"I've done scenes in films that I felt like the performance was better in certain takes, but they couldn't use them because it didn't match what the person was doing when they came around and the camera was on them."

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"I've done scenes in films that I felt like the performance was better in certain takes, but they couldn't use them because it didn't match what the person was doing when they came around and the camera was on them."

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"It never hurts a fool to appear before anaudience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

Performance, Audience, Fear, Exposure

"I attended a symposium to hear Shilagh Mirgain, Ph.D. speak on Mindful Leadership. Throughout her program, I made sure to make eye contact and smile to support, affirm, and engage with her presentation. When audience members do this for me, it adds an extra punch of dynamic energy that enriches my presentations and improves my performance."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Performance, Engagement, Power, Inspirational, Wisdom

"Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

Performance, Promise

"He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

Performance, Promise

"I was the worst extra, I was 'that' guy. I was the guy on the phone trying to get the Oscar for best extra - for best background performance."

Jon Favreau, American Actor

Performance, Trying

"The place trembled with sound. I didn't need to do anything. They would do it all. But you had to be careful. Drunk as they were they could immediately detect any false gesture, any false word. You could never underestimate an audience. They had paid to get in; they had paid for drinks; they intended to get something and if you didn't give it to them they'd run you right into the ocean."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Performance, Audience, Deception, Truth

"I say this quite deliberately, this is the finest Shakespearean performance I've seen."

Donald Wolfit, English Actor

Performance,

"Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious."

Georg Simmel, German Sociologist

Performance, Mankind, Personality

"Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears."

Dennis Eckersley, American Athlete

Performance, Tears

"I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone."

Maggie Smith, British Actress

Performance, Theatre

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"Film is a very intimate medium."

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"By the time I could have played football, I was already into acting and that's what I wanted to do."

Time, Acting, Football

"I've always tried to not let movie, television or theatre be all that my life is about. I've always tried to get involved in the community or my family now I have kids."

Family, Life, Community, Kids

"No matter how many people tell you, Save your money, when you've got a series, you never do. Somehow it doesn't seem important. Maybe it's because you've been without money for so long as an actor."

Money, People

"With Sean Penn, he wants to be surprised. He doesn't necessarily want what he's written, although we'll do what he's written. He likes the danger of acting."

Acting, Danger, Want

"I've done scenes in films that I felt like the performance was better in certain takes, but they couldn't use them because it didn't match what the person was doing when they came around and the camera was on them."

Performance,

"I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people."

People, Being, Talk

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"It never hurts a fool to appear before anaudience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling."

"Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it."

"He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it."

"I was the worst extra, I was 'that' guy. I was the guy on the phone trying to get the Oscar for best extra - for best background performance."

"I say this quite deliberately, this is the finest Shakespearean performance I've seen."

"Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious."

"Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears."

"I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone."

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"Film is a very intimate medium."

"By the time I could have played football, I was already into acting and that's what I wanted to do."

"I've always tried to not let movie, television or theatre be all that my life is about. I've always tried to get involved in the community or my family now I have kids."

"No matter how many people tell you, Save your money, when you've got a series, you never do. Somehow it doesn't seem important. Maybe it's because you've been without money for so long as an actor."

"I was stuck as a Boomer type in a lot of people's minds."

"I will be always grateful to NBC."

"I have a DVD player and I have DVDs, and I have no time to watch any of them."

"With Sean Penn, he wants to be surprised. He doesn't necessarily want what he's written, although we'll do what he's written. He likes the danger of acting."

"I've done scenes in films that I felt like the performance was better in certain takes, but they couldn't use them because it didn't match what the person was doing when they came around and the camera was on them."

"I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people."