Erik Griffin Quotes
I think the best compliment you can receive is not, 'Oh, that was really funny,' but, 'Is that the first time you said that?' It's something that you've said a thousand times, but if somebody says to you, 'Oh my God, is that the first time you've done that?' you know that performance was where you wanted it.
Quotes to Explore
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.
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The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes.
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What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.
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While I deeply admire actors who deeply prepare, it's just not something I do.
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I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the language and the behavior. It's all a tour-de-force performance.
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Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected.
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There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something wonderful about being secure.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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I'm somebody who plays the piano... sometimes.
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I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.
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For nighttime or for an event, I'm all about the nice heel. Something that's still walkable but definitely very elegant.
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I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?
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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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I blog because I have something to say.
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Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.
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Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.
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If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.
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Whereas fiction is a continual discovery of what one wants to say, what one feels, what one means, and is, in that sense, a performance art, biography requires different skills - research and organization.
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I'm very much a fan of having something tactile you can hold.
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If children are given some real content, they can feel powerful with their own understanding of it. I think a movie like 'Indian in the Cupboard' will instruct them how to proceed as people. They can think about whether they would have done something the way a character did, how they would have felt about an event in the story.
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Being critical is not something I like to do. I like to appreciate and inspire.
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Marriage happens; it can't be planned. When it has to happen, it will happen. Normally, what we always believe is that however prepared you are, if it's not meant to happen, it won't. And however much we have not planned, it will still happen if it's destined.
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There were cool bug spider monsters and fire and blood and guts - what's not to like?
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I think the best compliment you can receive is not, 'Oh, that was really funny,' but, 'Is that the first time you said that?' It's something that you've said a thousand times, but if somebody says to you, 'Oh my God, is that the first time you've done that?' you know that performance was where you wanted it.
