Quotes About Performance

I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I've learned that I didn't want to do. There are those directors who've really made me shine and others who've made me opaque.

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.

I've done some things that have been quite interesting, but as grateful as I am for having been on 'Dynasty,' it was just so cheesy. That's half the reason it was so much fun for people to watch, but it's not so fun to have to say those lines.

There are some things that as an actor scare you, and if you can capture that fear on screen, it will be interesting.

Sure, I miss some things about the stage. The thing I like is the immediacy. But then I complain, 'I gotta do the same part for six months.'

I do some things just to entertain myself, and I figure that part of the audience will be entertained as well.

I'd say I am a fly half. As regards being 12 for England, I've not tried to play any different. I guess I've been like another 10. Obviously, you do some things differently, and you might not have your hands on the ball as much - but you're still in the game and constantly communicating.

Of course, you try to achieve some things to provide for you and your family, and your club can pay you whatever they pay you. But, for me, it's important to be healthy, stay on the pitch and give everything to make performances. This is priority number one for me.

I don't really believe that all theater needs to be filmed - for some things, the special part of live theater is that it exists and then it's gone.

I did the best that I could in preparing for Georges, knowing what I knew. Some things worked, and some things didn't.

The body cannot lie. You cannot be somebody else onstage, no matter how good of an actor or dancer or singer you are. When you open your arms, move your finger, the audience knows who you are, you know.

That's precisely what we do as actors: try to convince the audience we are somebody else. And if you can do that, you are really doing something.

What I loved about playing the corpse is that obviously somebody else got to do the physical part. It appeals to the part of me that likes playing character parts and getting the chance to get away from my own physicality.

200 for a batsman is a big landmark, and I have never been somebody who has chased landmarks, but getting a 200 will always be a proud moment for a batsman.

As long as somebody is making sacks, I'm happy.

I don't believe you can get into somebody's character but more that somebody comes in you. You just use yourself. In everything I play, I feel like it is me. I just say different things on different times and look different.

If I'm making consistent contact, even if they're outs or right at somebody, if I'm just making consistent contact, I'm happy.

I want somebody to push me and grill me and extract a performance out of me which nobody expects.

I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

I want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.

Someday I'd love to come back and start a theater company in Boulder. That would be a dream come true.

If you see your company culture as a family, you don't want to fire someone just because their short-term performance is not good. If you do, even the people on your team who are excellent performers will look at what's going on and say, 'Someday you might fire me too.' You'll lose everyone's trust.

Someday, I'll make a movie with a British accent.

I never really thought I would be a Bollywood actress. However, I am a drama queen at home, so I guess Bollywood was bound to happen someday or the other.