Quotes About Performance

Artistically, or just performance-wise, I love playing arenas. I think that is my favorite form, because it's big enough to feel like a big, grand show.

I feel like dance, by its nature, goes so easily to grand and beautiful.

You have people who are out there age 30-plus still competing on the grand stage. If I keep in shape, keep to a certain speed and turn it up when I need to, I think I will be able to get out there and run what I need to run.

Especially the top players, they always try to set their own form, so to say, around the Grand Slams because that's where they want to play their best.

That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: 'Use your eyes!' Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.

While making my first film as a director, my father and grandfather used to ask me to explain the scenes by performing them myself first, so that I could improve my skills.

My little brother and grandma told me I could sing. I used to sing in church, too. Not like in the choir or anything, but for people around the church... on the church bus going home and Christmas plays.

When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer.

My grandmother Shelley was an actress and would tell me about working in the theatre, while my grandpa on Dad's side, Gerard Dynevor, was a big influence in theatre and a TV director.

As a family comedian, it is so wonderful seeing everyone from kids through to grandparents being entertained by you.

If it's me and yer granny on bongos, it's the Fall.

I got a grant for the Old Vic Theatre School in London, which had just started. It was only five terms; they used to break you down and never quite put you together again but it was an excellent training.

When you're an actor, people just take it for granted that you're really confident and can get up in front a stage full of people and just speak to them.

When you perform in your first film, it adds a lot to your career graph. The journey becomes easy.

If you look at my career graph, I have always chosen roles that are performance-oriented.

I don't keep a record of the parts I've played, and I don't compare characters, but maybe I should? I could construct a graphic that grades badness and madness levels? Interesting idea.

I go to the theater because I need help dealing with my life; I want to see the greatest questions addressed. I need to see actors grappling with things that matter.

I know that my grappling is up there with any grappler in the division.

As an actor, I have learnt and understood a lot about Kavya since I heard the role for the first time and I feel there's so much to take in and grasp every day.

I feel like an eagle eye when I watch my fellow talent because I believe in grass roots, putting 100 percent in when the camera is on or not on.

I'm feeling good about my movement on grass courts; I can serve a little bit better. This makes me much more dangerous than on hard.

I can play well on grass. Everyone keeps on telling me that.

I think I can play really well on grass when my serve is going well, when I really play aggressive, when I believe in it, then I think I can play well.

For me, I just am so grateful to be an actor.