Performance Quotes

"Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be." "I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there's no pressure, then I'm not in the perfect zone." "I believe excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again." "My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live." "Do not tell them what you are going to do. Do not tell them what you have done. Show them what you are doing" "I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way." "Stand-up and boxing are very similar. You're the only one out there, you're going into a fight, and you're going in with a game plan" "I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions — the curtain was up." "Being an actor is like being a magician. You show something to the audience, but you never reveal the secrets." "The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast." "When it comes down to it, nothing trumps execution." "If you focus on the result too much, you are going to be under pressure" "The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - of making it is what you feel; the energy when you play it - that's what I love" "If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead." "Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there " "I don't need a stage to perform. We just need something to stand on" "Watch me throw it back and toot it " "I'm just always in the zone, I feel like I can make something happen every single night" "I think my style of play has always proven itself to be effective." "I am God's vessel but my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live"