Quotes About Performance

Compared to film or television, theater is more interactive, collaborative.

I'm very interested in Comedia dell'Arte.

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

I'm interested in film - any aspect - acting, directing, writing.

I figured the people who liked the sort of thing I was doing would come see it. If it was only 200 then that was alright and if it was 2000 then that is alright as well. I wasn't really interested in the big numbers; I was just interested in some numbers.

Like every actor, I am always on the lookout for interesting characters.

Playing interesting characters makes me feel alive.

I aspire to play interesting characters.

Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.

My favorite thing about acting is that I can play all kinds of different people. Frankly, I don't consider myself a very interesting person, so the characters I play are usually much more fun.

The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working.

Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.

The interesting thing about improvisation is you're making something up in front of the audience. Now music helps you out a little bit because you have an instrument that'll separate you from the audience.

It's an interesting thing when you're casting a film - especially when you're trying to discover someone - you're waiting for someone to step into the room in an audition process and claim the role.

The most interesting thing about movies is that with every role you get to play a different person.

As an actor, one is always looking at doing interesting things... meatier roles... stories that turn out exactly the way on screen like when they were narrated to you.

When I'm playing as an actor, I don't want to interfere at all with the director. I'm just an actor. I'm totally respectful.

In a way, I feel it might be ill-mannered to try and top myself. The music I play is a ritual. Something that matters to people in a special way. I wouldn't want to interfere with that.

To the extent that bank panics interfere with normal flows of credit, they may affect the performance of the real economy.

I like playing characters with internal problems.

There are some roles that are more still and internal and emotional, and others that are more physical, which get you out of your mind for a while.

Film taught me an enormous amount about the internal life a performance has to have, and that life has to be real. You can fake it on stage, but not for the camera.

I know that leading Ferrari carries with it a high responsibility, but the pressure is more from the outside rather than internal.

Every player needs to be aware of the levels of fitness needed to play international cricket.