then I'll question, 'Why do I write down all of these random little phrases?' — Sue Tompkins Copy Share Image
I'm one who needs to be in the space [for] a sense of place and order. It's crucial. — Sue Tompkins Copy Share Image
Being on the same level as everybody is really important to me. I'm trying to do really basic stuff like communicate, convey, talk, see,… — Sue Tompkins Copy Share Image
I've got a twin sister who's an artist and growing up I was always "the loud one." She's not actually quiet at all, but… — Sue Tompkins Copy Share Image
Sometimes I start with music on and then I get distracted because I'm working to a different rhythm; I'm not working to myself. So,… — Sue Tompkins Copy Share Image
I've thought about bands or performers who appear from nowhere: You come out of the greenroom in this secure little unit, then you do… — Sue Tompkins Copy Share Image
When I go into the editing process, I re-look at the original intuitive thoughts and then it becomes the written performance or text work.… — Sue Tompkins Copy Share Image
Brad [Dourif] would tell himself that he was not intentionally trying to mimic Jack Nicholson in any way. I think that actually bothers him… — David Kirschner Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I became a bit of a teacher's pet, and it became known in the school by both faculty and students that I really excelled… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
The happy medium is television. And if you find a good suitor, you can do it for years. With movies, you roll the dice.… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively in small… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
Talented people can predict with great accuracy what's about to happen just a tiny bit ahead of their competitors. It might be two seconds… — Kevin Maney Copy Share Image
He referred to me as an 'insufferable puffed-up prat'. This is a bit rich coming from a man who actually married his own mother. — Steven Morrissey Copy Share Image
It won't do you a bit of good to know everything if you don't do anything with it. — Louise Fitzhugh Copy Share Image
I was told I had brain damage. I always knew it was an unfair label. Now I have a clearer understanding of what's wrong… — Susan Boyle Copy Share Image
I think that's the beauty of the current setup, is that Legends is meant to be a bit of a revolving door. — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
We, as pop stars, are people not androids. We’ve got views. I’ve got opinions and I don’t see why I shouldn’t use a bit… — Roger Meddows Taylor Copy Share Image
In terms of style, too, I think I've been working with a somewhat limited -- although intentionally limited -- set of tools. So I'm… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image