Quotes About Performance

Some people work for a living and some people twerk for a living.

I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do.

Actually, my plan was to be 20-under par after two days but it didn't work

Actors want to work. Give them characters they want to play, or a story they want to tell, and hopefully the budget will follow.

What's funny is we were doing some fire at work the other day and it was reminding me of all the firework I got to do as Havok, because a lot of that was as practical as you could get.

I believe that one can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood.

We, performers, work on willpower. This willpower works in a short term, not durational.

The faster you work, the better off you're going to be.

It's an odd job, making decent people laugh.

A sitcom is the closest thing for me to doing stage because you work in front of an audience, and if it's well written it can be very satisfying.

The work is where I tend to feel pressure - not so much in the reaction to it.

If you're going to be a good standup, or a successful standup, or a standup who can work for money, you have to eliminate the possibility of dying quickly.

What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can

If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating.

All good strategy eventually degenerates into work.

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if the improvisational strand doesn't work I can go back to what I know's already there.

When I am on set or rehearsing for the play, the only thing I can talk about is the work I'm doing. In that way, I home in on what I am doing at the time. So maybe I am a terrible multitasker.

NFL cheerleading is harder than most people think. They train up to six hours every day with games on Sundays. They gave me a great work ethic.

Critique the performance, and respect the hard work put in.

The truth is that I don't like rehearsals. I get embarrassed hearing my own work. I assume that the cast is embarrassed to sing the stuff.

Nothing we formulate or do can qualify us for access to God. Only grace can do that- based not on our performance but on the saving work of Christ.

As an actor to watch an audience of people howl together in a single mind as a result of work you've done together with friends is a privilege.

I think fear is unavoidable and that, when recognized and embraced, its something that can work for you - especially in the audition room.