“The theater is a baffling business, and a shockingly wasteful one when you consider that people who have proven their worth, who have appeared in or been responsible for successful plays, who have given outstanding performances, can still, in the full tide of their energy, be forced, through lack of opportunity, to sit idle season after season, their enthusiasm, their morale, their very talent dwindling to slow gray death. Of finances we will not even speak; it is too sad a tale.” PeopleStillsPlayActorsOpportunityEnergySpeakGivenActingSuccessfulTalentPerformancesSeasonsTheaterResponsibleTalesFinanceEnthusiasmGrayTidesIdleProvenWagesOutstandingMoraleOutstanding Performance Book:Past imperfect Source: Past imperfect
“Thankfully, the meat of the Tony telecast is the performances from the shows, so the awards show kind of creates itself around the season, and then I fill in based on the vibe of the season in general. I'm happy that there'll be so many legitimately good performances on the show.” KindShowsPerformancesSeasonsMeatAwardsAward Shows Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“Every season I teach zombie school. The casting people in Georgia look for like 200 new recruits. They come in in groups of 20, and I audition them and grade them based on their look and their performance ability.” PeopleLooksSchoolAbilityTeachGroupsPerformancesSeasonsGradesAuditionsCastingZombieGeorgiaRecruit Author:Gregory Nicotero
“Every day I remind myself of all that I have been given... With singing, you never know when you are going to lose the voice, and that makes you appreciate the time that you have when you are still singing well. I am always thanking God for another season, another month, another performance.” KnowsWellsHas BeensStillsGivenVoiceLosesMonthsSingingAppreciatePerformancesSeasonsThank God Author:Anita O'Day
“I don't really like to arrange shows by best performances. That's why Emmy season is kind of a chore for me. Unlike movies, where it's easier to decide who was the best performance, a TV show goes up and down, including characters/portrayals.” KindCharacterShowsTvsEasierPerformancesSeasonsIncludingTv ShowsUp And DownChoresEmmysPortrayalBest Performance Author:Hank Stuever
“I was trying so hard. I would memorize the entire script, then I'd be lipping everybody's lines while they were talking. When I watch those episodes, it's disgusting. My performances were horrible.” TryingFirstsHardLinesTalkingWatchesAirPerformancesSeasonsScriptsHorribleDisgustingEpisodesTrying So HardFresh PrinceFresh Prince Of Bel Air Author:Will Smith
“The hunting season is sacred. It's been sacred in my life since birth. I've never missed a hunting season in 64 years. It's my calling, it's what I am, it's how I was designed, it's what inspires, fascinates, satisfies, and drives my quality of life. And I know that it brings me such joy, and it does such a critical and essential performance for nature and for the environment, that I am dedicated and have been for over 40 years to promoting and celebrating that. I never defend it. I always promote and celebrate it.” KnowsYearsDoeHas BeensJoyQualityEnvironmentInspireBirthCallingEssentialsPerformancesSeasonsSacredCriticalCelebrateDedicatedHuntingPromotingQuality Of LifeHunting Season Author:Ted Nugent
“In Ohio seasons are theatrical. Each one enters like a prima donna, convinced its performance is the reason the world has people in it.” PeopleWorldReasonPerformancesSeasonsConvincedTheatricalOhioPrima Donnas Author:Toni Morrison
“Cast not away your confidence because God defers his performances. That which does not come in your time, will be hastened in his time, which is always the more convenient season. God will work when he pleases, how he pleases, and by what means he pleases. He is not bound to keep our time, but he will perform his work, honor our faith, and reward them that diligently seek him.” MeanDoeHonorPleasePerformancesSeasonsRewardsBoundsCastsGods WillOur TimeConvenient Author:Matthew Henry
“Ballet dancers are a self-chosen elite. To survive and surmount years of disciplinary preparation and seasons of even more arduous performance requires rigid determination and almost mindless self-abnegation. One other factor is difficult to predetermine: without a certain admixture of hysteria - sometimes masking as self-obsession, sometimes even counterfeiting incipient madness - performers, at once acrobats, artists, and animals, make little public impression.” YearsLittlesSelfSometimesArtistCertainDifficultAnimalDeterminationPerformancesSeasonsMadnessDanceImpressionChosenObsessionFactorsPreparationDancerPerformersBalletElitesHysteriaMindlessBallet DancerSelf ObsessionAbnegation Book:Four Centuries of Ballet: Fifty Masterworks Source: Four Centuries of Ballet: Fifty Masterworks
“In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful "whether morals can exist without it," but by asserting that without religion morals are the effects of causes as purely physical as pleasant breezes and fruitful seasons.” MayReligionCausesMoralEffectsMoralityPerformancesSeasonsFoundationLaysLeavingPleasantBreezeDoubtful Book:Letters: 1793-1813 Source: Letters: 1793-1813
“Layering and changeability: this is the key, the combination that is worked into most of my buildings. Occupying one of these buildings is like sailing a yacht; you modify and manipulate its form and skin according to seasonal conditions and natural elements, and work with these to maximize the performance of the building.” FormNatureNaturalConditionsBuildingKeysElementsSkinsPerformancesSeasonsEnvironmentalArchitectureCombinationManipulationOccupationLayersSailingManipulateModificationYachtMaximizingModifyingNatural ElementsBuilt Environment Author:Glenn Murcutt
“When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I dont have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season, which is like making 12 movies.” FilmHoursWorryProducePerformancesSeasonsScriptsGrantedBoredMovie Author:Kiefer Sutherland