Quotes About Performance

Frankly, I hadn't expected my role in 'Avvai Shanmughi' to be so significant.

Endorsements are a reward for good performance on the field, and the commitments made after signing them need to be done.

I always give weightage to performance more than the length of my character. That has always been my criteria for signing a film.

You can't say it's good when guys out there are signing minor league deals and they would be big league players on 80 percent of the teams, but why would a team sign a player when you can pay dirt, and they're not going to win anyway?

I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about it now, and I think, 'Well, that may be inappropriate,' but it was great!'

It's kind of interesting when you sign on to a show because you're basically signing on to play a character because you only really see the first episode of the show.

I'm not a signing or dancing man.

Instead of signing 10 films a year, I'd rather do a couple of films where I can give my best performance and am appreciated by audiences.

There is a lot of extra responsibility on you as a player from the academy. You're expected to play and act as a signing, which is pressure, but in a way it pushes you to get a better performance out of yourself.

I primarily look at how a role is laid out by the director. I take into consideration my co-stars, before signing a role.

To me what's most important when I'm signing a project is the character that I'm going to portray and whether it gives the opportunity to show different facets of my craft.

Like an author, a cricketer signs his name on every innings he bats or bowls in; indeed for every cricket ball that challenges him on the field.

I can't imagine Jon Cryer performing with the New York Philharmonic isn't one of the signs of apocalypse.

When I arrived at IBM, there were 'Team' signs all around. I asked, 'How do people get paid?' They told me, 'We pay people based on individual performance.'

Whether someone signs something is not what's important. It's what they do and how they do it that matters.

No one signs a contact saying they will always start.

Actors have to have conversations not just with dialogue but with silences.

Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.

Comedy club audiences pay up to $25 per person and another fistful of cash to cover a two-drink minimum, so when they don't like something, they let you know - with silence.

The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.

I'm very interested in silence. And, more importantly, in what happens when people aren't talking on stage. I'm interested in letting actors play and do things between the lines. And in slowing everything down.

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.

When you are interviewing someone, never let your camera person turn off the camera. The second you turn off the camera, they'll say the magic thing that you'd been looking for the whole interview. People want to relax after the performance is done. Don't be afraid of awkward silence. That is your friend.