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Quotes About Performance

I take a lot of pride in the work I do, because people pay to see me. They've got to get babysitters, park their car, get popcorn and candy. I've got to be conscious of that.
~ Mr. T
What's important is to get into shape and then not to have to worry about it. I don't want to get on stage and not being able to do something. Not being physically fit doesn't work for me.
~ Chris Cornell
My uncle was an Elvis impersonator - his name was Perry, and he went by 'Elvis Perry' - and my work as a wedding singer landed me a spot in his act.
~ Ryan Gosling
Nothing is Real; it's a Cosmic Drama. We are just Actors; we Come and we Go. There will be Laughter; there will be Tears. Such is the Cosmic Show.
~ AiR Atman in Ravi
Congratulations for the outstanding performance! God bless!
~ Unknown
All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
~ Sean O'Casey
Everyone gets a chance in the spotlight; you can have it when I'm done!
~ Unknown
When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
~ Mae West
A performance art piece is unprecedented. It is difficult to censor since it has a good possibility of never being done before.
~ Jack Bowman
Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.
~ Annette Bening
I am a really bad test taker. I can get straight As in school, but I get nervous on test.
~ Mary-Kate Olsen
If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
~ Taryn Manning
As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not how long the acting lasts, but how good it is.
~ Seneca
The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be.
~ Bill Lee
The worst thing you can do is start slow, or con yourself into thinking that you can take your time getting into a match. The curtain is up so youve got to perform.
~ Unknown
People think actors are self-obsessed. I think it's not necessarily an egocentricity...it's just YOU are your business, your product.
~ Unknown
Practice like you're the worse and play like you're the best.
~ Unknown
What you need to do is to perform well, do your duties but never ever expect anything in return nothing more nothing less.
~ Unknown
The value of routine; trusting your swing.
~ Lorii Myers
An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
~ William Dean Howells
My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.
~ Unknown
All promise outruns performance.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never promise more than you can perform.
~ Publilius Syrus
He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it.
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau