Quotes About Performance

What the people call eloquence is the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant gestures, a loud voice, and powerful lungs.

I think with a comedian, when you get to the point of a greatest hits, it's kind of an acknowledgment that you've been doing stand-up a long time, which not very many people do.

I feel like every time I walk into the audition room, they can tell if you're faking it and if your heart's really not with it. So I try to keep it as real as possible.

I love being physical and acting at the same time.

I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked.

With one out in the first, Dave Roberts looks a lot better than the last time he pitched against the Padres!

I'm a good party guest...the problem is, I feel like I'm working all the time. "Give us an Elvis Presley story! Give us a Frank Sinatra story!"

At the time I just was like, I can't believe I am on the show, and the first thing I have to do is an entire song and dance routine for the whole cast of 'Mad Men.

I think stand is better now than it's ever been. I think it's the greatest time ever to do standup comedy.

I knew from the time I could walk that I wanted to be an actor.

What I try to do is create an energy, create an excitement, but at the same time keep everybody focused and realize it's still just a game, that we have to move the football.

I always say it takes as much preparation and thought to do a small part as a leading part. In some ways, leads are easier because you have the luxury of time to discover the character.

The Broadway schedule is so tough, so relentless there was almost no time to enjoy all the stuff.

But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month it is half the time when he's working.

Most volleyball players are made in the winter, spring and summer, for come fall, everyone practices equal time.

The two most important things to athletes, playing time and money.

I love the idea of changing my look. I think one owes it to the audience, to go out there and give them something different each time, so as not to bore them to death.

Despite the usual idea of a figure skater, I have no rhythm when it comes to even walking off the ice. I fall off curbs all the time.

Hearing Sonny Rollins live... that was really amazing. There were so many things that really blew me away at that time [of schooling].

Every time I set foot on the Bernabeu turf I got the jitters, a kind of anxiety that takes hold of you the moment you step out into the glare of the floodlights.

If you look at the other singers of Billie Holiday's time, they were really trying to entertain. They were trying to make people feel good. They were singing fast - and she was singing the blues.

I keep working mainly because my wife and I spend most of our time touring the country doing our own plays.

When you're doing a show like 'The Book of Mormon,' you're completely spent by the time the show is over.

When I make exciting plays, it's usually because I was in the right place at the right time.