Quotes About Performance

I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.

We're not getting paid. We have these great musicians with us and it gives us a real charge. And the audience gives us a charge, because they keep it interesting all the time.

I will be very grateful that I get to go out and play a song and get well paid for it.

I don't like to cry in public, unless I'm getting paid for it.

I was paid to be cheeky and people clapped me for it.

I was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT to be paid, but I will pay someone if I can run off stage right now. It was so bad.

You try to do your best at what you're getting paid for.

Everyone who appears in a scene gets paid.

You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better.

I think I was probably always a liar; I just get paid for it now.

When you're an actress, there are only a few times you can really get paid. One of them is doing a sequel. They can't fake you or hire another actor to play you.

I could beat my mike stand into the stage, but I was still in pain. Maybe fans liked it, but sometimes people forget you're a person and they're more into the entertainment value. It's taken a long time to turn that around and give a strong show without it being a kamikaze show.

When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience.

I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.

It's painful to see that after Independence, India hasn't won a single Olympic medal in athletics.

Acting is the most demanding, painful job in the world.

I can't even read a script. I've tried and it's painful to watch.

I think when dance is mediocre, it's painful. But when dance is really impressive, it destroys.

The season is long. You go through aches and pains with your brothers. When it's on the line, you just want to give them - you know, you want to perform. You want to give them a shot to win the game.

I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

I'm actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.

Why a musician loves playing jazz or classical music or what makes them happy, and why an artist likes to paint - it's so hard to actually put into words what that feeling is of joy that we get, but that is what I get: a feeling of joy when the camera is rolling, even if I'm doing something that is not joyous.

I know how to do music, no matter how weird I look on stage with the face paint, mask, and hospital scrubs.

Being a big guy, I've got to shore up the paint a lot more. It's my job.