Quotes About Performance

I love to sing, but I really only love to do it when it goes along with acting, when it's my character singing. I'd rather not do an album or tour.

The more games I have as a manager the more I realise that there is only one thing that really matters - getting results and accumulating points.

There's only one way to train, and that's being in the ring. And even in practice, it's not the same as performing in front of a crowd.

The only time being in the middle class hurts you is if you're in the middle class with players who are on bad contracts. If you're in the middle class and all your players are on good contracts then I don't think that's a problem.

I'd say the only time I ever get nervous is around great ballet dancers or people I really admire.

The only time I've played a real baddy was when I was Regan in 'King Lear.'

I read books for exams at school, but only because I had to read them, and really didn't enjoy it one little bit! The only time I did enjoy it was when I was asked to read out loud in front of the class, as I then used it as an acting exercise!

'Spamalot' was a blip! I've never done anything else like that, and yet it's the only time I've ever been nominated for an Olivier award!

The only time I judge an actor on set is if they're not failing; if they get it right all the time, I start to question it. I feel like it's too easy.

The only time I don't get nervous is if I'm doing a home club in L.A. and I know all of my friends there because then I play to my friends. When I first started doing comedy, I hated it when my friends came; it made me more nervous. Now I just try to make them laugh.

The only time I have fun is when I'm on the court.

The only time you will ever see me in drag is when I am - What? Getting paid. It is my job.

If you're not a first-round pick or you're not 6-2, they always say you can't be the best. But the only time there's a weight class is before the draft. This is the NFL. It's all about what you do. I can run past guys and get done what I need to. I can do everything the big guy can do.

The only time I was really free was when the director said 'Action' in front of a camera or on the stage, and that's when I flew.

Pressure comes from fear. If you start thinking about the result or what might happen if you do something, that's the only time there's pressure.

The only time I am not talking is when I am dancing. I look like an electrocuted octopus.

I just looked preposterous. It would be 'King Lear' and I'd walk on with Cordelia's dead body in my arms and the audience would hoot with laughter. The only time they didn't laugh was when I was doing comedy.

The only time I feel not consistent or accurate is when I don't know the play or if I am late on my drop.

If you've had intimacy in your life, you can be intimate onscreen. I mean, come on - I didn't know how to hold a gun, but I could play a cop.

It's one of the things I always do. I move faster onscreen. Creates a sense of danger.

I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent.

I like dramas. I've always liked dramas. And I'm a pretty light person. I don't consider myself a very dramatic person. But I do like doing that onscreen.

'Jai Lava Kusa' is my best look onscreen.

Often our onscreen personas are different from who we are. Actors like Kamal Haasan, who is such a genius, has never played a role close to what he is in real life.