Quotes About Performance

Meryl Streep disclosed in an interview with Gene Siskel that for every role she gives herself a secret, something which her character would not want others to know, and which she herself conceals from her co-stars; in "Kramer vs. Kramer" her secret was that she never had loved her husband.

This is why many people find performances of Shakespeare incomprehensible, because the actors are playing the poetry instead of letting the lines mean something and playing the situation.

All too often, it is audacity and not talent that moves an artist to center stage.

caricaturists and rodeo clowns be included in that special group of gifted performers?

There are going to be many changes, I warn you. I want no officer who is not prepared to do everything that his men have to do. Not only that-he must be able to do it better.

Desire is possibility seeking expression, or function seeking performance.

The clown performs mute rites, as poetry always celebrates some willfully silenced voice.

You can go to a play that is enjoyable because it's funny, and then on the next night you can go to a play that's enjoyable because it's 'disturbing.'

In terms of number of movies, I've been in an extraordinary amount. If you count only the minutes I'm onscreen, it's not so long.

She sounded tinny and false. Poor lady, she found it as difficult as I did to know how to act or what to say. Later, with practice, we might do better. The star had her part down cold, but the male lead didn't like his lines, and the walk-ons had never seen the script until forty minutes ago.

I am and have a being and play a part.

I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.

There are different eras and generations, but basketball is still the same. Old school or new school, the fundamentals of the game- passing, dribbling,and shooting- never change. The styles and forms may change,but from 1946 to 2006, there's been a right way and a wrong way to practice and perform these skills and that remains the same.

The two commandments go beneath social performance and social appearance to the deep, elemental, defining issue of "God versus the gods.

Propelled by violas and stinging electric guitar, presto followed andante, and so to finale.

Para que lo tengas en cuenta: los buenos profesionales no son necesariamente los que sobresalen cuantitativamente en las calificaciones, sino principalmente los que han obtenido

El círculo vicioso del insulto interior es terrible: cuánto más te castigues más ansioso o deprimido estarás y menor será tu rendimiento, por lo que confirmarás tu incapacidad y nuevamente te tratarás mal. La involución "perfecta". Sobregeneralizar

Ted did part of St. Denis's poetry tours with her.

Remember that you are an actor in a play of whatever kind the producer may choose. If a short one, short; if a long one, long. If he wants you to play a beggar, see that you act even this part naturally; or a cripple, or a ruler, or an ordinary citizen. Your task is to give a good performance of the part that you are assigned. To select the part belongs to someone else.

When I used to take tests in college, I would be very anxious," he told me. "So I came up with a process whereby I would always answer the more obvious questions first. Then, as my anxiety would lessen, I'd start to answer more of the questions that required real thinking.

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

Games are won by players who focus on the playing field –- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.

If you have a great manager, you want to pay him very well.

Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.