Quotes About Performance

I think I've spent so much time playing characters that are so far away from me and learning how to technically build and how to technically put something on top of you.

I've forgotten lines all the time. Sometimes I switch verses in a song. It's just hard not to when you're doing the same thing all the time.

It's time for architecture to do things again, not just represent things.

Every time I perform in front of people, no matter how well it goes, the next day, I feel humiliated.

Do I perform sometimes in a manic style? Yes. Am I manic all the time? No. Do I get sad? Oh yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh yeah.

He took it out like a sprinter, and brought it home like a distance swimmer.

The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude.

Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that.

When I was a freshman, I didn't have that much time for extra-curriculars, so I didn't do any theater stuff. Actually, I didn't do it with my school. I did theater with this thing called Teen Source.

I love to act and put on a show, but you're playing a character all the time. For music, it's really just me being myself.

The real test of a musician is live performance. It's one thing to spend a long time learning how to play well in the studio, but to do it in front of people is what keeps me coming back to touring.

The first time I sang in the church choir two hundred people changed their religion.

I'm really happy and had such an amazing time performing at Super Bowl - wish I could relive it all over again.

I think the actors in 'Greystoke' were amazing. They had a really good performance coach called Peter Elliott who's, of his time, one of the greatest simian performance coaches for actors.

Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.

We are entertainers. We have to give our audience a good time. If my name serves that purpose, if that brings a smile on your face, then I think it is good and my job has been done.

I am the actor that I am. I do what I do. I've been a 'leading man' playing romantic leads for a long time now.

Any car which holds together for a whole race is too heavy.

The team with the best athletes doesn't usually win. It's the team with the athletes who play best together.

There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to pay them money!

You'd have to be an imbecile or hypocrite to imagine that a professional cyclist who rides 235 days a year can hold himself together without stimulants.

Morale in an organization does not mean that "people get along together"; the test is performance not conformance.

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.