Quotes About Performance

I don't just like to use punchlines anymore, especially in arenas. They freak me out. There is nothing worse than 15,000 people waiting for a punchline.

I don't really think of records beforehand. I don't want them to freak me out.

To play the ultimate Reading set, you need to freak yourself out for a few days beforehand.

If my 12-year-old self knew that there was going to be a Broadway adaptation of 'Newsies,' I would have freaked out.

There's an old Fred Astaire movie where the stage becomes bigger and deeper and more complex. Moments like that really did impact on me and influence me.

I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.

Fred Willard still makes me laugh.

I loved 'Cabaret.' I loved what it had to say and the whole style and brilliance of the book. It was my first time performing Fred Ebb and John Kander's work. They took risks. Even when their shows are fun and funny, they are about very serious issues.

The reason why I'm playing good is because I don't think one second about my free agency.

I enjoyed playing with the guys in Free Spirit so much because they really dug into Free material, and I really liked how they expressed it. They have a lot of dynamics.

I did use my own accent in a play once. It's a very freeing, liberating experience. Actors are often asked to adopt a different accent, and sometimes a different voice, so when that's taken away and you don't have to think about it, that's a lovely thing.

My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.

For me, to be on television and not be afraid of making a mistake is freeing.

If I am playing the game freely, and those opportunities come up to cross the line, then I get enjoy that a lot. But when I try to force things, I am not playing my best footy.

Playing live is really the art form. You're a lot freer, a lot looser. You've got people there that can give you feedback, and then you can play off of that. There's so much more energy.

I don't freestyle much.

And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done.

I feel that I would perform really well if there was no camera in front of me. But when there is one, and the director says 'Action!' I freeze.

I was freezing in that loincloth.

Usually, in a studio, when it's supposed to look cold, it's boiling hot. And then, the hot scenes, you're freezing.

Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French.

Every time a director calls me and says, 'If you practice a lot in two months, can you be an American?' And I always tell them, 'Well, maybe but I'm French. So it's going to be hard to be someone else.'

After I debuted, I was frequently asked why I get nervous so much.

To win, you have to score; if I can do that frequently, my job is done.