Quotes About Performance

Because I have so much life on my pitches, I can get away with getting too much of the plate every now and then.

I'm still very critical of myself, but I've learned to deal with it. You know that every at-bat is important, but it's not life and death.

Broadway is really my life.

And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.

Both music and acting are huge parts of my life - it's all about balance.

I have been doing acting my whole life. I did plays in high school. I take it pretty seriously. I used to do a lot of Shakespeare and Shakespearean festivals and monologues.

From beginning to end Wilde performed his life and continued to do so even after fame had taken the plot out of his own hands.

The life of an actor can be very enviable.

I'd like to do voiceovers my whole life. I get to kind of create a character and go in and play.

I think most great actors have their own life trajectory, the character motion doesn't have anything to do with their life motion.

Sometimes you have to protect the life of the play. It seems like spelling out mysterious, musical details can destroy a play by making the motivations too clear, too simplex.

The beautiful thing about acting is that you can go your whole life if you stay current and you stay fresh.

Even if the script's well written there's something about the life of an improvisation that resonates better than a written word, sometimes.

I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an athlete. Yes, my fans and my mom were happy about it, but I didn't win that gold medal.

Joe Henderson, who I maybe, to me, if I had to pick one improviser in my life that I saw live that blew my mind most, especially as a teenager.

I'm confident in myself, either way. I've pitched big games all my life.

I am having the time of my life and can't wait to perform live for all of my fans.

I have been very lucky for most of my adult life to be working as an actor.

Life's a show and we all play a part And when the music starts We open up our hearts

Every once in a while in an actor's life, a cast comes together.

Also a good director and good dialogue. That's very important because you're bringing the words to life. So it's very important for an actor to have good dialogue.

If life is a performance, and I am not an actor, am I supposed to lie down and die?

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

I move on stage differently. The more you act, anyway, the more you live, your perception of life becomes more and more accurate.