Quotes About Performance

Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I'm not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I'll be more than happy.

Comedy and drama are both challenging to me.

Comedy is much more challenging, because you have to have the same level of belief but you have to make people laugh, and that's definitely a challenge.

I think it's always challenging to look at a script and make it your own while maintaining the sense of what the style of the show is.

It's always challenging to go into a role.

Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.

I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen.

Theater is a way to keep challenging myself.

Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then it's completely up to you to come up with something that is interesting to the story and myself as an actor.

You can just go to a magic shop or magic builder and buy what most magicians do, but that's not what I'm about. With 'Mindfreak' on television and 'Believe' live, I want to bring things that people have never seen before. That process is very difficult. It's very challenging, and you never know how long it's going to take - months or years.

Comedy has always been more challenging for me than drama.

It's really challenging to play comedy.

I'm sure my agents would like me to play leading roles, and I guess I should, but I'm more interested in the character parts. They're more fun, challenging and interesting.

While I find my job as an actor challenging, I also think that there's fun in that challenge.

As an actor, it's really exciting and challenging to play a character which is much older than your actual age.

It's astounding how challenging plays are... The scary part is that you get to encounter humanity in a way you don't in films. The audience amplifies the experience.

That's the job of an actor. You get to be in all these strange new challenging situations.

Making a mark becomes more challenging when you are a part of a multi-starrer. But I like that.

I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'

To be a great champion, you have to believe that you are the best, and if you aren't, then you have to act as though you are.

When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't dance.' He said, 'We'll teach you what you need to know.'

I take that stage, and I'm the same guy backstage as I am on the stage. And you know what that guy is. That guy is a star. That guy is a champion. That guy is the guy that put '205 Live' on the map.

I think you can look good and still be a champion and still fight and still be the best at what I do.

Of course I want to be champion because that means you're the best, but I just love wrestling, and if I can have good matches week in and week out, that would make me happy.