Quotes About Performance

People treat life as though it's the dress rehearsal for some big show. It's not. This is it.

Look, I play all these tough guys and thugs and strong, complex characters. In real life, I am a cringing, neurotic Jewish mess. Can't I for once play that on stage?

By the way, to perform in front of Don Rickles, it 's not nerve-wrecking. It 's enjoyable, i am enjoying Jeff Garlin. I hope I perform in front of Don Rickles every night of my life !

Being a writer is a solitary life. So the little part of me that's an actor still enjoys the theatrical part of reading and doing the voices and telling the story.

I sang in church at 5. When I saw the reaction, I knew what I wanted to do with my life.

Sometimes acting is really cool because it forces you to exercise certain muscles in your personality that you wouldn't normally be called upon in life.

I've been on the stage my entire life as an actor.

Being on stage makes me come to life. When all eyes are on you, they're watching every move you make.

Happened to be the first time we played the song live, but I absolutely for the life of me could not find the key singing and had to stop the band to find it.

I don't think there's any player that's more talented than Alex Rodriguez. He cares very deeply about doing well. Baseball is his life. He puts a lot of pressure on himself.

My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

My whole life, I've been watching conductors. I was 7 the first time I played with a conductor. Seeing the ones that do it well, it's an amazing thing.

If you're an actress, you're always on one diet or another - it's a way of life.

The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty to interpret it his problem and to express it his dedication.

Music is still part of my life, but I hate the idea of people coming to see me play the guitar because they've seen me in movies. You want people who are listening to be only interested in the music.

This was an important part of my life. But it was also sad that we didn't play there, cause we had such alot of fans that were waiting for us and Brazilians are great people. It's now my second home.

I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

The conductor must breathe life into the score. It is you and you alone who must expose it to the understanding, reveal the hidden jewel to the sun at the most flattering angles.

I think I know where my life went wrong. For all the world's a stage and I'm a lousy actor!

I'm like a circus standing on two legs.

It's not the note you play that's the wrong note – it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.