Quotes About Performance

I think I can connect with an audience because I know what it's like to be on the other side of it and I really remember all of that.

I don't really like simple characters too much; it's too easy. I like a challenge, and I like characters you connect with on screen.

I think I have always tried to connect my comedy to my art.

There is something about the stage that makes it so much better than being in the studio. I always connect with my audience; a concert to me is a collaboration between me and the audience, and I love it so much.

You got to have an emotional connect with the audience who watch you.

It's not in every film that you connect to the role.

I feel connected to God when I'm out there performing.

It's hard enough to sit at a table and talk to most people as it is. But we can go to some town, and there's 300 people we've never met before, and by the third song, we're connecting with everyone in that room.

I really enjoy connecting with the audience.

I love performing, and connecting with an audience never gets old for me.

I love performing, and connecting with an audience never gets old for me, but it does get old for me when my audience is just only interested in something they've already heard.

You can connect with an audience by being a conduit. I'm a big believer of connecting wrestling audiences.

The philosophy of Buddhism is connected to everything. So it probably does have some connection with acting, yes.

I always choose songs that I have an emotional connection to, and I often feel myself getting very emotional when I sing.

Stand-up will always come first. I've been doing it for 22 years, and nothing compares to that connection you have with the audience. It's euphoric.

In music, you feel a connection to the voice and think about the person behind it. In art that's secondary.

You can find a connection with any Shakespeare role you play.

When you look at C-3PO and Darth Vader and then look at the actors behind them, you can't really make the connection. It kills the magic.

Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good.

I believe when you work hard, even if you are a mediocre actor, the audience connects to you.

You will never, I think, fully conquer the play. Every night, you see this Everest before you. It's that two, three hours and the audience, and you'd better tell the truth.

With acting, I always feel conscious of what I'm doing.

With 'Law & Order,' I had to be very conscious of what I was doing. I didn't want to show too much character.

I am conscious of making choices that balance the performance and commercial aspects. It's easy to get stereotyped in this industry.