Quotes About Performance

Sometimes, there's a preconceived notion of how a scene or how a work should be delivered. And I see young performers sometimes try and deliver that, and it's not really true to their voice or who they are.

I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It's fun acting in a foreign language. You're liberated or freed from preconceptions.

You cannot predict how well a film will do.

The key for scouting is trying to predict when the player is peaking.

The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.

Why do men outperform women on the SAT? The SAT's supposed to predict college grades. Women do better in high school and they do better in college. What's the problem here? Ah, the more you use, the more you start accepting that the SAT's coachable, the more problems you have with it.

You can never predict a hit or a flop, but it's about what you are happy doing as an actor. Every actor comes with his or her own mindset.

It's very difficult to predict a team's competitiveness.

I don't like to predict the fights. People can do that. They can predict my fights, but I never do that.

This is why sports will always be the greatest of dramas; the most exciting entertainment known to man. Nobody can predict the outcome and the script is ever in flux.

Running became boring because it's so predictable. I got to a point where I knew what my competition could do.

It's kind of hard with two moves. I feel like you can't always be so predictable. You can be as strong or fast as you want, but speed-chop and power move aren't always going to work.

When they have the lead, you don't want to fall into too predictable counts because they're playing with house money at that point. You want to try to be creative and keep them off-balance as much as you can.

I was offered a part in the stage version of 'Calendar Girls,' but the part is so predictable. It just makes me angry when I read the script.

You can plan, but what happens on a football field cannot be predicted.

Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted.

Nobody could have predicted the effect of John Bonham's drum introduction on 'Good Times, Bad Times,' because no matter what he'd played in before, he'd never had the chance to flex his muscles and play like John Bonham.

When you're in one of the biggest media markets and you have a good team and you're predicted to do well, if you struggle at any point, they're going to come after you. Even when you're playing well, you're not winning by enough.

I don't make predictions. I know what I can do, and I try not to think too far ahead.

We did a black 'Julius Caesar' in which the predominant accent was Caribbean. This offends many people, you know. I also had a Chinese Marc Anthony. I also managed - this caused a great shock - I also got some white guys in it as well!

This may sound conceited, but the more predominant the role, the more comfortable I am on set.

I'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena.

I prefer Liverpool. The way we play is good for all of our players.

I prefer to play the bad guy - it gives you more freedom as an actor.