Quotes About Performance

In order to maintain your longevity, you have to know the business. It's not about just rapping and performing.

I was rapping at school, at talent shows. I thought I was a little star.

I was always popular 'cause I've been rapping since I was 10 years old. Where I am from, I already had songs that I would perform at the parties in the city and like, pep rallies at school. So, I was always popular because I am famous where I am from.

I love little theatres because it's very intimate, and you can have a very easy rapport with the audience. Everyone's in the same room.

You have to get the attention of the audience. You have to make sure they know you are starting. You have to achieve a rapport with them on the very first chord.

As an actor, it's very rare that you get a choice in a matter. But you're always looking for something that has some gravitas.

I never met Peter O'Toole, but he one was of those rare actors whose success was defined by a single role. His incandescent performance in David Lean's 'Lawrence of Arabia' is one that nobody who saw it will ever forget.

It's so rare to get all of your muscles firing at once. That's what I look for in any role.

I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.

Every year, you can depend on having at least a couple really exciting Nicole Kidman performances, and that's a rare thing.

Mostly, I have to say as an actor, to find a character that's been rich enough for 10 seasons of shows... that's very rare.

I've been in movies where the movie doesn't come together but the role comes together, or the movie comes together but the role doesn't come together or something like that. Something misses. It's very difficult to make it hit on all cylinders - it's just very rare.

I know the benefits of having a really great improv show are amazing because it was this one rare and fleeting thing that was incredible, but the risk just didn't appeal to me. I liked the control of sitting down and writing things.

When I play, I'm so in the moment that I can't really remember what happened afterwards. It's a rare experience for a thinking person like me.

I think it's so hard to get really, really strong parts where the actress can act. It's rare.

Usually, in musical theater, if you sing operatically or if you sing in a legit style, you're the heart of the show. You maybe get to be moving and do dramatic stuff, but it's very rare to be that funny.

It's a rare treat to be able to play in front of friends and family.

It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week.

It's rare that you get to play a great role that has an arc.

Growing up, I was always enthralled by Ronnie Barker. He made my dad howl with laughter, which always intrigued me, and he had the rare gift of being as good a performer as he was a writer.

If you look across my career, whether it be mixed martial arts or wrestling, it's very, very, very rare that I lose to someone that I'm not supposed to.

It's very rare that we play a gig and we all come off and say 'That was great, I had a great time!' There's always someone that's had a bad time. So the goal is always to achieve the next level of performing the piece that you've written. You're looking for something that you haven't even captured on the album.

It's very rare to be able to do a show where the most important thing is being funny.

I know you can't play this game 100 percent. It's very rare that you can be able to play this game at 100 percent. You can do one thing; you can't do both: You can't pray and then worry at the same time. I pray, and that's it. And then I just go play. Whatever happens, happens.