Quotes About Performance

Some actors come to the set ready to do their parts a certain way.

Give me the microphone in the ring, on a headset, or tell me to take a flat back I'll do it brother. I'm ready to go for anything.

I put a lot into my body on and off the field that really gets me ready for the next day.

There is nothing else can get you ready for matches than matches.

I'm ready to rock and roll.

When you know you are 100% and, you know, are ready to go, you just have that feeling. You know you are going to perform well.

I don't need preseason to get ready.

I was playing with George Harrison one time, and George loves takes. This song was up to Take 160. I said, 'George, do you want me to play the same thing or 160 different things?' It drove me crazy because, in general, I'm ready to play my part.

You've got to come out and fire on all cylinders and get yourself up the leaderboard and show people that you're there and you're ready to win.

Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.

When they came to you for your line, you had to be ready and you had to get it in one.

There were butterflies, otherwise, you're not really ready to play. The locker room, I remember, was quiet and we were very focused on playing that game.

I don't know how it is now but the assistant stage manager had to understudy several parts. You had to be ready to go on at any time if the actor couldn't make it to the play. I didn't think anything of it.

I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I've been going in two hours before the show every performance.

An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare.

A role is never just a ready-made thing.

I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.'

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

I feel any actor can deliver a dialogue but real acting is how one reacts to the dialogue.

Carnegie Hall was real fabulous, but you know, it ain't as big as the Grand Ole Opry.

I don't think I was bubbly in 'Oohalu Gusagusalade.' It was a real character.

Anyone can rise from obscurity and make a few breakout plays when no one's expecting them to. But when a guy you've got your eye on jumps out and shows you what he's made of, that he's ready to compete at the highest level at the most crucial time - that guy's the real deal.

People admire a screen actor if they have theatre skills, but it's looked down upon by the industry as being not a 'real job,' in the way it isn't in New York or the U.K.

I can't act, and so I have to live that particular character in my real life and then exhibit it on screen.