Performance Quotes

"Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things" "The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it." "To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new" "I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor." "Most of the early part of my career, I was always looking for the same inner life in my characters." "One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit and losing is the same way" "We look like we in love, but only on camera " "You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail" "Don't join an easy crowd; you won't grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform and achieve are high" "Make measurable progress in reasonable time" "Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters" "If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn" "The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results" "If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner." "The leader must be an actor"