Performance Requirements Quotes

Many musicians will say they don't care about the money yet they must commit themselves to appear at given times and places, and to produce what sells, whether they believe in it or not. It depends on contracts.

It's easier to collaborate with instrumentalists than singers; they know exactly the sound that I need.

I prefer exiting from projects that don't meet certain conditions, which primarily have to do with the script. When I'm disturbed, I can't act. I'm no use as a non-actor, right?

So we are pretty convinced we don't want to play huge stadiums unless we can play them well.

It's a different kind of acting, this 'Law & Order' thing. They want two partners who can play off each other well and are fun to watch, but depth of character is not necessary in this job. Too much character gets in the way of the story. This is a very specific gig.

I did shows for a while without a rider, actually, because nobody tells you that it comes out of your fee.

The players who play have to perform. If they don't, then they will be replaced. That has always been the case.

I don't think actors should have to do anything but come in and act.

Either a player accepts competition or they say they absolutely need to play. For a player to have an open door, I have to have, at the same position, an element that is just as good or even better.

It's one thing to sit back and say, 'Hey let's play a club, that will be great,' but then you get there and say, 'Hey wait, this is the dressing room? Where's my dressing room?'

If you go too small, you can't get the performance you need out of the small little parts. And if you go too big, the puppet gets difficult to move, because it's too heavy, and there's too much material, and it becomes this exercise in just moving these massive parts around. So there is a natural scale that makes sense for stop-motion.