Quotes About Performance

I think every actor wants a certain amount of control. Maybe not control, as such, but just to be part of the process. But it's not necessary, I guess.

It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.

I remember doing a comedy show with Jim Carrey once, and he was out there with his foot behind his neck and rubbing his face with it.

I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up.

For a two-hour movie on a 20-day shooting schedule, it's O.K. to have an actor who's a pain in the neck.

Even though 'SmackDown' has been kind of like the Internet darling, I believe that if they had three hours instead of two, they would find out that it's tough to be a darling when you've got that massive three-hour anchor around your neck.

I did an episode of 'Law & Order,' where I literally didn't move my neck because I thought you couldn't move your head on camera.

Everything Maradona did, he did with a guy hanging on his neck during 90 minutes.

The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

You need just as much drive to be a good businessman as you do to excel as an athlete.

With all strikers, it's just about needing a bit of confidence.

Finding a good kid actor is like finding a needle in a massive haystack.

All we did in Alabama was have a read through with the script, but there was, 'No, well, it needs more. You've got to do this, Albert. You've got to do that, Jessica.' It didn't feel like that at all.

Because of the success of 'Hamilton' and 'On Your Feet!' you can't hide behind the old argument of, 'It needs to be bankable, so we can't put all these people of color in the show.' We are bankable.

There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!

Diva has a negative connotation.

When actors do anti-hero roles, they are critically acclaimed. When heroines do negative roles, they are sidelined from the industry.

Without sounding negative, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of stand-up. I'm more interested in an absurd kind of theater.

Farce is a much-maligned form. It's easy to do badly, and therefore, audiences may have a negative feeling about it.

As an actor, it's hard to approach any character with negatives.

If I can just play, it doesn't matter where we are... Japan, Australia, or here in the neighborhood.

Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you're an artist and you go to a karaoke bar and sing your own song. I like to get up there and sing stuff that I would never sing on stage anywhere else. Like Neil Diamond.

I'm not a professional entertainer. I'm not Neil Diamond.

In 'Heart of Gold' at one point, there were 23 players on the stage with him. And part of what's magic about Neil is the way he interacts with the other musicians.