Quotes About Performance

Whenever I act well, my head clears. Always a bit frail I was personally, but never professionally.

I'm a big lover of Shakespeare. In fact, the only plays that I've ever done professionally in New York have been Shakespearian.

Professionally, I did a couple of operas when I was in school, when I was 18.

Actresses are just professionally lovely, aren't they?

I have been giving live performances since childhood, and I continue to do so professionally.

I used to dance professionally in Delhi.

I'm a big fan of live music and going to gigs, but I'll leave it to the professionals.

The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.

As modern-day professionals it all comes down to how you perform on the pitch.

We are professionals. We know when we're playing badly, so if you have a poor game, you work in training to put things right so form comes back.

I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals.

As professionals, you always have to perform to the top of your ability.

When it's show time, no matter what, differences are put to the side, and we come together to put on the best show possible because we are all professionals. Our love and passion for what we do always override any issues.

All of us are professionals and no player wants not to play.

We're professionals, we have to deal with criticism. We get talked about a lot but we have to focus on doing our job well.

At any given time somebody has to make a play, and if it's not myself, you have other players that are paid and professionals like myself.

We're professionals, everybody scores. It's just a matter of limiting them as much as you can and trying to contain them.

We're professionals. We're NFL players. We get paid to do a job, to go out there and execute the plan.

I had a professor in graduate school who told us, 'Know what you're good at, and do that thing.' And I thought, 'Hands down, I'm an ensemble girl. I'm a fierce ensemble girl. I am dependable.' I was never seen for the ingenue or the leading lady.

I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor.

I was a theater major, and I remember being in college, and whenever my professor would assign me songs that I hated, I really had a hard time singing them. One time, I even faked sick so I wouldn't have to sing a song.

I was a diction, speech and method acting professor before I became an actor.

I think proficiency in language helps greatly with acting.

I love doing stand-up, and the more you do outside of stand-up to raise your profile, the better your stand-up becomes in terms of the quality of gigs.