Quotes About Performance

I have fear of the audience and I am responsible for the scenes involving me, be it as a comedian or hero.

But, uh, censorship at that time said that you just absolutely couldn't do anything involving children and so we had to go from there. I don't remember what I changed it to. Duvall is just excellent in it.

Theater is an engagement between the actor and the audience. Film is a different sort of medium. It's not immediate, but in some ways it's more involving.

For any cultural performance involving me, the response from Kolkata is the most critical. If I pass here, I will pass elsewhere.

I wrote my first song, 'Conversion', to this little hip-hop instrumental. I went to an open-mic, plugged my iPod into the P.A., and sang over the beat.

In 2006, when doing a live stage show in Ireland, I tried for the first time to instantly induct a subject on stage, something I had never done before, nor did I know if it would ever work. The result almost cost me my career; the man I grabbed and instantly inducted went out cold and fell to the floor.

Acting is something you didn't do in Ireland.

Whenever I come to Ireland, I end up just bantering with the crowd so the show will just be what it is.

There's talented players in the Ireland set-up and if we can get all us gelling together, you'll have a good team.

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture and this show will feature a lot of Irish dancing.

With Irish drama, things are told with humor.

Growing up I was a competitive Irish step dancer.

What Irish person doesn't love the Eurovision?

It hard to be real heel, like Iron Sheik-class.

My driving and irons are the best part of my game. Growing to be 5-foot-11 has certainly helped.

When I came to the high-performance arena, I was kind of a one-off in a lot of ways. I was as much an iron man as much as I was a cricketer. Having surfed, fished, hunted, that was just a natural thing.

There's always a sense of, 'Oh, if I change my irons, they might not be as good or might not perform as well.'

During those years with the Iron Maidens, I felt I had to be great and really prove myself at every single show.

It's got to feel good off the face, it's got to look good from on top of the ball. And then, obviously, it's got to perform. But in those iron testings, obviously, I'm just trying to hit the best shots I can.

Obviously, Iron Maiden is on a way bigger scale to British Lion, but as a musician playing live, it's just the adrenaline rush of playing in front of an audience that gives you that rush.

Sometimes you'll see people give performances in comedy with an ironic detachment where they'll sort of be remarking on the character from outside of it. They're sort of commenting as they're playing the character. I think it's hard not to do that. I've certainly done that.

I am the biggest klutz on set. I honestly don't think I have ever been as klutzy as when I'm on set. People call me 'Grace' ironically because I'm not graceful. It's ridiculous.

There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen.

Whether it's Shakespeare or Moliere, irony is a key component in the construction of theatre. A script would be pretty bad if it was devoid of irony.