Quotes About Performance

One of the wonderful things about the actor's life is that's what we have the opportunity to do; we bring all these aspects of ourselves and of our personal lives into the work that we do.

Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.

I think a lot of comedic actors, on their close-up they can deliver. But when it comes to reacting to other people being funny, that's work in itself.

I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.

I did all the dialect work, all my character work completely by myself.

I was never really an impressionist. If there was somebody within my range, maybe I could work on it and do a little exaggeration of them - which I think is really the way to do an impression.

Essentially, your voice is an instrument; its a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have to work it.

I could play everything but could never take a lead. My brain just doesn't work like that.

I have some friends who are actors. I've watched them work. And I would say that of all the arts, acting is the most grueling, thankless. Never apologize for your work.

I'm a journeyman actor. My experience as a journeyman actor is that you have to go where the work is. I've never been the lead; I've never been in that position.

With the theatre, your whole day is geared towards the evening's show, and that's the job. People usually go to work about 9 and come home around 5, or maybe 7.

I like to edit; I like to work with other people, and that's something stand-up doesn't really have.

I think it's important to do great work.

I've made it very clear that I'm interested in voiceover work. I mean, I'm always looking for voiceover gigs. I love that.

Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.

The longer you've been acting, normally, the better you are at it. As a musician, it doesn't work like that.

I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes.

I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful.

Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on that is amazing.

I know that some people work differently, but I have to work from the inside out. It doesn't matter how big the character is, there has to be a truthful core.

I've been married for 17 years and you know how the actors say, "It's really technical. Those scenes are not sexy. They're just so technical. It's like work." And I'm like, "That's bullshit."

People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.

If you work with amazing actors, you've got a master class happening in front of you. But [also] it's just acting at the end of the day.

Goodness its the kind of work I come to the Fringe to see