Quotes About Performance

The first time I performed musically, I threw up.

I didn't even realize it was a grand slam (number thirty-one) because I was mentally preparing myself for Andy Benes because he struck me out the first time.

I've played lots of villains in my time and I think the reason they've been so successful is that they're not two-dimensional. They're not black and white. That's the gig.

Your actions speak so much louder than words.

I don't intend to be insensitive to the victims and their families but, at the same time, as an actor, it's our job, and we are obligated to portray the characters in the most realistic way possible.

I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of the time.

[Formula One] is entertainment and it competes with other entertainments - and not with other racing formats. It competes with people's time on a weekend. So you have to deliver.

Everyone's going to have a better time if I'm not confused on stage about who I am.

We just have to go out there and play and take one game at a time. We have to know everybody will play the best game they can.

I like to play good girls more because I play bad ones all the time!

Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary.

I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process.

Now if I cry on screen I think it's mint. Because I think that's how that person would feel at that time. And if it doesn't, then it just doesn't happen.

My father is a university professor so when the schools needed a little kid for their productions I was often the kid they used. The first time I was ever on stage was about 2nd grade.

Any time you audition and get it, you earned it.

Mazur was a remarkable artist. During our time in Rome we became friends. I would often perform my works for him at the piano.

It's not really a preparation when you know the character that you're playing. It's not too difficult. It would be more difficult the first time, I guess.

It's nice to be able to challenge myself by playing real people. But at the same time it utilizes a different part of the brain to just invent new things.

You need to express things stronger today, more so than in the Baroque time, and you need to expand the expressiveness of the instrument.

The best actors in the world are the actors who don't keep the walls up all the time and allow themselves the potential to be embarrassed.

I don't care where you are, but the fans only remember your last time at bat.

I was 4 years old when I sang in public for the very first time.

So I am one of those bass players who can do something and musically, it was back then and now it is even more, if you noticed on the new album, I am not playing all the time anymore.

I had been wanting to do a musical for a really long time. I wanted people in New York to know that I can sing.