#performance

I try to stay out of the spotlight as much as humanly possible, because I think that when actors, whether or not they've chosen it or it has been thrust upon them, are living very public lives, it affects your ability to get lost in their performances. ↗

— Anne Hathaway

#affects #because #been #chosen #get

I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do. ↗

— John Hawkes

#crucible #guthrie #high #high school #i

I think we raised about 20,000 pounds. There was a live performance thing so we thought we'd donate the equipment for an online charity in Britain. I hated to part with my guitar, but it was for such a great cause. ↗

— Dan Hawkins

#britain #cause #charity #donate #equipment

Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#artist #brilliance #danger #death #degree

I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself. ↗

— Damon Hill

#critical #even #i #i am #keel

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

— Ernest Holmes

#freedom #intelligent #laws #lies #mysteries

Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get performance anxiety, so when I'm on tour it can be hard to sleep. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#anxiety #anxious #any #anywhere #generally

If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first minute. That first minute is crucial. ↗

— Allan Carr

#audience #crucial #first #go #lose

Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest of our news. ↗

— John le Carre

#better #between #contemptuous #demonstrated #digest

Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption. ↗

— Phil Collins

#assumption #been #bothered #each #i