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So much of performing is a mind game.

I was really beating myself up about performances and how I looked and this and that.

Even if you see a great performance, it's not always great getting there. There are injuries... Intrinsically or unconsciously, people understand that - people see those performances, and they know there are stories behind that.

After the 'Last Waltz' concert, it just seemed very healthy to me to put making a record as far out of my mind as I possibly could.

I feel like with every performance that I see, I get better because I've always thought - while I'm watching people perform - of what I would do.

Let your performance do the thinking.

'Performance' gave me doubts about my way of life. Before that, I had been completely involved in the more bawdy side of the film business. But after that, everything changed.

The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.