Quotes About Performance

If the audience wants to hear them, then I'm going to play them. I'll mess around with them a bit to keep it interesting, because it's frustrating when you see artists refusing to play their biggest hits.

When you are going through a bad patch, you need to play more and more to regain your old form and touch.

You'd think people would regard you as an actor and you could play anything. But with TV they regard you almost as a member of the family.

I have the highest regard for Meryl Streep as an actress and think she's a fabulous person as well.

So I regard my part in Genevieve as a real challenge.

I hold all of the songs that I have had the pleasure of recording and performing in high regard.

My culture doesn't regard acting highly.

My hopes and aspirations haven't changed since I started in this business. They've been to be able to play drama, to be able to play comedy, to be able to play leading men, and to be able to play character roles. I have no other aspirations in this regard.

I have so much regard for the art of conducting. It's easy to look not so good up there.

You want to play, you don't want to be on the bench, I'm no different to anyone else in that regard.

There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.

I'd love to have written a film and it to be regarded as good. I'd just like to be doing things that are good, really. I think that's all you can aim for. I find it odd when actors say they just want to do films or plays or television. A lot of films aren't very good; a lot of television isn't very good; a lot of plays aren't very good.

Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.

Regarding having Cerebral Palsy, I know realistically that I can't go up there on stage and ignore it.

I believe in professionalism and I believe in putting on the best possible match regardless of the scenario for our audience.

You have to play your part as an actor at the end of the day, regardless of the medium.

The person who does that role better than anyone else is the person who should get that role, regardless of their background or heritage.

I always feel I need to do well regardless of the level of the band.

Regardless of what you do, or who you have, at the end of the day you have to be able to execute better than the defense does in order to score points.

I got to a point where I wanted to have some dignity in what I'm saying onstage. I want people to hear what I'm saying, regardless of whether or not it gets a laugh. That became a lot more rewarding than straight acting could ever be for me.

I think people know that every time I go out there, I leave it all in the ring, regardless. So I think there's a certain respect with that and I think that's just grown over the years because I feel like over the course of my career... people know that I never take a night off.

U.S. Speedskating has been riddled with problems since when I started my career, and we were always able to look past that. When it came down to performing on the ice, regardless of funding issues, we were always able to make it happen. And that's what it's all about.

The love scenes that worked, regardless of the director, were the ones where the actors weren't fearful. When somebody was fearful, you could see it right away. It takes you out of the story, and that's to be avoided at all costs.

There's a pressure regardless of that to do a good show.