#performance

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#cast #direct #directors #forget #performance

There's a tendency for the yen to strengthen because it's rated highly, but I don't think that accurately reflects Japan's economic performance. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#because #economic #highly #i #japan

I try not to have actors in mind when I write because the tendency then is to be influenced by either their last performance or your favourite of their performances. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#either #favourite #i #i write #influenced

It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he is and what he's doing, but his mind is on the playing of the instrument with an internal sense of rightness. ↗

— Arnold Palmer

#aware #doing #great #his #instrument

Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#good #good actors #great #great people #how

I always see things that I can improve. But frankly with Stripes, I'm surprised at how effective it is, even today, and how vibrant that movie is and how juicy the performances all are. ↗

— Ivan Reitman

#effective #even #frankly #how #i

To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance. ↗

— Keith Richards

#area #brilliant #could #each #exciting

I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

#gone #i #live #live performances #months

Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would have to be that the companies are stronger financially, that they took market share, and they are on a very steady footing in terms of their performance. ↗

— Kevin Rollins

#companies #criteria #determine #financially #footing

I got into the studio when I was thirteen. At the age of twelve I was doing public performances. ↗

— Chingy

#doing #got #i #into #performances