Quotes About Performance

I was in this boys' choir for five years, when I was 10 until 15.

I was in show choir in high school.

There are probably limits on what the choir can sing well.

I was in a choir at school and we were part of the BBC Proms back in around 2002.

I started singing in a choir when I was 4 years old.

It was what I did after school. I'd learn a song in choir that day and I'd sing it, all the parts.

Well, I actually grew up singing in church, and I was in choirs.

All my voice training comes from choir and small ensemble singing.

Like a lot of artists, I started out as a singer in my church choir when I was a child.

I always believe an actor is as good as the content as he gets or chooses.

I see theatre everywhere, actually. We're all kind of performing a version of ourselves every morning by choosing the clothes and how we appear - but the stage is so emphasising that I really feel comfortable in it.

It's not a matter of being choosy as an actor but a matter of liking the right script.

You've got to chop back the performance like a rose bush. That's when it's beautiful.

Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops.

My acting chops are awful.

To me, a great drummer isn't always about somebody with chops who can shred. A great drummer is someone who is part of a great band.

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.

Why did God have to make Mo'Nique a good actress? What was God thinking when he decided to give Mo'Nique acting chops. Now we have to endure Mo'Nique comedy specials.

As far as I'm concerned, it's no good being able to wail out smokin' leads if your rhythm chops hugg!

It's easy to think you can get discovered on the street, but I developed my chops on the stage - four years of theater in high school, and then another four in college.

I think, without a doubt, I'd outshine The Rock because he can't do quite what I do, but he is good at the guitar, and he's got some chops to him, so I don't think you need to think about it too much.

Rock music was the death of jazz in a way. I know there's a bunch of people who say jazz isn't dead, but I mean, rock 'n roll, you play three chords to 20,000 people; jazz, you play 20,000 chords to three people.

While I love dancing, and even acting in 'ABCD' - 'Anybody Can Dance' - was fun, I remain, at heart, a choreographer.

I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.