Quotes About Performance

Obviously I don't play the same way as Peter, but I could do a passable imitation of Peter Green; if you gave me a guitar I could sit here and probably get closer than anybody else.

I'd like to play a larger-than-life character done straight, like Clouseau. To move away from Dick Emery and towards Peter Sellers.

I went to the Old Bailey, and I met a judge, and I was petrified, but they were like, 'Oh, you're an actor, well, great.' It was a bit like we're cut from the same cloth a little bit.

But when the 'Glee' audition came around, my manager literally had to talk me into it. I was petrified to sing in front of anyone.

My first gig was at Carle Place High School, which is in Nassau County, Long Island, New York. I was 14, and I was invited to play with this band, and I was so excited, but I was really petrified.

In 'Secret Life of Pets,' it's a huge orchestra - really, really big.

The me you see on stage is largely a construct, based on me at my worst, my most annoying, my most petty, and my most patronizing.

I think that the work that Bette Davis and Joan Crawford did was truly extraordinary, and that's their legacy. Not the other petty stuff.

You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'

The roughest make-up I ever wore was for 'Phantom of the Opera' because the phantom's face was all disfigured, and he's trying to pass in public so he can attend his beloved opera. That was make-up over make-up.

People ask me how I sang the role of the 'Phantom' 1,700 times. And I say that it's down to good material. If it did not have good material, I would have had a major problem doing it for that length of time.

I wanted to be an actor ever since I got on stage for the first time, aged 13. Before that, I thought I might follow in the medical footsteps of my parents: my father was a doctor, my mother a pharmacist.

When I started, there was a phase where I wanted to be a cowboy star. I didn't want to do deep, serious parts.

If I have to score baskets then I have to try to score baskets and stop missing shots, but even if it's not going, I need to be able to have another phase of the game and not let my offense take away from my defense or rebounds.

My golden phase was unarguably between the 90s and 2000s.

Emery wants us to reach the goal in two phases, playing aggressive football.

I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy.

I think Matthew Rhys is great. I think he's a phenomenal actor.

I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.

I mean everyone, from Al Pacino to Murphy Guyer, are phenomenal actors.

I'd love to have Jack White up. I think he's just a phenomenal guitar player. I'd love to see him play up close because he's got a killer voice, and he's a great lead player, too. That would be exciting to me.

Jerry Orbach is just phenomenal. He is genius, so present.

I keep saying that, if Samuel L. Jackson and Bette Davis could have a baby, it would be Taraji P. Henson. To me, she's one of the greatest character actors of our generation, let alone leading ladies. She's just phenomenal in everything she does.

Look at Becker and Djokovic. If you look at Novak's record since Boris has been there, it's been phenomenal.