Quotes About Performance

I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches.

I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do.

You know, in college, your second year they expect you to have a sophomore slump.

I started doing improv my sophomore year.

I was going to play pro baseball. That was the dream. But in my sophomore year of high school a teacher who knew I performed, singing in church, she said, 'You know we have a speech team,' and she handed me a copy of 'The Crucible.'

So in my sophomore year of high school, I ran in Barcelona for the World Junior Championships, and I set the national record for the girls' 1,500 meters in doing so.

I used to lie in bed and imagine I was performing at the Albert Hall, not that I'd ever been there. I took lessons with a German teacher when I was quite young. But it turned out I had a very high soprano voice, which I didn't like at all.

Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys' choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano voice. I enjoyed the singing very much.

I can hit baritone notes, and I can sing in the soprano range if I wanted to. I did this thing a long time ago where I did a duet with myself. I sound like two different people.

And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.

A lack of electrolytes can make muscles sore.

I can throw a football all day and my arm doesn't get tired. If I throw a baseball more than a certain amount of time, it's going to get a little sore.

Sometimes if you kick too much, it can work in a negative direction. If you get tired or sore, you might develop some bad habits.

I'm sorry, I'm not a performing monkey.

I've seen a couple of players previously saying, 'We don't need a top signing or signings.' But I am sorry, I am not singing off the same hymn-sheet on that one.

The thing is, I love a great death scene - no good actor doesn't. Sorry, any actor, I should say.

I may make you angry or make you feel sorry for me, but in the end, you appreciate my show because it's not one-dimensional.

So I'm sorry, I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.

The thing about the NFL is nobody cares. Nobody feels bad for you. Nobody feels sorry for you... They don't care if you're hurt. They don't care if you don't feel good. You have a bad call. Play goes against you? No one cares. You've got to play. You've got to win.

If I give up my career as a skater simply because I fear I won't show my best performance, I would be really sorry later in life.

Old radio comedy makes me laugh, as well as 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' and comedians like Paul Merton.

It is not easy for me to sing consonants, and I am sorry if I don't sing the 'S'.

When people performing on the public's behalf feel intimidated, it's a sorry affair.

Critics have to sit through an awful lot of rubbish, and you feel really sorry for them. In fact, I've been in a play where I felt sorry for the critics.