Quotes About Performance

As much as I love live performance and as much fun as it can be to travel around, it really is nice to be able to stay at home and make a living and pay the mortgage and spend time with my wife.

We were the first small American jazz group since Sidney Bechet in 1927 to play for the public in Moscow and Leningrad.

The theatre at my school was awesome. It was a 1,400-seat auditorium, so, being in that auditorium at 17, and having, like, 1,400 people cheer for you was, like, one of the most amazing feelings that I've ever felt, energy-wise. It just felt right.

When I was little, I saw the play 'Les Miserables' on Broadway, I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

'The Dance Scene' is basically the most amazing dance show in the world, and it follows me as a creative director. You see how I maintain that creativity.

As a woman, it's nice to hear people at the stage door say, 'I didn't even know! She's a woman, and that's the most amazing thing'.

You know what the most amazing luxury problem in the world is? When you've got a bunch of hits you have to play. That means the show's going to have to be a little longer.

Catherine O'Hara's one of the most amazing, wonderful actresses, but she's an amazing improviser. She really is.

When I saw 'Hamilton,' it changed my life. It's one of the most beautiful things I saw on stage.

For me, 'Mary Magdalene' is the most beautiful film I've shot with the performances and the script and the actors and ensemble. But not one saw it.

I've gotten to perform in the most beautiful places, like the Nourse Theatre in San Francisco.

The guitar is the most beautiful of all instruments.

The most difficult thing to do is drama.

The most difficult thing to pull off in a musical is the choreography.

It's the most difficult thing to make people laugh.

The most difficult thing with a new shot is if you go two or three games without making it, or you struggle, and people start saying, 'You can't shoot 3s,' or, 'Why do you shoot 3s?'

When you explore a scene, the most important thing is who to cast.

I want to score in every game and win things. That's the most important thing.

Sometimes when you're doing fantasy, that's the most important thing, is to be a blank space, because the last thing you want to do ever as an actor is judge yourself or the character or the movie that you're in. You want to just play the moment as best you can. Juilliard helped me do that.

I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready.

The most important thing about Jazz at Lincoln Center is the fact that it's the first time that perhaps the most important art form in American culture has a place to really exhibit itself and dedicated to its own particular conditions of performance.

I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play that character well. The last thing on my mind is if the director made good movies previously. It's not my job to know if that director's last movie was any good - it's my job to know if I can play the role.

The single most important thing in learning my craft was being on the stage.

I think the most important thing is to play to help the team, winning the games - that is the main thing for me.