Performance Awareness Quotes

It's important for an actor to feel like they're really being watched and to receive feedback and encouragement about the aspects of what they're doing that feels truthful - and also to raise awareness when they might be resorting to habits and tricks, which every actor has.

When I was doing 'All in the Family,' half the time, I was looking at where the cameras were, where were the other actors in the scene, what the audience was doing.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

Leadership Is Performance. You Have To Be Conscious Of Your Behavior, Because Everyone Else Is.

I tell young singers not to listen to themselves. What I hear is not what you hear.

During a game, sometimes you don't know how much you've scored.

I think I've always had that bird's-eye view of myself. I think it's an actor trait... Sometimes it's best just to get lost out there, but other times you have to be aware of where the light's hitting you.

Onstage, even though you're here together with the other actor, face-to-face, playing out the scene, you also have that other ear pointed out toward the audience and how they're listening. That informs a lot.

Most of the great practitioners of the art of acting know exactly what they're doing; even in the best, most successful moments, when they let go of the awareness of what they are doing, they still, somewhere deep inside their body, know what they're doing. There is a craft.

Sometimes you forget where the heck you are but when you get on stage, you know by the look on the people's faces and the accent in their voices where you might be.

I didn't drop into the mannerisms of another version of the character, but I guess I was pretty alert to that.

Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part.