Quotes About Performance

I was a huge theater nerd when I was younger, so I was in a bunch of school musicals - Working,' South Pacific,' Fiddler on the Roof,' a very weird little operetta called Charlotte Sweet,' Nine,' The Wiz.'

But it's mostly about pacing yourself when you do these movies.

Comedy is so hard; it's so much harder than drama. The pacing of it, the energy of it.

There is a rhythm to a good joke, a certain pacing.

You have to pack as much as you can in an hour or 70 minutes. This time around it was 15 songs, so it was a challenge to get them all the right length so you could get them all on.

People who say they're not nervous - I would be kind of curious to see how successful you are at what you do and how long you've done it. And what is success in your eyes? Have you separated yourself from everyone else in that craft? Or have you settled amongst the pack?

One thing I struggle with is competing, being in a pack, running with a lot of bodies.

I want to give the audience the whole package, and for me, the whole package is to give them something fresh as well. It's not as much fun resting on your laurels.

I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist.

Women want to be entertained. They want value for money from a man. You have to have the whole package.

Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete; the other side just comes with the package.

My group of friends, we sort of go at each other pretty hard sometimes. And it's half performance, half truth that you can say cutting things to your friends that might be a little true, but as long as you package it in a joke, it becomes a little more palatable.

I couldn't go on an '80s package show or anything like that. I have a lot more to give. If you go down that road completely I think you'll stay with a certain type of audience. Again I'm not knocking it. People go for the fun of the hits, it's what they've grown up with.

You know if you have driven well or not, but sometimes because of the car or package you simply cannot do any more.

I always enjoy a challenging role and I don't have to worry about always looking my best on TV as that comes as part of the package when your acting.

The first time I did a show, I definitely didn't get any money. My friend just let me do this show. I was so nervous: my mic didn't work, and I was like, 'Urgh.' It was terrible. It was a dingy club off of the highway, but all these people came. It was packed out.

I had fun coming every day and playing in front of a packed house - it was exciting.

Every time you're on stage, you look out at a packed house, people all the way up to the top, people having a blast, everybody forgetting about the world for a couple hours. That's a special thing.

When I was younger I would play in front of crowds as small as 500 in the second division in Belgium, so I know what that's like. It might be easier in terms of pressure, but believe me, I would always prefer to be at a packed Anfield playing against Manchester United. That's why you want to become a footballer.

As an actor, those kinds of really intense, emotionally packed, dark things, those always very appeal to me greatly.

With heavy hitters like 'Who's in Control' and 'Stunde Null,' it's easy to imagine British Sea Power wailing on Flying Vs in front of a packed arena of screaming fans.

For an actor, nothing can be more blissful than a packed date diary!

I fought Chris Eubank for the second time because it was the fight the public wanted to see, and there were 47,000 who turned up at Old Trafford. We packed them in because people knew we gave 100 per cent.

It's very hard for me to be myself when I'm not in shoulder pads.