Quotes About Performance

I'd love to perform with other actors and act with actors, true actors. I would like to be in a movie and have full room for acting.

Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience.

Comedy's my first love. I love that so much. You play comedy in drama, too. The difference between genres doesn't really change the method of acting.

When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.

I love to entertain an audience.

You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.

Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.

Theater is so ephemeral, and I love that.

I don't always want to play the wacky, crazy parts. I love having the opportunity to play a regular person in an irregular situation in a very realistic way.

You really can't explain how you do the things you do. I can't, anyway. I love certain actors, but sometimes they say the stupidest things about technique. I don't want to say something stupid.

I love to sing and I really love to write, but in terms of being onstage, I'm not that comfortable.

I love the Elvis movies. I used to watch them. In every single one of his movies he wasn't acting as a car salesman - he was acting as a car salesman who loved to play guitar.

I don't make the mistake of thinking it's a major musical event. I love the Eurovision Song Contest and it will continue long after I'm gone. Just please don't ask me to take it seriously.

I don't think I've ever been personally fulfilled performing. It's kind of a challenging thing; it's more of a sacrifice for the people that I love.

I'd like to do more comedy, but i think my forte is still in the heavy. I'd love to do a comic lead, a musical.

Where´s my leadin´ lady? Let me try this new love scene on you, baby.

As an actor in the theater you're taught that you never play a bad guy. You have to love who you are. You can't say, "Oh, I'm a bad guy." How do you play that?

But I really like hosting, I think it's a strength of mine. It allows me to improvise, and I love the spontaneity of that, and I think I'm funny behind the desk when interviewing someone.

I just love to play and I get a chance to play with other musicians and I jump on it.

So much of movie acting is in the lighting. And in loving your characters. I try to know them, and with that intimacy comes love. And now, I love Voldemort.

I love being funny! I started in the theater when I was 9 and, believe it or not, always played the funny part!

I think every job you have to lie to get. You always say how wonderful it all is, that it's an amazing script - "I love you, you're such a great director." I think every actor does that.

I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.

Before I go on stage, I pretend that everyone loves me.