Quotes About Commitment

Good acting is consistency of performance.

A good performance from me - no matter what kind of film it is, or who I'm acting with - will help me get better offers.

Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be.

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give 100 percent and then what happens, happens.

I've always been interested in the arts and chucked a science degree to study theatre and performance art because I was so enamored by it.

We never could have performed live for an hour and a half every week if we were doing drugs.

I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer.

It's difficult to be a mother and maintain a career as a performer - but then it's difficult in any industry.

You're not going to find a more committed performer than Sandra Oh - to every single word, action, history that informs the future. Every little thing.

I'm a hardcore performer. The rest follows.

It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.

The more accountable I can make you, the easier it is for you to show you're a great performer.

No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer.

I always tell people, when they ask me what to do to be a writer or to be a performer, the key is to go to a place where there are a lot of other people who are trying to do the same thing as you and taking it very seriously.

Naturally you want to be the best mom you can, but then also you want to be the best performer you can.

I'm the performer of the group. My thing is like, every time I come on stage, I always bring it 120 percent, 150 percent.

Very rarely in the life of an actor and a performer do you do something you truly believe in, do you do something you are absolutely proud of.

Costumes are great. That kind of effort tells the audience that the performer has taken the time to be the total package.

There's this love and pride and loyalty, but there's also a great deal of generosity and I think that's at the core of why I love being a performer.

I firmly believe the industry does not let down performers.

My love of performers is not really different than my love for painters. Everyone's really high-strung and trying to do the best they can.

Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members.

I want to work with performers who really are ready to lose their minds, you know? People who are established and have talent, but who are ready to break new ground and really be cracked open in a new way.