Quotes About Performance

As an actor, you are in a unique position because you're not only memorizing dialogue but really embodying it. You naturally feel the rhythm of good writing.

I can't eat before I go onstage because I've learnt that burping on stage isn't a good thing. It's all about acid reflux.

I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves.

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.

Id like to be in anything that tells a good story and has an interesting character.

It's a good news - bad news type of situation. The good news is that we won; the bad news is that my average is 9.00.

Good acting comes from finding the essence of a character.

People who can dance and sing are often very good at comedy.

There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson.

If you try to do a look-alike and an impersonation, then that's just not conducive to good drama.

The theater's been very good to me and I became Julie Halston through the theater.

A performance can have amazing visuals and special effects, but it has to tell a good story, even if that story isn't original.

There were a bunch of moments that kept cascading. Like, when we got an opportunity to play "Letterman", it gave us an opportunity to step up. It feels good to shed that skin and rise out of it.

I have adrenaline going and then focus on what I have to do and do it well. I know we'll have a good chance to win the match that way. I don't concern myself with the other team.

If I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me.

I think when you have a good warm up you feel good about your performance. You know that you've trained so mentally you're in a better state.

For many, 'rehearsing' means going over the words in your head. That's not good enough say the words aloud.

I feel good doing it. It's not like guys are stripping me at half-court or I'm just losing the ball dribbling. I think I'm handling the ball pretty well, just trying to make good passes, man.

There are definitely some tricks and techniques to a good reading. Rewarding the audience that shows up to your reading is very important and you can't be boring or ungrateful.

It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet.

In my heart of hearts, I thought, if we get a 1-0 win and the team doesn't perform well, that would feel good.

The basic laws of good acting are the same, but everything about the experience is different-your job responsibility, the time you spend on it.

I am far from sure when I am acting and when I am not or, should I more frankly put it, when I am lying and when I am not. For what is acting but lying and what is good acting but convincing lying?

If they are the league ain't doing a good job of it.