Quotes About Performance

When it comes to touch and feel as a musician, style is infinitely more important than chops.

The first time I really had an influence on a show was during 'Ragtime.' It's still the most magical show that I've ever done.

Sarah Silverman has always been a huge influence on my comedy.

How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?

I realized later how much my acting experience influenced my writing and how it helped me to write for other actors.

I'm very influenced by the circus. A lot of the dreams that I have, I'm in the circus.

It's definitely an influence, I mean how can you not say you are influenced to play rock.

For my rock band, I was influenced by things like 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' For me, it's live rock n' roll theater.

I'm definitely influenced by Animal Collective. I watched them early on.

Everybody has some part of their game that is easily influenced to choke.

I'm lucky to have had the opportunity to perform with bands that have influenced me as a musician over the years.

Theatre and cinema have been major influences in my life.

Lifestyle off the field influences your play on the field.

Music is definitely influential on how I approach my scenes.

I did a number of local children's theater plays growing up, but in 5th grade, I had some good times on stage making people laugh as a troll in 'The Hobbit.' That solidified my dream to be on 'Saturday Night Live,' which was hugely influential for me growing up.

I consider myself an 'actorvist.' When I say that, what I mean is that I use my art to inform my activism and to be my activism sometimes, but I also use my activism in my art.

There's something about being in a house with an audience, and having that immediate feedback. I started acting because of that energy; it's what feeds me on stage and informs my choices.

The theater I got to do informs every move I make as an actor and will for the rest of my life. I can't shake it if I wanted to, but I don't want to.

What happens off-screen definitely informs your performance on screen.

I'm not a pop singer; I'm not a jazz singer. And I know I sing like not a whole lot of people do; I also know that a lot of other people act like I do. And better than I do. But what informs the singing is the acting. They're not separate from each other.

I generally don't feel the need to do more research than is necessary to play the part for me, to inform me.

I did have a lot of years watching and appreciating dance and theater and all of those kind of things, and it has informed the way that I work with actors and the way I approach things.

I love playing an ingenue, and I love doing revivals, and I will continue to do that.

My early acting was ingenue stuff.