Quotes About Performance

Storytelling, in print or speech, needs vital energy.

I am an athlete first and foremost, and it is vital for my competitiveness, my well being, and for my preparations for events during the European summer that I measure my performance against other athletes.

Training is vital. You need to know the technical aspects of acting, just in case someone hands you a monologue and simply says, 'Cry here and laugh here.' You have to be able to make sense of it all.

I feel preparation is a vital part of music as without it, the spontaneity goes haywire.

It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being.

Los Angeles doesn't have as vital a theatre as New York does. And that's something that really interests me.

When you're filming, if you can't capture the relationships and interplay, that magical thing that transpires between musicians during a performance, then you're not going to have a deeply interesting film. It's vital.

I have confidence in myself, which is vital to be a Barca keeper.

The most vital thing for an actor to deliver a great performance is to be honest to the role he or she is playing.

Developing aesthetic sense is vital for actors. They must understand that there is no small role, only small actors. A good actor will do the smallest role to perfection, and be recognised.

I was raised with the idea that the arts were a doss - but the arts are vital. If you see Mark Rylance perform Shakespeare at the Globe, you know it's a spiritual act.

On a TV show, for instance, dancers have to be paid for a week and a half rehearsal time. So unless they're vital to a production, they're just not used.

It is vital for me to make progress as a lyrical singer since it also helps me to sing rock better.

You have to be an athlete. A sense of timing is vital. So is dedication. Being a stuntman calls for qualities usually associated with being a dancer.

Humour plays a vital part in any 'Bhavai' performance and is seen in plays.

Confidence, it turns out, is as vital to a players success as is talent.

I play characters, and I try to play them in a manner that's appropriate to the script. Physical movement and vitality of language is part of character.

Often, when Jim Carrey plays it straight, all of the vitality is drained from his face; he looks like a root-canal patient trying out a pleasant expression for his oral surgeon.

Commonly, athletes will bolster their dietary intake with everyday vitamins such as magnesium and iron as well as more exotic products such as whey protein, creatine, carnitine and branched-chain amino acids specifically aimed at improving performance and recovery time.

It's so important to take vitamins. People always get ill on tour because of the close proximity in the bus with everyone.

When you up performing, you gotta have your energy right, so I look after myself, and I take vitamins to give me that boost.

I'm a dreamer with lots of energy and a vivid imagination. That's the recipe for becoming an entertainer.

Giving in to your ego is one of the oldest stories in the showbiz book. But so is figuring out how to stay vivid.

The first event I vividly remember was competing at the Junior Olympics in Seattle, Washington. It was my first major competition outside of Texas, and I remember being very nervous. I could not control my nerves, and I threw a few fouls.