Quotes About Performance

Until I started performing in public, when at the end of the concert people would come to me with teary eyes and say that my performance took them to a trance zone, I had no idea that I can create an impact with my singing.

When you come out of your comfort zone, you can express yourself in front of the whole world, and there was no better stage to express yourself as a batsman and as a leader than IPL.

There was a time when a musician was forced to act in a video. Seeing a singer step too far outside of his comfort zone to pour all of his high-school-drama angst into a poorly scripted scenario was a sight to behold.

You save most fuel by lifting and coasting in the heavy braking zones at the end of long straights into slow corners.

My job is to go put the ball in the end zone.

I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone.

There is no comfort zone. You continue to work hard, to be consistent and to deliver performances.

It is all well and good talking about it, but until you get tested and come out of your comfort zone a bit, you don't see how you really are as a player.

I'm looking forward to, as an actor, having to do some stuff that's out of my comfort zone. It makes for interesting work and when you're uncomfortable doing something; then it's going to be interesting when they film it.

I think actors tend to be in their element when they are pushed out of their comfort zone.

The more pressure you can put on me and get me out of my comfort zone, the better I shine.

I've tried to go out of my comfort zone to experiment with comedy onscreen.

One of my main techniques for acting is I try to know almost nothing beyond the words that I have to say, because that's my zone of control.

Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones.

Directing is a lot of fun, but you have to be on your toes every minute. If you zone out for even a second, you'll miss something and things will get screwed up. And here's a little secret that I'm going to let out of the bag: That is not the case with acting.

My so-called 'reservations' and personal comfort zones can't define my work. That's not being professional. I feel that even if an actor is cast for the lead role or for any other part in the film, it is his job to do the film and not create an issue.

The mind is pretty powerful. In skating, you learn to click into that zone and focus not necessarily on what you're doing but if you're doing it well.

I watched 'Fame,' and I just love the choreography. It just gives me a place to be in another zone.

In 'Brothers,' I am going into a zone that is something that I have not done. It's a very simple and desi character. It's also a character that I think a lot of people would not have expected me to do.

I wake up, and I'm in the zone... My performance is the continuation of my life.

Early in my career, I wasn't good in the strike zone early. I was good in the strike zone late, which is not a good thing.

At the end of the day, all we're trying to do is get the hitter off balance. Get him in a position where he's not strong in the strike zone.

Typically, being under the strike zone with the sinker isn't a big issue. I need to be a little bit higher with the strike zone earlier in the count. If you miss under with one here and there when you're ahead, it's really not an issue.

If the artist isn't having a great day or finds it all boring, my role becomes that of a coach. Getting the very best out of the artist. Helping them perform at their very best when it's game time. One way to get them there is to bring them out of their comfort zones.