Quotes About Performance

The worst gig story I have is from a club in Alabama that I think is still up and running, so I won't name the name of the club. We got hired in there to play, and the owner was pretty annoying. He kept coming up to me during the show and asking me to play 'Purple Rain.'

I actually was there down in Florida when Prince did 'Purple Rain' in the rain. He was out there with the guitar goin'. It was absolutely awesome.

I was fascinated by the powerful yet precise dance performances of K-pop. I loved Rain and 2NE1.

Rain - his power and charisma onstage is impressive, and I hope to have that one day.

There's a scene in 'Singin' in the Rain' where this guy dances with a giant doll while singing 'Make 'Em Laugh.' I remember loving the pure physicality of it.

Dancing is never excruciating as preparing for it is. For instance, the song 'Chamma Chamma' had heavy outfits and even more heavy jewellery. 'Kambakht Ishq' was shot in extreme heat during the day and a rain sequence in the night, so we were literally drenched throughout the night.

Martin Freeman is a genius, he really is. He gives you every color of the rainbow in every take and it's wonderful just to play off of him and opposite him.

As soon as it rains, I am very good, very, very competitive; when the track dries it is not so easy.

Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance.

How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations.

I don't believe in rituals that produce luck. I believe that a good preparation can raise my chances for a callback. With that, I know what I need to do, so I go in there and do my best.

I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at.

If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.

I went to Montreal. My first gig went very badly. They just weren't laughing at anything. I found out they were a load of Christians, and it was a gig to raise money for a new church roof.

Concept is what makes actors raise their game.

When you want a raise, you're not only going in saying: 'I want more money.' You're going in and saying: 'Here's what I want out of my career. Here's what I accomplished. Here's what I said I was going to do. Here's what I've done. Not only do I deserve more money, but I want to get to here on my career.'

I was raised with a lot of classical music. I loved ballet. I was a bun head for 10 years.

I think we raised about 20,000 pounds. There was a live performance thing so we thought we'd donate the equipment for an online charity in Britain. I hated to part with my guitar, but it was for such a great cause.

In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game.

I'm not a big raised stage fan.

I think when guys watch me play, I think that raises the level of other guys because of the way I play the game.

When a bowler bowls with the crowd support behind him, it naturally raises one's morale.

Whenever you play with better competition or play against better players, it raises your level of play on both ends of the court.