#perform

There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac,' and that didn't perform that well. ↗

— Chloe Sevigny

#certain #done #haven #how #i

The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what's given back to me by the audience. You would think you would be a performer partly so you could feel all the appreciation or adulation, but I haven't quite managed that yet. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#appreciation #audience #back #comprehend #could

A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#athlete #competition #done #even #good

When all the performances are excellent, critics understand it's the direction. ↗

— Joel Siegel

#direction #excellent #performances #understand

Lock it out so you can perform your movement, disarm, or technique. ↗

— Burton Richardson

#lock #movement #out #perform #technique

And I'm not a personality; otherwise I'd be coming out with an album, performing on MTV. All that stuff is possible and I can do that tomorrow. I just have no need. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#coming #i #i can #just #mtv

In my whole career, in fact, I can remember only two first nights when a show was at its peak on the first night. And I just wish we could devise a system where critics came not on a single evening but were given a choice of performances to attend. ↗

— Richard McCabe

#came #career #choice #could #critics

It is strange how your understanding of a play changes. It normally happens after a performance and you suddenly think, 'So that's what that line really means' - it's like a light going on. ↗

— Richard McCabe

#changes #going #happens #how #light

I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#believe #director #end #enjoyable #fast

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#difficult #easy #many #performance #prove