Quotes About Performance

The great hitters use the whole field, and that's a goal of mine.

We don't dance because we can't dance. Our shows, production-wise, are always quite minimal. We always try and keep it more about us having fun and stay away from gimmicks.

Coming from 'Homework,' which was a really minimal album, 'Discovery' was much more difficult to perform on stage.

For me the most important is on the pitch, I don't like too much speaking in the press. I will do the minimum. I will do it because I have to do it.

No player has a right to be in the team, but the minimum you expect is basic respect.

I try to keep the theatrics to a minimum and let the music do the talking.

I spend most of my time thinking about - whether I am making the minimum or a big number, salary-wise - how can I be competitive as long as I have an opportunity to play.

Jayalalitha has turned out to be a failure as chief minister.

In Partho's comedy, 'Ami Montri Holam,' I am a minister. This is basically a play and a great actor like Jahor Roy had essayed this role years back. I hope I can deliver five per cent of what he did.

I have been chief minister twice. In 1997 I was in office for six months, and during that period I did a lot of work, much more than what anybody can do in six years.

I had ministers who were just outstandingly good.

I can't change my ministers. They are all doing a good job.

It doesn't bother me that I'm not a household word on the East Coast. Baton Rouge, Raleigh, Minneapolis - I'm so popular in these cities where you've never imagined an East Coast comedian working.

When you play with the best in the world, it is important that you not lose focus. You must be fully focused. Even a minor error could result in a massive defeat.

A lot of times when I play a show, I'm the only girl on the bill. We're a minority, for sure.

Being a comedian, all the stress is there in the moment of doing it. The rest of it is mint: you hang out with your mates, go to the arcades, go to the cinema in the daytime, it's like being a teenager all the time.

The minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.

Every minute I'm on the set, it's play time for me. I feel like I'm on the beach!

If I said I would knock out Sonny Liston in 1 minute and 49 seconds of the first round, that would hurt the gate.

I just got off stage playing with Lynyrd Skynyrd a minute ago. It was a great show. Got to meet some incredible guests. This is the bee's knees.

It's sometimes impossible to fit in all the music we want to fit in, in an hour and 45 minute show.

Asics has a machine that measures every single angle of my feet. With this information they made customized shoes for me and I have felt great the minute I put them on.

I've got stuff about airline mergers, which just shows that my stand-up is getting more insane by the minute.

A woman in show business isn't honest with herself... so how can she be honest with another woman? We are, all of us, acting every minute of the day and night.