Quotes About Performance

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

I'm sick of playing romantic leads.

Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.

With acting, you wanna see if you can get into trouble without knowing how you're gonna get out of it. It's like the exact opposite of war, where you need an exit strategy. When you're acting, you should get all the way into trouble with no exit strategy, and have the cameras rolling.

never sit in the first row at the ballet.

For many years it had been claimed that the average achievement by pupils in some South-East Asian countries was significantly higher than in the United Kingdom. Then it came to light that the weakest pupils in that country were removed from the total who were evaluated at an earlier stage in the educational process. Clearly, the effect of their removal is to skew the average attainments to be higher than they would otherwise be.

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

My approach is so simple every song I sing, every story I tell, every move I make, must move the audience to laughter, tears, or inspiration. Otherwise, why do it? It's the communication.

The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.

Yes, it is a rehearsed show, yes, it was analogy of going to see a play at the theatre, where everything has to be in place and whole things, everything being works, all works together to get the best effect you know it's more like an actor learning a part.

With ravish'd earsThe monarch hears;Assumes the god,Affects to nod,And seems to shake the spheres.

Sound the trumpets; beat the drums…Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

An entertainer's reputation as a live act is the most valuable thing he or she can have. If people know you give good shows, you'll never be broke for the rest of your life.

Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as I can.

All comedians are preoccupied with one thing and with one thing only-themmm-selllves. It's a horrible lot in life.

Your life is not a dress rehearsal - this is it! It's show time!

'Mary Poppins' was one of the best experiences of my life.

I do good things in my life, too. It's just that none of them are funny.

If you are in a play, and you catch a cold, you are able to muddle through. If you are carrying a musical, it's a different thing altogether. It's the great fear of any singer's life.

I had no balance in my life. I was this one person onstage and this person offstage, who really didn't know much about living.

I'm me on the mound. I like to show my emotion, be real aggressive and give everything I've got for one half inning. I don't have to act. What you see on the mound is what I am in real life.