“The techniques of different directors are very different, and people have different ways of expressing ideas in film. I'm happiest when working with a director as I would be if I were an actor. I'm wanting to provide a really good performance.” PeopleIfsWayIdeasDifferentWould BeFilmActorsDirectorsPerformancesTechniqueDifferent WaysExpressing Ideas Author:Howard Shore
“I found so much fun in the light shows and the multimedia shows of the hippies. That was when I was a student in the 1960s, and I was in New York, so I learned how to deal with writing, recording sound of other people, performance art - because that was a new territory, and I liked everything that was new and provocative. That interested me more than becoming anything specific.” PeopleWritingArtShowsLightFoundFunSoundDealsNew YorkStudentsBecomingPerformancesTerritory1960sHippieProvocativePerformance ArtNew TerritoryMultimedia Author:Charlemagne Palestine
“It is important for me to truly understand the people I am portraying and their struggles, in order to give an honest performance.” PeopleGivingImportantOrderStruggleHonestPerformancesPortraying Author:Jake T. Austin
“Anyway, in my performance style, I'm a singer-songwriter. People can call it neo-soul or R&B or whatever. But at the core, when you see me live, I'm a singer-songwriter.” PeopleSoulStylePerformancesSingersCoreSongwritersSinger Songwriters Author:India.Arie
“I'm totally a narcissist, so I was doing all this performance and having lots of weird ego time, and learning to set aside my love for the ego and find a deeper love for myself and through that seeing myself as one with all beings. And through loving myself, loving all people in the world, that was my cure for narcissism, the only cure.” PeopleWorldSeeingEgoPerformancesDeeperCuresNarcissismNarcissistLoving MyselfDeeper Love Author:Larkin Grimm
“Every performance is different. There are so many factors involved... the people I've met that day, the weather, the city I'm in, conversations, sleep, mood, everything. However, there are many nights when the stars align and I feel like both the story teller and the stranger in the crowd, hearing it all for the very first time.” PeopleFeelsFirstsDifferentStoriesNightStarsSleepCitiesInvolvedMetsConversationFirst TimePerformancesCrowdsStrangerHearingMoodWeatherFactors Author:Dia Frampton
“There's so many variables in comedy. Comedy is not this thing that's a performance like a play. It's really an interaction with every single person in the room. And if there's a weirdness in the room for any people, be it something the comedians did at the top of the set or be it the mixture of the people isn't right, something can go awry. So it's really great to see you proven wrong about someone.” PeopleIfsPersonsPlayRoomsComedyPerformancesComedianInteractionProvenReally GreatMixturesVariablesSingle PersonWeirdnessProven Wrong Author:B. J. Porter
“When I did get signed and I was going around letting people know what I was about, that's exactly how I did it: me on the piano, playing a couple of songs I'd written and talking to the people in between. That's how I got my performance chops up.” PeopleKnowsSongTalkingWrittenCouplePerformancesPianoPiano Playing Author:Alicia Keys
“Even as a fan, as someone who's into his performances, the Stooges and his own stuff, Iggy [Pop] is one of the people who kept underlining something that a lot of my older musician friends with punk roots say: you get into this space in your life where you feel like a weirdo, you're marginalised, you don't fit in... and then you can get up on stage in front of people who probably hate you.” PeopleFeelsHateStuffSpaceFansStageFrontsFitMusicianRootsPerformancesPopsGet UpPunkHate YouWeirdoStooges Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“People who are great thinkers, in science or in art, people who are great performers, have to have that kind of capacity. Without that kind of capacity, it's extremely difficult to manage a high level of performance because you're going to get a lot of extraneous material chipping away at the finery of your thinking or the finery of your motor execution.” PeopleThinkingKindArtDifficultLevelsMaterialsCapacityPerformancesManagePerformersThinkerExecutionMotorHigh LevelGreat ThinkersChipping Away Author:Antonio Damasio
“You're never in control. That - that is the greatest fallacy of the - you know, there's over 200 people that it requires to make a film. And there's people who are in control of how you look, what your performance is, what takes are used, what - you're only in control of how you say no.” PeopleKnowsLooksFilmUsedPerformancesFallacy Author:Sandra Bullock
“People who focus on 'getting better' goals (also known as Personal Bests) as opposed to performance goals have a much better chance of success.” PeopleGoalChanceKnownFocusPerformancesGet BetterInsightful Author:Jill Konrath
“People are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. I learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients to stay on track; the longer their lists of to-dos and goals, the more overwhelmed and off-track they got. Clarity comes with simplicity.” PeopleTryingLongRememberGoalLevelsPerformancesSimplicityTrackListsClarityCoachingClientsOverwhelmedAnd Off Author:Brendon Burchard
“When the brain isn't working properly and we don't understand how to calibrate the brain for optimal performance we are going to feel these doubts, fears and anxieties and most people when this happens they don't understand why and they let that paralyze them.” PeopleFeelsHappensBrainDoubtAnxietyPerformancesOptimal Author:John Assaraf
“A few people said to me on the UK tour 'that feeling you're feeling is natural. Everyone feels nerves. But, you've got to use that to your advantage. You've got to use that nervous energy and pull it into your performance’. And, I'd never thought of that before.” PeopleFeelsSaidUseFeelingsEnergyNaturalAdvantagePerformancesNervousNerves Author:Ladyhawke
“We have a man [Donald Trump] who judges people based on their performance regardless of your gender, race, your ethnic or religious background.” PeopleMenReligiousRaceJudgingTrumpPerformancesGenderBackgrounds Author:Chris Christie
“I learned from the Macarturos. I had never been at a table with a labor organizer and a playwright and a performance artist and an anthropologist and a human rights lawyer. Usually at most gatherings, it's all writers. But suddenly I was at a table with all these different people and I learned from each of them, learned from the work they're doing, learned new ways to solve my problems.” PeopleWayHumansDifferentProblemArtistRightsLaborPerformancesTablesHuman RightsSolveLawyerNew WaysGatheringDifferent PeoplesPlaywrightOrganizerAnthropologists Author:Sandra Cisneros
“While the World Cup is great every four years, I think people struggle to get themselves excited about qualifiers against the smaller nations. It will take some good performances from the national team to get the feel-good factor back, as far as the England team goes at least.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsYearsNationsStruggleFourTeamPerformancesEnglandExcitedFeel GoodFactorsCupsFour YearsWorld CupNational Team Author:Michael Owen
“I also think the more experienced you get as an actor, you start to hear the conversations about why people get cast and not cast, sometimes it's so arbitrary. They decided the moment you walked in the door. And there's nothing you could have done to sway them, even if you'd the greatest performance of all time.” PeopleIfsThinkingSometimesDoneMomentsActorsDoorsConversationDecidedPerformancesCastsAll TimeArbitrary Author:Gillian Jacobs
“I'm moved by us, our quirks and mistakes. I find inspiration in everything from a piece of art to the hem of a dress. I'm one of those people who sees Frank Zappa in a cup of coffee, or elephants wrestling in clouds. But also, conscious creation of all kinds moves me. And a divinely expressed performance in any genre sets me completely on fire.” PeopleKindArtInspirationMovingMistakeFirePiecesCreationConsciousPerformancesDressesMovedCloudsCoffeeAll KindsCupsGenreWrestlingFrankElephantsCoffee CupQuirksHemZappa Author:Idara Victor
“Don't be snarky, but don't be saccharine. Don't pander, but don't shut people out. Go straight down the line with the performance.” PeopleLinesPerformances Author:Jenny Slate
“Humor is more so. For this, there's definitely moments that I think, "I know this part is really funny and I want to see people laugh." And they do and you go, "Yesss." That's really satisfying, because I'm so proud of the performances in the movie and everybody worked so hard.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantHardMomentsLaughingProudPerformancesSatisfying Author:Ti West
“I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and seeing people watch this. He's so great. The bravado thing and the foolishness, he does them both so well. It's weird because he's so hateable in the movie, but in the end, you're also going, "I feel bad for him." That's hard to do. It's hard to do that to where you're like, "This guy's the worst, but I know why he's the worst, so it's a shame this is happening." That's the whole thing.” PeopleKnowsFeelsMindWellsDoeEndsHardWholeJoyGuyWatchesViolenceSeeingWorstHappeningsPerformancesShameValleysFoolishnessThis GuyBravado Author:Ti West
“I wanted to be a pro volleyball player, and I fell in love with performance and audience response. The pressure of performing and doing something that I love doing in front of people who were grateful to see it. That relationship sort of worked out to be acting and theatre.” PeopleWantedActingAudiencePlayerFrontsPerformancesPressureGratefulResponseTheatrePerformingVolleyballVolleyball Player Author:Dan Payne
“You know, you're doing the same show every day, and your inspiration, you have to look no further than the fact that you know people travel across the country to see you. In a lot of cases, this is that audience's only chance to see the thing, and so, that's what gets you up in the morning, and that's what gets you giving your best performance on stage, is the awareness that this audience is ready for it, and here to have an experience, and so in turn are you.” PeopleKnowsGivingLooksCountryFactsShowsInspirationTurnsChanceMorningCasesAudienceStageAwarenessReadyPerformancesBest Performance Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“You know the movie "Rashomon" from [Takeshi] Kurosawa, when all the people in the forest see something different? Each performance was like that.” PeopleKnowsDifferentPerformancesForestsKurosawa Author:Marina Abramovic
“My job is to try and present the most fully-rounded character that I can, and bring a performance that people believe in.” PeopleTryingBelieveI CanCharacterJobsPerformances Author:Dominic Monaghan
“All the rich people collect traditional Chinese art. So it's very natural for Chinese families to still see art as the highest human performance and send their children to this field.” PeopleHumansChildrenArtStillsNaturalRichFieldsHighestPerformancesTraditionalChineseRich PeopleChinese Art Author:Ai Weiwei
“In real life, I always look at people and how they walk, or how they carry themselves. I think about the body a lot, in performance.” PeopleThinkingLooksRealBodyWalksPerformancesReal Life Author:Molly Shannon
“It's part of my responsibility, as an actor who has been lucky enough to have this job, to take my job very seriously, show up on time, know my lines, and give the best performance that I can because I'm doing something that so many other people work very hard to have and never get.” PeopleKnowsGivingHas BeensI CanHardEnoughShowsJobsActorsLinesResponsibilityLuckyPerformancesBest Performance Author:Eric Stonestreet
“There are performances in which the people who have the best muscle skills and musical history may be on the stage, but it's not - like a Dead show is not like a usual sit-down performance; the audience does participate.” PeopleMayDoeShowsAudienceStageSkillsPerformancesMusicalMusclesUsual Author:Howard Rheingold
“That was an interesting thing I learned I think the first time I did a late night show or something. It was like, "Oh, this is for the camera and a performance that you're giving to the people at home."” PeopleThinkingGivingFirstsShowsHomeNightInterestingLateFirst TimePerformancesCamerasInteresting ThingsLate Night Author:John Mulaney
“If you emote in your performances, people feel connected to you as an emotional person, because that's how we communicate. That doesn't mean people know you. At a certain point, I think you have to just be your own self.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFeelsMeanPersonsSelfCertainEmotionalPerformancesCommunicateConnectedMean PeopleEmoteEmotional Person Author:Patricia Arquette
“The work is important and essential and I've had a therapist myself for decades and it's important work, but I knew that I wanted to work with people who are more functioning and that's when I decided to pursue my performance career full-time.” PeopleImportantWantedCareersEssentialsDecidedPerformancesDecadesPursueTherapistsImportant Work Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“People have mistaken my break, I took a break from competition, it was because of mental problems, and because I was not agreeing with Performance Enhancing Drugs. I put the things on pause for a while, but I didn't retire.” PeopleProblemBreakDrugPerformancesCompetitionRetiringPausesMistakenPerformance Enhancing Drugs Author:Georges St-Pierre
“Some people seem to have extreme natural wiring - a talent that seems to come out of nowhere. Like a music savant or prodigy. The uplifting news, though, is that many talented people don't have such natural wiring - but they forge a talent through thousands of hours of what's known as deliberate practice or deliberate performance.” PeopleSeemsHoursNaturalKnownPracticeTalentNewsPerformancesExtremesUpliftingDeliberateProdigiesWiringSavantsDeliberate Practice Author:Kevin Maney
“There's a big difference in doing a play or doing any project that not a lot of people see and then a project that you know everyone will see. There is more pressure, performance anxiety per se. And then when you do and what you love is really put to test.” PeopleKnowsPlayBigsDifferencesLove IsAnxietyProjectsTestsPerformancesPressureWhat You LovePerformance Anxiety Author:Viola Davis
“When I have a writing workshop, I like to have people that are anthropologists and people who are poking around in other fields, I like to have them all in the same workshop, and not worry about genre. I like to mix it up, because the kind of comments you can get from a fiction writer about your poetry are going to be very different than what you'll get from a poet. Or the comments you'll get from a filmmaker about your performance are going to be very different. My writing workshop is about mixing it up, cross-pollinating, not only in genres but in occupations.” PeopleWritingKindDifferentFictionWorryFieldsPoetCrossesPerformancesGenreFilmmakerOccupationCommentMixingWorkshopsFiction WritersAnthropologistsWriting WorkshopMixing It Up Author:Sandra Cisneros
“There are all kinds of things that can be done. You can change rhythms, you can change chords, you can change whole concepts. But it will only work, on a record or in a performance, if you can make the people buy it.” PeopleIfsKindDoneWholeRecordsConceptsPerformancesAll KindsRhythmChords Author:Nina Simone
“Sometimes you write passages that don't need to be rewritten. Performance is that for me. Improvisation, things that happen in the moment, are sometimes wonderful, or wonderful as a moment to be shared between performer and people, but that's it. There might be a strong bond between you and the people, a transformative night, but as a live record it might not translate.” PeopleNeedsWritingSometimesMomentsMightHappensNightStrongRecordsWonderfulPerformancesPerformersPassagesTranslateImprovisationStrong Bond Author:Patti Smith
“When I go onstage, I'm going to work ...I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it's like a romantic song or a happy song.” PeopleWantFeelsSongEmotionalConnectionsPerformancesGoing To WorkEmotional Connection Author:Boy George
“Brasil used to have - and still has, in some ways - a strong culture of showing off. And that's not only in sneakers and streetwear. People like to show how much their sneakers cost, usually by rocking performance models with visible technology, like Nike Shox, adidas Springblade and ASICS Noosa. It's like a status symbol for someone that wants to show to the world they "succeeded in life," no matter how rich they actually are.” PeopleWorldWayWantStillsMatterShowsUsedCultureStrongTechnologyRichCostModelsPerformancesSymbolsVisibleShowing OffSneakersNikeStatus SymbolAdidas Author:Ricardo Nunes
“I want to say it to so many people, 'why you have to be so serious?' And I also want people to think 'this kid has really gone crazy' when they see my performance on the stage. Luckily, I am able to achieve all of these.” PeopleThinkingWantKidsAbleGoneCrazyAchieveStageSeriousPerformancesGone Crazy Author:G-Dragon
“When someone says to me, do you do stand-up I say absolutely not. I like to think of it as a theatrical performance. With me the show changes maybe five to ten percent every night. Of course, whatever I see in front of me and sometimes I get on a little run about it and it changes the show. And my delivery is such that people who have seen me many times say Gee, I never heard that before. Actually, they have, but I might have changed it around.” PeopleThinkingLittlesSometimesShowsMightRunningNightCoursesFiveHeardFrontsChangedTenPercentPerformancesEvery NightTheatricalDelivery Author:Don Rickles
“People ask, 'Why would you cast yourself in your movie?' And, for me, it's more like an achievement that I am now not playing all the parts, you know? Like I was for so long, in all my performances and a lot of my short movies. So, that's where I'm coming from, not out of a kind of actress-y sense of myself. I mean, I don't really see myself as an actress, but more from performance: this is how you make something. You do it yourself. You're in it and you write it. I think I keep doing it that way, 'cause it's my way. It's what makes me feel like I know how to do it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayFeelsWritingKindMeanLongAsksCausesKnow HowAchievementPerformancesCastsActressesMy WayDo It Yourself Author:Miranda July
“The truth is, an actor's performance is the result of work by a lot more people than just the actor. When you see that character portrayed up on screen, there is the work certainly of the actor, but there's the work of the editor, there's the work of what the camera was doing. What the music was doing, all of the above.” PeopleCharacterActorsResultsTruth IsPerformancesCamerasScreensEditors Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“You can't just have a good voice. You need a great voice, song, performance and video. When people see you, it all has to match up. There's a lot of missing parts in R&B right now. That's why it's not selling right now. Things that are irresistible, people will pay for it.” PeopleNeedsSongVoicePayMissingRight NowPerformancesVideoSellingIrresistibleGreat Voice Author:Sean Garrett
“What you have to remember, when you get to the level of seeing 10,000 people a night, is that they've all paid to have a performance. I need to make sure that they get their money's worth. I don't want to be going on stage and saying, "I'm just going to try some stuff and if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter," because it does matter.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsTryingDoeMatterRememberNightStuffLevelsSeeingStagePerformancesPaidWorking ItRemember When Author:John Bishop
“It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity have succeeded in maintaining his standards for performance and professionalism.” PeopleStandardsPerformancesPopularityMaintainingCompetentEntertainersProfessionalism Author:Jon Landau
“Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksKindIdeasLastsSidesResultsEconomyFiveProductsListeningPerformancesInnovationFinancialFantasticFive YearsReactingPipelineLast Five YearsFinancial Results Author:Steve Ballmer