Quotes About Performance

Y'know, you can't please all the people all the time... and last night, all those people were at my show.

The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors.

I always say, the only time you gotta worry about getting booed is when you're wearing a white uniform. And I've never been booed wearing a white uniform.

Through every moment on stage for the first time, I felt like I was finally right where I belonged.

I guess the first time I played around Washington, D.C. was at a place called The Famous. That was the first place I played, I believe.

The children never connect me with the man onstage when I come out the stage door. The parents spend all their time trying to convince them that I'm Caractacus.

I think every time I go in a game, I have added something positive. I have gotten a rebound or made a defensive play. That is what I try to focus on.

I used to do a lot of story writing and storytelling coming up through grade school. By the time I got to college, I decided that I wanted to perform as well, and that's where I started.

Effectiveness is best measured by results over time.

Actually, I guess I shouldn't be so hard on myself. 2:23:11 is a very good time - a very good time for a woman that is.

When you read a script, you don't want to be the same guy all the time, you want to change, you're a different person. That's why acting is a wonderful career. You're not the same guy all the time.

Each time I play a song it seems more real.

As an actor, I still dont really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.

Festivals are a time to play the songs people know and are looking forward to hearing.

If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.

The Ricky Hatton that beat Kostya Tszyu in 2005 can beat Floyd Mayweather, he was so focused and in such amazing physical shape that he would have given anybody at that level a tough time.

We can talk about it all we want. But there comes a time when you just have to get it done and quit talking about it. There's been a lot of talk here and not enough doing.

If you waste your time and energy on things that don't matter in the outcome of the game, then when you get to the game you're not going to give your teammates the best that you have to offer.

In performance, you dont always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over time.

How can a you hit and think at the same time?

I want a song that raises the hair on the back of my neck when I sing it live and I want to feel it every time.

As women, we often think we have to be all things to all people, all at the same time. As a wife, mother, actress and businesswoman, I definitely feel the pressure to perform well in all areas.

Those shows I did with Queen were pretty surreal. I was really excited and super-flattered, but intimidated at the same time.

I go out and put in a load during the offseason so I know what I'm going to be able to do, as long as I stay healthy, when it comes time for the season.