Quotes About Performance

I've had times when layups didn't go in, you start second-guessing yourself. It's how you come at it and how you react to it.

When you hear cheers at the moment you need a bit of a push, players can react to that and perform at their best.

I try to take the mental aspects of every sport that I've ever played and use it toward kicking, how to react in certain situations.

You have to play offense and defense without thinking, and react like you know what to do, but if you're thinking of where to be and 1,000 other things you can lose focus. You're trying to play hard, but you're overthinking.

Most actors work on a scene, I try to find out who the character is. So when a scene or a moment comes, I react the way she would react.

Acting to me is always reacting.

Acting is about reacting, and it's not easy to do that when you don't have a good co-star.

Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have.

When you see bad acting, that's usually what it is - they're not listening to the other characters. It's always hard with first-time actors to get them in that moment where they are really listening to the other characters and reacting to the other characters.

Some actors get by with behaving, not acting. You've got to sell the effect. I act more in the 'Nightmare' movies because it's not like me. I'm acting, not reacting.

For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.

I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person is acting.

Acting is reacting, and it's always easier to react when someone is doing a good job.

When you're always onstage, you really have to focus on listening and reacting.

I'm always an advocate of 'acting is reacting,' which can be difficult.

I always have to poop right before I do a concert. I don't feel nervous, but I think that must be my body reacting.

Reacting is so important to the craft of acting.

Feeling and reacting has more impact than just trying to emote what your character's saying.

That's what acting is. You're not alone. It's reacting. That's what we do.

I think the concept of minute restrictions is kind of complicated. I don't think there should ever be minute restrictions. I think it should always be about how my body feels and how it's reacting.

Acting is reacting. That's when acting is great - when you say something, somebody said something, they make a face, they pose, they use something physical, then you react to that, then they react to you.

Acting is nothing but reacting, so if your co-stars react in a particular way, it does affect your acting as well.

We're always telling stories, we're supposed to be reacting, a man and woman on the ice, it's romantic.

Working with good actors is a pleasure as acting is all about reacting.