Quotes About Performance

I think when you're acting, you usually don't have to know too much beyond how to pronounce the words you're saying.

I think if an actor is not able to pronounce their own dialogues, no matter what language, you are not an actor.

I used to get very nervous and couldn't even pronounce my name in front of my camera.

There is a fluency and an ease with which true mastery and expertise always expresses itself, whether it be in writing, whether it be in a mathematical proof, whether it be in a dance that you see on stage, really in every domain. But I think the question is, you know, where does that fluency and mastery come from?

Proof is the product that you put on the field.

It doesn't matter what division you are in. You must prove that you deserve to be where you are every game. The proof is not offered with words, but with action.

The proof is in the results, and the proof will be in the ongoing ability to execute.

I had done maybe three lines of dialogue, ever, before doing 'Death Proof.'

People started to ask me, 'Do you really play guitar?' They thought it was a prop. It was just interesting, because of all the imaging stuff.

I play guitar, and it's not a prop.

When watching movies, I was always inspired by the performances of the cast. Of course, the story and the direction and all that intrigued me. But what actors would propel themselves to do, and be, was awesome. It was like, how could these people give so much?

You have to have a big ego in this world to propel yourself in front of the cameras, to sit behind the microphone, to believe that you can entertain millions of people.

That's the thing, you see, we were never good enough to write proper punchlines.

You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear.

In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.

To finally be able to actually play the piano with vocalists and actually do, like, a proper concert - that feels really good.

When I finished grad school, I moved to Chicago proper, and I was at all the different improv schools, taking classes or interning.

Chris Messina is amazing, and he's so serious - he's, like, a proper actor! He's got craft! I love to watch him. But not in a creepy way.

In order for me to perform the best I can out on the field, I have to fuel my body with the proper nutrients to be able to do all the running. I'm running four or five miles every game, so it's a lot. Even at halftime, I take electrolytes and have half a peanut-butter-and-jelly or whatever is sitting there just to keep my engine running.

When you get a good script, and the director gives you proper lines, half your job is done.

I did a lot of stage plays and musicals, and my first proper acting job was on 'Holby City' when I was 15.

'Man Down''s my absolute priority. If they give me another series, I'll throw everything into it because I really like the characters. But after that, I'll certainly be getting back on stage because I haven't done a proper gig for two years. Which is ridiculous for someone who loves it so much.

I'm in this game to give the fans proper fights, fights they will remember.

Comedy is my proper job. It's what I should be doing, and when I do other bits like my science series, I miss it.