Quotes About Performance

Acting's such a good job in that you're stimulating and pushing yourself constantly. I'd never want to do anything comfortable.

When I'm doing a play like 'Betrayal,' I have to be careful not to get stimulation overload.

I guess you could say I'm an addict - an adrenalin addict - I get great excitement and stimulation from doing stuff in public, even though I'm nervous and I have very bad stage fright.

And taking more money out of the private economy and having the government perform as it has poorly done with the stimulus I don't think is the right way to go.

Messi is a good stimulus for Cristiano.

I'm a DJ who makes dance music who got to play with Sting.

In those projects with Sting and Josh Groban and people like that, I see a very interesting effect: their fans coming to my classical concerts, people who've never been to a classical show at all.

I've always loved old school wrestling: Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, Sting, Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert. To me, that's the golden age of professional wrestling.

I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative on stage, it's clear.

I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'.

Everybody acts like they're in a movie in most movies. That's why they stink.

You cannot just allow your team to stink.

You've just got to win in China - that's it. Winning is like good deodorant. When you don't win, it's like you stink; you smell.

Don't stink up the place with bad acting, if an opportunity comes your way.

I'm about a 160, 170 bowler so I feel like I'm pretty good - I'm average, but I don't stink, you know?

I like to go off the other actors in the scene, which kind of stinks when you're acting with someone who's not that great.

Most young quarterbacks are on the field because their team stinks.

I have to cause a stir in Liverpool and do my job really well. If I achieve that, then - and that's what I hope - I will one day get the call from Bundestrainer Joachim Low.

John W. Snow was paid more than $50 million in salary, bonus and stock in his nearly 12 years as chairman of the CSX Corporation, the railroad company. During that period, the company's profits fell, and its stock rose a bit more than half as much as that of the average big company.

When you are a face for a long time and you turn heel, your stock value immediately goes up, especially if you're able to pull it off in the ring and on the mic. Then you ride that horse as long as you can. When it starts to falter, and when attendance drops, then you can turn back babyface. And your stock value goes up again.

Dan Curtis, our producer, has the idea that people like to see a stock company of actors.

I'm not particularly good at 'celebrity'; I don't think it was something I was born to do. I think I can get by as an actor, but I've never been one for the red carpet and don't put a lot of stock in celebrities that are famous for being famous.

There's something we calculate called an alpha, and that's the stock's return that's independent, uncorrelated to the market. And the only way you really get a high alpha is for something to zig when the market zags.

I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.