Quotes About Performance

People who have never done theatre before, and have only worked in front of a camera, would find it very difficult, I think, to know how to command a stage and work with the logistics of being on stage. They're very different. The theatre is quite tricky, actually.

When you step inside a set and transform into a character, it's your first brush with that role. It doesn't matter who you have worked with. Every character will be a first in your life as an artiste.

I've worked with a lot of wooden actors in my day, but Pinocchio is the best.

Well, it's been an interesting career. Since I last appeared on 'Top Of The Pops,' I've been doing about 150 live shows every year. The live shows have always been well received and they consistently worked, it's just the records that haven't been very good.

When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.

I consider myself a part-time worker when it comes to the piano, but you need to play regularly to stay sharp.

Ric Flair, as great was and a hard worker as he was, he just tends to get lost in the ring.

It never became an obsession for me to score at all costs. I've always said that I'm not a big scorer, I'm a worker.

I'm a hard worker and I really give to my fans through my shows.

Back when you were doing plays like 'The Miracle Worker,' you had 20, 25 people in the cast. When you go to make the film, that's not such a stretch. But when you're doing plays like 'Proof,' it's just five people or something in the thing, and it gets to be a really difficult re-conception.

If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.

John Cleese is a very fast worker and a highly disciplined one.

And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.

I'll tell you upfront, I think Shawn Michaels was probably the most gifted worker the business has ever seen.

I want to be the best teammate I can be, the fastest learner, the hardest worker, and just go out there in any way that I can help in each game.

But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't say that what I am doing is art.

I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid's a hard worker, he's talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.

Acting is not a normal job, no, but I don't think that takes me out of the game as far as having had the experience of being a hard worker.

I think acting is a gift. I look at someone like Ben Kingsley, and he's incredibly charismatic, even when he's not acting. He's an incredibly hard worker, and he has a very specific system that he does with his work.

I'd love it if every company could give raises to the average worker for doing good work.

I learned more about who I am and how to be a great worker - and a great artistic worker - from doing student theater. I was a stage manager. I was an assistant stage manager. I was on the running crew. I did probably 25 shows at Northwestern - all musicals, of course.

As great as Hulk Hogan was, he still wasn't that great a worker.

Being a good worker in WWE is the worst curse that you can have. Instead of being given the title for being a great worker, they give it to someone who isn't and have that person work with the good worker, so they look good in the ring.

I didn't care about a Dean Malenko; I'm sorry, Dean, I actually like you, you're a nice guy personally, amazing worker in the ring, but it's just boring if you can't tell me a story?