Quotes About Performance

If I'm plowing the snow and filling in potholes, then I'm a good mayor, and if we fail to do that, I'm not. And it's got almost nothing to do with whether, when I come home, it's to a husband or to a wife.

Mistakes can happen. Sometimes they can build up over the course of an innings and put people even more on edge, which makes it snowball further.

When I have to play the same role every day, I have the flexibility to play the character in so many different ways. It's almost like playing five different roles.

There's so many different ways to play Mozart.

I think when it comes to basketball, there's so many different ways you can affect the game.

When you have 16 or 17 attempts, when you have so many opportunities to score in the first 60 or 70 minutes and you don't do it, the opponent can score. The opponent can hurt you.

There are so many opportunities at Ring Of Honor. If you do a good job, you get to do more. If you do a crappy job, then you don't.

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

Drumming is a real part of my live show, and I like to do it because so many people aren't expecting me to go and do it.

Shawn Michaels, to me and to so many people, is just the greatest in-ring performer of all time.

I like to watch actors while they are acting, how they hold their attention when so many people around are there to distract them. It's difficult.

There are so many people in film and television that get between a performer and the audience, and that's frustrating.

I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with 'Glee,' there's no element of competition. No one's trying to dance better than anyone. But there's that added pressure of, 'So many people are going to watch 'Glee' this week. If I don't nail this dance, I look like an idiot.'

So many people out there can probably sing very good - all they need to do is just drop their inhibitions. That's why most people do their singing in the shower.

Liberace was a miracle. You talk about who he was and what he did, and then you look at who he inspired, from Elton John to Cher to Michael Jackson to Bette Midler. There are so many people that came to see him. Elvis was there, watching his shows.

There are so many people from many different classes and ways of life who converge in one space to make a musical.

After my performance 'The Artist is Present (2010)' at MoMA in New York, many scientists became interested in why so many people who sat across from me began to cry. I was incredibly moved by this experience also, and was very curious to know what happens in our brains when we spend time not talking, just looking at one another.

As for pressure, there's always the desire to give my best to every film. After all, so many people put in so much of hard work.

When I'm singing, I can see so many people, and I can see their response and everything. And being somewhere like the Hollywood Bowl, I'm seeing those immediate people in front of me, but other than that, it's just dots, and I'm just imagining who's out there and imagining their responses.

I just enjoy it and drive as fast I can. But so many people think your psychology is such a massive thing. For me, it's not necessary.

Generally, you kiss in a closed room but on a film set you have to do it in front of so many people.

'The X Factor' has brought so much joy to so many people.

I have a half-hour special on Comedy Central, but so many people have half-hour specials now, and it's not so 'special.'

When you participate in a reality show, you can showcase your talent to so many people, and get noticed. It is a great platform.