Quotes About Performance

I don't want to put on any gimmicky layers just to give the character more definition. I just want to play good characters. It doesn't matter to me if it's 'open ethnicity' or 'specifically Asian.'

For me, drag is not about being a woman - or being anything, specifically.

What I learned through my research is that the word 'actor,' specifically in reference to those who performed in plays, came about in the late 1500s as a non-gendered word. It applied to all people, regardless of anatomical sex or gender identity.

Baseball-wise, the Orioles specifically love that I haven't pitched as much as other guys coming into Major League Baseball.

The conditioning aspect of things is really important, obviously in basketball, and then specifically for players like me.

It's so important to come up with the right specification of cars - they need to be loud, they need to be fast.

When you do a really good play, the audience and the performers are looking into the same looking glass, the same microscope. And the specimen they are looking at is human life and that's why I do it, that's why I like it.

The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.

If your job is to leaven ordinary lives with elevating spectacle, be elevating or be gone.

Of course we always want to win, and train for it, but I also care about the quality of my performance. I want to provide a great spectacle for those who are at home.

More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.

If you look at football over the last 50 years there has been a gradual decrease in goals, you don't see too many 10-nils these days, but two, three or four goals per game is a good spectacle.

As a club DJ, it's more about the room and the whole immersive experience of the club. In a live show, the focus is on the stage. It's more of a performance, more of a spectacle.

I've played to audiences where people are sitting there with their arms crossed, just kind of watching. Although they might be having a great time, and they might be really enjoying the spectacle, if I'm not getting anything back, it does affect the way I perform and project.

We're in the world of football, it's a spectacle and the coaches form part of that.

Erica Kane was a spectacular role for any actress to play, and I felt so lucky to be the one who got to do it.

As an actor, I'm always critical watching others; it's just the nature of the beast. For me, any performance that doesn't cause my ego to say, 'I can do that' really signifies that it's spectacular.

If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job.

I did some theatre straight out of school, and it wasn't anything spectacular at all.

I just look for another spectacular fight, another spectacular one-sided performance.

The spectacular things come automatically if you're a good goalkeeper, but it's very important that you do all the basics right.

Being a part of 'Hamilton' is remarkably special. It's a very powerful show that has spectacular emotional and political relevance.

There's no point looking good and losing. Winning is what it's all about, and you can't always look spectacular while doing it.

Theater is a public space. It is a spectacular space. It is a gathering place.