Enhancing Performance Quotes

I like to give the actors freedom to take what we have on the page and improve on it. And they do that quite a bit.

I want to keep improving, continue to help my teammates improve, make my teammates look good. Continue bringing something new to the game, never getting completely content and always trying to get better.

Efficiency is doing better what is already being done.

You really wanna up your game when you're around Donald Trump and do your best for him.

My job is to make the players I'm playing with better. I'm going to be the cat that does a lof of the ‘other things.'

I always love when everybody else is really bringing their game, because it's only going to make the movie better; it just makes you work harder and they work harder and everybody is trying to get their little bit in. It's competitive in a constructive way.

It doesn't matter what product or service you're offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

It's not enough to shelve your own competitive streak. You have to try, consciously, to help others succeed. Some people feel this is like shooting themselves in the foot - why aid someone else in creating a competitive advantage? I don't look at it that way. Helping someone else look good doesn't make me look worse. In fact, it often improves my own performance, particularly in stressful situations.

I make the game easy. Double and triple me, I'll kick it out to you for a wide-open shot. I'll add years to your career.

You can always improve your bench and relief pitching.

By making yourself better, that's how you make your team better.

Being an accompanist is very selfless in many ways because you're really just trying to elevate the singer and help them shine, ultimately.

If you give the actors a problem 'I'm not getting something out of the scene' and it's the writing, we just don't have the scene, if you give them the problem and just give them some key thoughts they can bring some great solutions to the equation too. So if it's just not perfect, or I'm not getting all I can, I'll open it up to them and say let's talk about it.

I just want better competition the more I step up.

It really is a pleasure to work with someone who you admire. Whatever you do in front of the camera, and I don't know what it is, but actors have this thing that you recognize someone that makes you better. When you do that, it's a great feeling.

It makes you a better player when you're around better competition. If you pay attention, you can learn something.

Do not believe that it is very much of an advance to do the unnecessary three times as fast.

You gotta use a player's strength.

New faces, maybe perking up the squad and giving you another arrow to your bow - that can be a help.

The great thing about revision is that it's your opportunity to fake being brilliant.

I always want another actor to shine in my scene because it makes the film stronger. I would encourage people to scene steal, because filmmaking is a collaborative effort.