Quotes About Performance

I have to imagine playing Cruella de Vil in a giant Disney movie is probably a little scary.

How can you be a giant of the sport when you are not consistent?

Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson were not giants, they were giants in the ring, they drew money, people loved them and that's what you find in the Young Bucks.

So I like to make music, and I like to share music. This is also a gift.

And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way.

I think acting is a gift.

As an actor, I don't really think you find yourself. I mean, once you find yourself, I think it becomes boring and you become set in your ways. I think, as an actor I think it's not a bad thing but more of a gift. It's something you're always doing as an actor. You're adjusting constantly.

Martin Sheen was extraordinary. He's a very gifted man.

I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.

There's so much pressure on kids to perform and to be the best they can be, and particularly with boys: boys who are the gifted ones get loaded with an awful lot of expectation and self-expectation, and that's really hard for an 18 year old.

Robert Pattinson is an incredibly gifted actor. Every role that Pattinson plays is a contender for an acting award.

Stand-up is the kind of gig that'll show you where you're at.

It's a great gig, really: getting on stage, playing the guitar, singing. For a living, it's super.

I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever.

The second gig I did was New Year's Eve at the Birmingham Anglers Club, and that started with booing.

Then I got a gig with an older friend who had the equipment and he played in this bar. They would bring me in the bar through the backdoor and I would DJ in the back room most of the night. Then they'd take me out the backdoor, so I was never really in the bar.

The last reunion was a bit of a rushed job, we had to do a gig and documentary.

Playing live is what it's all about for me. It's cathartic, it's emotional, it's about communing with people. The way you feel after a gig is a such a powerful thing.

The most satisfaction I get is from doing a good gig, which really makes you feel in control. If you've worked a room really well, it makes you feel great. TV is a bit more difficult; there are more factors that can screw it up along the way.

You never know which gig is going to be your last.

If I have a gig in the evening, I get 'the doom' at about 5 P.M., when I think I'm getting flu.

If I thought about it before I went on, I would have never went on. So, therefore, you don't think about it; you have to talk yourself then into, 'Listen, this is it. This is the gig. Broadway or no Broadway, you've got to do your job.'

I try to sleep as much as I can. I drink a lot of water. I practice consistently and just try to be ready for the gig.

Things were never as exciting for me as the first gig in New York.