Quotes about Performance

I am not a comedian, I am an actor.

A Canadian comedian once told me that when you first go out there to imagine that you're actually just going back out for the encore, that all the clapping is because they've already seen you do your thing and they want to see more. You can train your mind to do anything.

I'm away about six months of the year, competing here in the U.K. or in training camps in Arizona, Ethiopia, the Pyrenees.

Competition brings out the best in everybody.

I just have to play my best game. Not think about anything else - that is the only concern I have and that we should all have.

When you're shooting concert scenes in films, we try to bring in, where appropriate, as much of a sense of live performance as possible.

You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well. It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them.

It's really important for me to look good before a race. I definitely think if I feel I look good, it makes me feel more confident.

As a 17-year-old kid, people put you on this podium, and it seems like you're just a source of entertainment for people. I felt like I was swimming for other people and they'd never be satisfied.

Reverse swing is a great asset if it happens.

Western classical music is participative. Look at the number of people who are involved in a symphony.

Before Jesus, it was all about earning and meriting and performing, and Paul knew that would eat us all alive—as it has.