Quotes About Performance

Of course men play roles, but women play roles too, blanker ones. They have, in the play of life, fewer good lines.

So much is made of good, strong roles for women. Actually, it's really interesting playing vul­nerable people as well.

Women in bed are like Diesel engines. What I mean by that is, it may take them a while to get going, but when you do, they can go for a long, long time. Whereas men are like... bottle rockets.

I've learned that the effort sportsmen and women put in is incredible. Their commitment to their sport is phenomenal. Sometimes as a viewer, as a sports fan, you only see the end result.

I love playing idiots. I love very weird, confused women.

I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need sparkles, but for the women it's part of the glamour of our sport.

Getting to perform at the Carlyle, following in the footsteps of women like Elaine Stritch, Barbara Cook, Christine Ebersole, Kelli OHara, and so many others, is nothing short of a dream come true.

The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.

Comedy is quite a difficult place for queers and for women.

Women love to impress and be their best.

Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men.

What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.

My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them.

I get to do physical comedy! When do women get to do physical comedy? Very rarely.

In some of the greatest recordings ever made, the performance is a part of the recording. Dylan's 'Rainy Day Women No. 12 and 35' is all about the esthetic of that performance. You can hear the room.

My choreography suits men very well, and the women who can do it are damn hard, strong dancers.

I did auditions at a club called the Comedy Connection. They wanted nothing to do with me. But one night they were doing a night of all women comics, and they invited me to do that.

My home is in whatever town I'm booked.

In the locker rooms, I'm always suggesting, "You need Berlei." Because it's the best brand for women and for me.

I don't mind women who want to act. That's fine. It's odd that men want to act, in that there's still a degree of vanity associated with it.

For me, women's ski wear has always been black and, again, not as feminine or sexy as I think it could look while still having the technology there.

Bruce Benedict is so slow he'd finish third in a race with a pregnant woman.

I feel like women have an easier time separating from their characters than men do.

Sure he was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything [Fred Astaire] did, .. backwards and in high h