Quotes About Performance

I come from the stage, so I started in New York, lived there for eleven years.

For an elite athlete the fans are everything.

I'm working with elite players, and they test and challenge you.

Players will get you above average. To get to the elite, you need culture and leadership.

You look at all the elite players around the League, the guys that are responsible defensively, the guys that can score at will, they kind of do it all.

If you have an elite defense, that can be your third star, so to speak.

Whether it's in the UFC or elsewhere, you need to be winning in this sport.

I would like to do the Elvis Presley.

I just love the idea of taking an elevator down to the stage, like Elvis did.

I don't want to embarrass myself on TV!

My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me.

I find just being on set embarrassing. Mortifying. And that's with all my clothes on.

Acting is embarrassing.

It's great to be an actor, and it's great to embody something more than who you are.

An actor has to embody a role.

I understand what it is that actors do. They embody someone that they aren't.

I think the challenge for me in this role is going to be, is there any heart in Negan? For me, I look at that as a challenge as an actor, and that's the kind of thing that I embrace and really look forward to.

Even in between takes, you emerge yourself. So you don't have a life for six months.

The more comfortable you are in front of the camera the more you can emote well. If you are confident then 90% game is won.

When you act, you want to emote and think in that language. I don't enjoy the process of doing a film in a language I am not good with.

What appealed to me was that the focus of 'North Atlantic' was more about performance rather than emoting, because I was at a point in life where it was nice not to have to emote all over the place.

My character in 'Hollyoaks' went through absolutely everything! There's not one emotion where I'm going to go, 'I don't know how to play this.'

I'm becoming more indulgent and less giving as an actor as I get older. I'm immersing myself more in roles emotionally.

You try not to become so emotionally attached to your character, but you do.