Quotes About Performance

The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'

I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.

The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'

You know, actors lie all the time. 'Can I ride on the horse? Are you kidding? Of course! I was born on a horse!'... It's the same with motorcycles.

The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.

I just try to remember my lines most of the time.

I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an audition or on set, is all that you can bring.

Theater is a really exciting place to return to all the time because it's incredible training for an actor.

My oldest sister was an actress living in NYC by the time I was ten, and desperately wanted to be the one in charge of the words.

Onstage, of course, you have the luxury of rehearsal and discovery and time and comfort, which then turns into terror when you actually have to put it in front of people.

For a woman, body image is always a palpable thing. Weirdly, for me, the only time I don't care is when I'm in character.

Experience tells us that few matches are won on the back of one or two good sessions of play. To win a Test match most teams have to win and outplay the opposition for extended periods of time.

I am anyway acting all the time with my bacche log (kids), so I do not miss it at all!

It's very rare to get a film script that has good dialogue. A lot of the time, you spend on film sets really fighting to find out how to say the words.

Apparently Jamie is great at being soft and hard at the same time. Which is hard to do for an actor! He's going to get an Oscar!

I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady.

It takes our government an awful lot of time to do most things competently, and that's part of the problem here.

I mean, there's definitely a difference between film and live performances or live television. But at the same time, it's just performing. No matter what, it's performing.

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

I can imagine there is going to come a time when someone will do 13 hours of a story without breaks.

Sometimes your characters in films do things that you wouldn't do. You're not playing yourself all the time.

I wouldn't want you to see me all the time on the screen, because I get bored of it myself!

I like fighting at the higher weight. That extra seven pounds helps because of energy, strength and I can focus more throughout the training camp, without having to put extra time into making weight.

My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's "I Remember Sky." It's probably the saddest song of all time I sing it to myself in the mirror. No, I am kidding. That's the joke.