Quotes About Performance

One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role.

That's one of the things about theater vs. film - with theater, actors have a little more control, and one of the disappointing things about films is that once you're done shooting, anything can happen, you know?

One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.

I think my experience as an actor helps me to write anything. It certainly helped me to write 'August Osage County.' It helps me to write any play that I'm working on because I think one of the things I do well is write good roles for actors.

One of the things you have to be acutely aware of when shooting episodes out of order is your character's relationship with the other characters.

One of the things I love about jazz music is that intent is first and execution is second. In classical music, execution is first and intent is second, meaning that you must first learn a piece before you can truly add your interpretation to it.

That's one of the things that's great about acting. You can play all the different aspects of a human being.

I'm analytical as an actor, and one of the things Quentin did was free me from that.

One of the things I respected about Connors was that one second he would be spewing a four-letter word, the next second he would do something that had people falling off the aisles. Yet he never seemed to lose his concentration.

The desire to avoid meltdowns actually is one of the things that screws up live-action films.

One of the things you learn as an actor is that human beings are capable of almost anything. I'm sort of in the business of illustrating that fact.

If you win one or two matches at home on good wickets, on grassy wickets, you'll develop confidence automatically.

The beginning of the shows are different. One time we'll say 'Hello, Denver'. Another time we'll say 'Hello, Memphis'. It's always different.

At one time I wanted to be a comedian.

Coming up in bars and clubs, I would play anything that had a $20 bill attached to it. I did 'Like a Virgin' in a bar one time for a hundred bucks.

I used to do this huge jump off the drum riser. I had a good way of landing so I wouldn't hurt myself, but then one time, I landed on my elbow.

I was in Iowa one time, and I kept trying to fire up the crowd, and I kept saying, 'How's Ohio doing?' For some reason, they just weren't coming around!

How many guitars do I have? I don't know. I don't know! But I think the answer to it is, more than I can play at any one point in time. Even though I do have double necks, so I can try and play more than at one time!

There was just one time when the band took a big break, and I did that Nina project in Japan in 1999.

One time, I palmed some medicine balls, just because people wanted to see if I could do it.

I did drama at school and when I was doubling Xena, one time for my birthday mom and dad bought me an acting course 'cause I've always liked the performance side of anything.

I wrestled in front of seven people one time.

I always view auditions as the first and last time I'll ever do a character, so that's how I like to see the joy in it. Assuming I don't ever book this, I get to play this character this one time and give it my all because I'll never play it again.

Nobody wants to play a one-dimensional character.