Quotes About Performance

I'm very good at pretending to be subservient; I'm really good at it.

It's hard to prove yourself when the substance isn't there in certain roles.

I have only two conditions to choose a project - content with substance and space to perform.

I will say this: when you take any substance, especially in baseball, it's half mental and half physical. If you take this glass of water and you say, 'I'm going to be a better baseball player,' then you probably will be.

I think I enjoy playing human beings no matter the substance of their character.

You can take a substance that works in your system, but then you take this over here that's not banned, and this over here that's not banned, but if you mix them together, you've got a banned substance in your system.

I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left.

I'd hate it to become style over substance, I'd hate people to start putting me in a magazine article about my style. I don't like dressing up in something I'm not necessarily comfortable in just to make it more of a show. I want the power to come from what I sing about and how I sing.

The music is the emotional substance of the show; the book just sets it up. Nobody goes to a musical to hear the book. That's the way it works.

With a gimmick, there isn't much substance. If you play to the crowd too much, it can go bad.

Once you can get a fan to listen to an album a handful of times and really have a lot of substance for them to grasp, then you're looking at having a fan that really appreciates what you do for life and can appreciate coming to see it live.

As far as films are concerned, I would take up only those roles which are challenging and have some substance in them.

There are just so many substances that are considered banned substances because in some way it could help your performance on the court. As athletes, we should be responsible for what we put in our bodies.

Being an actor, I have no issues with a character being negative or positive as long as the role is substantial and meaty.

I don't mind doing genre roles as long as they offer me something substantial.

Even after spending a substantial time in the entertainment business, before the release of a film, I am nervous.

I have grown up watching films like 'Dil To Pagal Hai,' and 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai,' where all the leading characters had a substantial part to play.

There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road.

There's no substitute to actually being in the room and having people in the room feel the force of your audition. It's very hard to beat that.

The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute for a team of artists performing at their peak live when failure is possible. It's a high-wire act. That excites me.

Being a substitute can be an advantage. I know this situation from the national team. And I am also good as a player coming from the bench.

You can read about it all you want, but there is no substitute for just doing it.

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.

Acting is a bit of a substitute for life.