Quotes About Performance

It is true that no matter how good your film is, you get judged purely on the basis of how well it does at the box office.

I would rather work in the theater than anywhere else, and it does seem to be a place where stories can and should be told purely.

I think, as an actor, I would find it a little run-of-the-mill doing procedurals where it's the same sort of thing week in and week out. Your character doesn't get to grow very much, which, purely from an actor's point of view, you want to see an arc of your character.

An all-rounder is someone who can make it to the team purely on the basis of his batting or bowling. Not both.

Love it or hate it, motorsport is not purely talent. It never has been and never will be.

I enjoy that with theater, you can just go into a room with a paper bag lunch: there're no cables, no electricity. It's the purest experience.

Film acting has been a very pure experience, because you have to give the purest form of yourself as an artist.

I often find myself feeling that filming music is somehow the purest form of filmmaking. This crazed collision of sound and images, the intense collaboration, these incredibly cinematic performances. And for the nights you're filming, a non-player like me gets to feel somehow part of the band.

For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.

A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.

I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they don't.

I never want to get a job because I'm female. I want to get it because I earned it and I deserve it... Whether my hair is going to be blue or purple, people should be judged on how well they do the job and deliver results and whether they do it the right way. That's how I like to be judged; most people are like that.

As an actress who has performed in theater for over 17 years, my experience performing in 'The Color Purple' has been a truly life-changing journey.

I don't just get bogged down in, 'I want to win.' There's something even greater than that. And that's the way that you play the game. I want to play beautiful football. That's our purpose: to go out and play the game at the highest level, play it the right way.

I am a fan of all genres. My big thing is to serve the purpose of the script and what the director wants. If it's a comedy, I want to be funny; if it's action, I want to bring the action. If it's drama, I want to be the catalyst for that drama. That's the fun part; it never gets boring being an actor.

I'd like to keep updating myself. That's the only way to make life interesting. And because I am a performer, I like to do it deliberately and with purpose.

People come to my shows on purpose as opposed to coming to a 'comedy show.' Which was always my goal.

My purpose in performing is to communicate the joy I experience in living.

After my day at the Uni winded up, I used to go and perform gigs - I used to look forward to playing in front of an audience. It was when people came to me and gave me positive feedback that I got the confidence to pursue this as a dream.

From an early age, I knew I wanted to pursue a life in the arts, and so I was acting in plays all throughout high school.

I knew at an early age that I wanted to pursue comedy.

As an actor, I had the most power than I've ever had before, because I was able to create and arc and pursue that idea fully, because as every new director that came on, no one knew 'Hanna' like I knew 'Hanna.' That is something that I knew inside me.

I have only one hobby and that is acting. It's my passion, my hobby, so I don't need a break to pursue my hobby.

Maybe I should take more acting classes or pursue a career in that.