Quotes about Performance

In the great orchestra we call life, you have an instrument and a song, and you owe it to God to play them both sublimely.

Trust God's hold on you more than your hold on God. His faithfulness does not depend on yours. His performance is not predicated on yours. His love is not contingent on your own. Your candle may flicker, but it will not expire.

It's not what you know but the kind of job you do that makes the difference.

The point with me is that it's always been, even with the stand-up, that the music has to be right. You have to take it seriously. You have to try and play it as faithfully as possible. That way it helps the comedy. Rather than just playing it in a silly way.

The bottom line is, when it comes to an actor and his performance, whether nominated or not, it simply has to do with whether that character had enough resonance with the audience. You know, to the filmgoers. And that something that you can't control.

End first, then beginning and middle. That's your startup, that's your plan for competing in a triathlon, that's your ballet.

I've read a dozen different versions of Stanislavski's famous Three Questions, i.e. the queries an actor must ask him- or herself before playing any scene. Here's my version: Who am I? Why am I here? What do I want? The second two are pretty easy. It's the first that's the killer.

The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her work.

RESISTANCE NEVER SLEEPS Henry Fonda was still throwing up before each stage performance, even when he was seventy-five. In other words, fear doesn't go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.

Every player has their challenge to help the team. They all have a challenge individually and collectively to improve.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something.