Quotes About Performance

Sometimes the things I do look effortless, but it's not like that. It's very difficult, but because of my style, I make it look easy.

I think playing a negative character is more difficult and challenging, since you have a lot to work on, and you have to put a lot of efforts.

You cannot outperform your ego.

I'm in the acting business. That's the ego business.

When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.

My ego and my vanities have nothing to do with comedy.

People assume that displaying your own personal ego on screen is called acting, which is actually not what acting is about.

There's no egos, we just want the best show we can put on. That started with NXT and that continues.

I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week, I want to be there.

Training in taekwondo for eight years and then being able to do it in a film was pretty amazing.

I've been on stage since I was eight.

I come from the theater. Nothing is as difficult as working eight shows a week. Period. End of story.

If you are elected to do a job, you are supposed to do it to the best of your ability.

My election results speak to my level of service.

I play acoustic when I need to play acoustic, and I say I'm probably a better acoustic player than I am electric.

On-stage I like to give people something that they will remember, something different but something electric.

I'm so used to knowing what to do with an electric guitar and amplifier, but with an acoustic guitar, it's different, but I still have an amp and a whole bunch of pedals.

There is a large element of me in every role I do.

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it.

I don't try to make actors play crazy characters. I like where there's a certain element of who they are and truth to their performances.

You have to give an element of performance on television.

I'm understanding theatre a bit more. I've learned that you go over and over stuff. There's a big element of back-story: where have the characters been before, where have they come from?

A lot of the time you find that elements of a character are brought out by the actors playing them.

I had a lot of energy when I was eleven and always liked being in front of a camera.