Quotes About Performance

There is this awkward discomfort when you're doing comedy on camera because people aren't allowed to laugh so that they can get a clean take and you're doing the same thing over and over again.

I want to discover more things about acting.

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it. Either the character helps you discover that element of you or the other way around, where that element of you helps you discover the character.

Usually, I don't feel comfortable with a character until I've played him before an audience for several performances. It is not until after three months of performing that I learn to discover what I call 'all the nooks and crannies' of the person.

It's in the knockout games that you discover who the great players really are.

If you discover that a role isn't complex, you can speak to somebody about it and they'll help you push it when you're on set.

I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered.

My singing led into acting, and that is how I discovered acting.

I enjoyed making people laugh. I discovered that I loved that power over them. On stage, I felt I could really express who I was for the first time.

I discovered early on that I was more of a strummer than a picker.

I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.

The 'Discovery' album was quite a successful record but we didn't tour after that.

I never like to sit and discuss my character, the other character, our relationship, or anything like that. I feel like if I did my job and I trust that the other person has done theirs, you just go on set, play around with it, chew the scene for a little bit; then we roll, and that's it.

We should not always discuss whether or not a player is angry.

We should not discuss refereeing performances but support decisions to help their work.

Actors don't really sit around discussing the parts they've played - just in case someone says, 'That was crap!'

The main events of '205 Live' are always among the discussion as far as top acts of the week in the world.

I'm always in disguise in one form or another in my plays.

If you respect the audience and on stage you put on a disguise, that is part of the show.

There are only two kinds of employees that I've run across in 30 years. There are ones that get results, and ones that make excuses. If you're in that second camp, you're not going to like Dish.

If you are a great guy off screen but you are a bad actor and are dishonest to your work, then I would not spend my money on you.

I never was disillusioned with acting because I love acting.

It's fun to play the type of people you dislike.

It's hard to dislike a guy who's spouting off funny comments when he grabs a guy in a hold, you know? It's hard to dislike that, because it's entertaining.