#performance

What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line. ↗

— Earle Brown

#good #hands #head #lies #line

An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise. ↗

— Kate Smith

#controversy #entertainer #himself #his #keep

In other words, unlike some people with new theories, we will go out, we'll go into a school and we get products and the products are evaluated, whether it's by teachers or others. The scores are quantified and then we compare performances. ↗

— Robert Sternberg

#evaluated #get #go #in other words #into

Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance. ↗

— Gloria Stuart

#call #claude #himself #his #involved

Given Mr. Obama's lack of experience as an executive, and his past performance in crises such as the oil spill, it is reasonable for those of us who support the effort in Afghanistan to worry that he will not be up to the job. ↗

— Jim Talent

#crises #effort #executive #experience #given

The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else's performances. ↗

— Jeffrey Tambor

#else #emmy #ensemble #everyone #howling

Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show. ↗

— Major Taylor

#cardinal #characters #clean #clean living #greatest

Restoration I did because I really loved e novel and I like Michael Hoffman, who directed it, but it wasn't a really challenging part for me. I'm not critical of the film: I just don't think I gave a very interesting performance. ↗

— David Thewlis

#challenging #critical #did #directed #film

But I would say maybe just from an actress's perspective, probably 'Woman Under the Influence' is the best movie of all time. The style of filmmaking and the performances... you don't feel like you're watching a film. ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

#best #feel #film #filmmaking #i

I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited. ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

#any #because #being #doing #dream