Quotes About Performance

That's the difficulty with free-kicks, as you get one, maybe two, and that's why it's tough. You have to score.

I've never had any difficulty sharing the screen with any actor. For me, roles are challenging, not co-stars.

I've always been a wriggler. I just dig dancing.

I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.

You only have a week to do a show. I mean, there's only so deep you can dig in that week.

Bizarrely, on movie sets, they don't really dig it when you look in the camera, which is a bizarre fact.

If I can keep it light in between scenes, then that helps me dig down further than if I try and stay at that constant place all day. That's just me. Every actor's got their thing. But that's what I do.

There's no set rule, but when you look at the script, you start thinking about this person and how to create this human being on screen. You dig deeper into a script.

Guy asked me, 'Scat, what is there left for you to do?' And I said, 'A Broadway play, man!' Can you dig it? That's the only thing I never done. I'd like to say I had.

I think you have to dig deep in every performance.

It's not my thing to dance in my living room on a livestream, so I'm really having to figure out ways to elevate the digital world and bring it to the level that I've held my drag at for so long.

Being a backup singer means being able to sing on a dime. Music is oozing out of their every pore.

I'm a sort of political person, and I feel that there's a kind of ineradicably political dimension to theater, to all theater, whether it's overtly political or not.

A lot of the bad guys I've played just haven't had much dimension to them.

When you cast cross-racially, another dimension is added.

When you do a half-hour show, there's only so much you can do. At best, you're going to get a character with two-and-a-half dimensions.

I think when it's a high-stress situation, my tennis definitely takes a big dip.

I am a Kathak dancer, and have got an advanced diploma in it.

And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.

If you drop a player when his form dips, sometimes it never quite comes back.

If your form dips as a back-row forward, it is best to address the areas you know you're going to be heavily involved in.

The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.

I would like to direct. What goes on behind stage is very interesting.

I appreciate my role as an actor much more after I direct because it's just easier.