Virtuoso Quotes

I`m a virtuoso in my job in that there`s not an actor I can`t go into a scene with and be absolutely confident that, whatever is required of my character, I can do it.

Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can`t become a virtuoso in both.

The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something dangerous will happen.

It was a really interesting time in New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and the music scene was really, really interesting because you didn`t have to be a virtuoso to make music, it was more about your desire to express things.

When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any other human activity involving machinery allows.