Paddy McGuinness Quotes

Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically.

So much of performing is a mind game.

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

There are so many factors that go into how you feel, as a performer, on any given movie, that it's really hard to identify which things are the things that help you be good, and which are the things that hinder you.

So much of performing is a mind game. You're memorizing thousands of notes, and if you start thinking about it in the wrong way, everything can blow up in your face.

Whenever you go into an audition, you have to be as prepared as possible.

All I have to concentrate on is my performing.

People think memorizing lines is hard, when that's the last thing you worry about. You get that done, and then you've got to worry about the internal stuff, which is the challenging part.

There are a million ways of arriving at a performance, any number of them solid.

In the past, I've done some covering. My first show in New York, I covered three guys in 'Jersey Boys.' I think it was always something that was helpful for keeping my head on straight.

I never don't know my lines. I never take the audition pages into the room. I end up relying on them or looking at them too much, and it makes me feel unprepared, so I always learn my lines without fail.

Everybody that has a measurement, whether it's in teaching or whether it's in your job, you're always worried how you will be measured.

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.

The important thing with memorising a part is not to force it. Sometimes when you're rehearsing, you'll think it's not going in, but it is. On stage, you have to trust that the lines are there, because they are. The real challenge is to relax.

If there's competition in training, then the training is intense, and then you have the pressure of a weekend that if you don't put in good performances, then your place is maybe up for grabs.

I have to go out and perform.

When I read out loud in class, it was a joy for everyone else because I would mispronounce things so badly. I used to try to count how many people were in front of me and then work out which paragraph I would have to read out and start trying to learn it. And I would sit there thinking, 'Please let the bell go so that it doesn't get round to me.'

I know that part of my success on stage is due to the fact that I've kept myself together.

The toughest thing for me is doing on-camera stuff as a comedian.

Preparing for a stunt is like training for a sporting event.

On 'The Chase,' I don't know what questions are going to appear, so they deliberately try and catch me out.

I find doing emotional scenes very tough, it is very challenging for me.

Sometimes I might be sleepy, and sometimes I've literally been sleeping backstage, woken up, gone straight on stage or gone crazy. It's not like I psyche myself; I don't do any of that.

I always knew I wanted to be a performance artist.

I'm still nervous every time I act. I'm not when I'm doing stunts.