Quotes About Performance

When you're in front of an audience, you know if it didn't work. I get very nervous and have a fear of failure that is much more profound than in the podcast world.

Why does Louis CK get named Comedy Person of the Year? I should be named Comedy Person of the Year just so I can parlay it into another few weeks of road work.

I work out, I play sports, I go to concerts.

The work for the actor is always the same. We're looking for a human being. We're looking for believable human behavior.

I think it would be ridiculous to work with Tom Hardy. I hear some crazy things about him, and he's also really good.

Horses have different levels of intelligence and different levels of work ethic.

What I do is just go over and over and over my lines and learn the script so well that I can just be easy and relaxed. That's the way I always work.

I got to work with Jennifer Tilly, she was amazing. Such, such a smart actress.

As for performing live, I just never imagined how it would work out; for good reason, because it doesn't just work out - not the way you think it will. It's a chance that you take.

A lot of tournaments that I can remember I made a few bad shots and I was afraid I would lose the tournament and it seemed to work, the putts seemed to go in. Just the Desire.

Acting can be so much fun that it's easy to forget that what you're doing is a job. But if I've got my tie on, I'm going to work.

It takes a lot of energy to be funny... for me it does. I feel like I work twice as hard when I'm doing comedy.

Writing your own jokes, you just kind of keep working on something until you think it might work, and then you try it out and hope for the best.

The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh.

I just really enjoy the ritual of going to work and playing, which is essentially what we do. We play pretend. Acting is a kids' game.

I never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.

he signed his work .. you could always tell when it was Herb Ellis playing

When I play my own music, or when I play new music, there's much more stress and intensity of thinking about how I'm going to make it work!

My modus operandi has always been understatement and that just doesn't really work in pop.

I have always been of the mind that good work is good work, whether performed on stage, on television or in film and, like any reasonable actor, I keep my options open.

I went to Julliard and we did a lot of mask work there, and I remember thinking in class, 'When am I ever going to use this?

I'm an entertainer and I really enjoy entertaining. I think if you're going to really be what you say you are, you have to really live it, work it, practice it, and think it.

Plays are so much more special if they've never ever had a production, but I think you can really work on a play and make it better with each production.

Having a live audience makes a world of difference to the acting. It keeps your timing sharp. When something doesn't work, the actor can sense the reaction from the audience and quickly move on.