Quotes About Performance

You - as a director, you have to do your job, you have to show things, and you don't have to ask the actors to do it, or the dialogue.

When I'm working, it's just about doing the best I can with whatever dialogue is in front of me today. You can't worry about the other thing.

If I'm doing different accents, I feel like I'm acting. If I'm doing my own accent, I feel like I'm saying someone else's dialogue as myself.

It bloody annoys me when people forget that we're actors. Just because we tend to appear in things with our own accents, saying dialogue that comes naturally to us, people think we're just being ourselves.

I realized this is a character that I'm playing. This is 'The Crown's' version of Diana. I can bring a lot of what I want to do with this part.

I know I sometimes come across as being quite dismissive about acting. But I'm not. It's like people reading their diaries in public. I don't want to talk about how I create characters. I find it self-indulgent.

You always kind of feel like you're rolling the dice as an actor.

Believe me, you're shooting dice every time you do a part.

When we were shooting 'Oz,' my wife was doing 'Beauty and the Beast' on Broadway, singing and dancing. It was an interesting dichotomy in our house.

I'm an improvisational actor. I like to do my own thing. But once in a while, I think you should have the self-restraint to let someone else dictate the story.

I think the defense is going to dictate how many shots you get.

I worry about myself in the ring; I worry about what I can do and how I can dictate a fight.

When I go into games as a forward, my job is really clear, and I just have to execute. But as a midfielder, you get to sort of enjoy the game more, and you get to feel the game and dictate the play.

I've always liked the No.10 position. You can get on the ball a lot more and attempt to dictate the play a lot more.

I'm no dummy. So much of the NBA is just fit and situation, and I always say this, for 85 to 90 percent of the league, your performance is often dictated by your situation and your coaches.

You obviously want the results but you must do your job in every at-bat and deal with what every situation dictates.

The first time I played was in Buenos Aires - was in 1983. The dictatorship was in position.

You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction.

I still have perfect diction!

Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

I always say I want to die on the eighth curtain call. Eight will mean the show's been rather a success.

By the time I started doing stand-up, the club scene had died.

The V50 is a genuinely great car, even as a diesel.

These cricketers work so hard, be it training schedules or their diet.