1288 Performance Quotes for You to Enjoy

Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film. Mel Torme

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I enjoy theatre tremendously, and there's nothing like a live performance. Melanie Rawn

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America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances. Meryl Streep

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I'm a role model as a footballer and not as a politician. I want to see myself as a footballer. People respect me for my performances. That's why they support me, and I'm very thankful for that. But I'm not a politician. Mesut Ozil

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Banks need to have large shareholders on the board that have a direct interest in their performance. Mian Muhammad Mansha

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To me, 'Educating Rita' is the most perfect performance I could give of a character who was as far away from me as you could possibly get and of all the films I have ever been in, I think it may be the one I am most proud of. Michael Caine

I really didn't realise until I got back the work that goes into a performance. You're like an athlete - if you haven't been practising things tighten up. I had to do a lot of practice work, but I got through it. Even when I was 21 I would have a 40-minute nap on the day of a show, and I will still do that. Michael Crawford

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Directing talent is very nebulous. You know, it's not in front of you like an actor's performance. Michael Douglas

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There were times when I thought I had to be completely off-book and ready to give my opening night performance at the audition, but then I swung back to a more relaxed view of it. Certainly you've looked at the material and prepared it, but there's no reason to be off-book. You're not getting points for being off-book. Michael Emerson

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Over the years, I think, people - actors, writers, whatever - lose their frame of reference. Their frame of reference is based on somebody else who did this or did that. Performances. So it just becomes a reflection of what already works. Like a warm-up. And that's an invitation to be inauthentic. Michael Keaton

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I've made movies that are real boy movies - but I've had so much fun over the years working with women and getting good performances with women and with strong female characters. Michael Lehmann

Properly targeted public investment can do much to boost economic performance, generating aggregate demand quickly, fueling productivity growth by improving human capital, encouraging technological innovation, and spurring private-sector investment by increasing returns. Michael Spence

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Music is a performance and needs the audience. Michael Tippett

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Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance. Michael Tippett

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It was more freeing, mainly because he's so free anyway. He just is in his performance. So to mimic someone doing a free performance, well, that's pretty freeing within itself. Michael Welch

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I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say 'cut' you have 10 people jumping on them and everybody's trying to do a great job, and they do, but sometimes they forget that the more important thing is the performance, creating the performance. Michel Gondry

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The best piece of advice my father gave me was to always work hard. One thing he instilled: Proper preparation prevents poor performances. Michelle Carter

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Hollywood versions of watershed moments in American history are generally high-minded shlock. 'JFK,' 'The People vs. Larry Flynt,' even 'Lincoln': all of these boast excellent performances in scripts that are ultimately very conventional, even conservative. Michelle Dean

I can't say this enough - the food that you put into your bodies can actually help you get better grades. And it can also affect your performance in sports and other activities too. You see, when you give your body the best possible fuel, you have more energy, you're stronger, you think more quickly. Michelle Obama

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Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done. Michelle Shocked

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Winning an Oscar ain't about performance. There's a lot of politics involved. Mickey Rourke

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When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance. Mike Krzyzewski

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