“I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.” PeopleThinkingArtMadeStillsFactsDifficultElementsPerformancesMade ItTheatricalPerformance Art Author:Lady Gaga
“The problem with our art form: it's so ephemeral, and catching performances can be so difficult... the important thing is what happens at the moment of performance, for the people who made the effort to be there: it lives with them.” PeopleArtMadeImportantMomentsProblemHappensFormDifficultEffortPerformancesImportant ThingsCatchingEphemeral Author:Judith Weir
“it is necessary that we should all have a little of the will to die, because otherwise we would find the performance of our biological duty of death too difficult.” ShouldLittlesDiesDifficultDutyPerformances Author:Rebecca West
“It [live performance] is just very difficult. Doing an hour, hour and a half of live standup is an endurance test. You almost have to do it every day to stay up on it.” DifficultHoursHalfTestsPerformancesEnduranceLive Performance Author:Steve Martin
“It's very difficult to find the time or the money for people to organize rehearsals for some movies. It staggers me how little preparation often goes into these scenes which are difficult and complicated. You think, "God, it's crazy. I've never met this person before and here I am having to work at how to do a whole performance on the set." It was great to have a few days of just talking to Michael [Caine] and Daniel [Barber] and thinking about the characters and the relationship between them before we started shooting.” PeopleThinkingLittlesPersonsWholeCharacterDifficultTalkingCrazyMetsScenePerformancesComplicatedPreparationShootingOrganizeRehearsalHere I AmBarbers Author:Emily Mortimer