Performances Quotes

That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances.

I've mainly been in dramas, so this is one of my first comedy kind of performances in Cecil B. Demented.

The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many venues now and there is a completely new public for opera that's grown up outside of the traditional core opera public.

For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.

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.

But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.

We have to have great pitching performances from our guys, and we have to take it from there.

You know. I'll try anything. I'll do anything. I'll explore. Try different takes. All that kind of stuff to do sometimes, to do good performances, but always conducive to having a good time creatively.

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

I think 'SNL' is so well-known for its musical performances, as well, and people really breaking into America through a really great performance on there. So I think me and Gotye are both really excited to be amongst such company. You know, it's great.

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.

You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theater because it is an unmerciful life. It's six days a week. It's eight performances a week. And that's doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.

I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances.

I really would love to do a piece like Julia Roberts or Charlize Theron in 'Erin Brockovich' or 'North Country.' They were both so amazing and so inspiring. I would love to touch someone in the way their performances touched me.

Yes, I get a report from BMI about the frequency of performances, and it is very surprising. They played one of my most advanced pieces, and one of my most unusual ones on the radio.

Two, I actually learned a lot of things that served me very well when it came to repeating performances on stage, because it is a craft and you do need a technique for it.

I wasn't one of those hideous children who make their parents sit through hour-long performances when you're seven. I didn't do anything like that thankfully.

If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.

I look forward to putting out the new CD and doing the television performances to show everyone that B. Brown is back. In fact, I never left.

A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.

The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws.

A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances.

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.

It's been an amazing year of individual performances.

I don't see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it's unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances of a great deal of other music.

Truly what the Emmys are about are the machine behind them, and Oscars are the same way, where if you have a big enough machine behind you, you get nominated, because truly how many of the best performances actually win...not many.

Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.

The Parent Trap wouldn't have been as special without the remarkable performances by Hayley Mills.

I'm kind of intimidated by the big screen - I often keep my performances much smaller and much more natural and subtle.

There are two or three performances in your life that are absolutely on, where all the planets are lined up for you and you feel you're invincible.