Rehearsing Quotes · Page 2

I had the kid [on "Fences" ] who understudied me so I could stand back and think about shots so he had…

— Denzel Washington

Being on a film set is like being in tech forever. In theater, when you finally finish rehearsing, you go onstage and…

— Tony Kushner

The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,'…

— Adam Driver

I've been on the road for so long that it's a part of my being. Even after all these years, I love…

— Slash

My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were rehearsing. I remember that it reminded me…

— Leonard Slatkin

Sightseeing was ... based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors had fled.

— Paul Theroux

I think if you're doing a play, you're rehearsing enough that you get to a point where it's freeing again. But in…

— Geena Davis

[Billy Bob Conroy role] that was a favor. Actually, the lady who cast Night Court asked me to do it, because it…

— Brent Spiner

When you're doing a play that's fully produced, you have the benefit of rehearsing for four or five weeks, so you really…

— Carrie Preston

Not judginess, but openness and curiosity are our proper business. I'm still trying to educate myself. I don't think you need to…

— John Updike

You have moments where you do appearances and people recognize you and you get fan letters, but that's after you've put in…

— Ken Osmond

It was the most pleasurable thing I've ever done, playing this character, and I just remember feeling so at home and so…

— Jenna Elfman

I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't.

— Viggo Mortensen

A play is much easier to maintain your personal life with because if you're rehearsing, you're working like from 11 to 6…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing. We'd go through the script together, rehearsing it…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Too much horsing around with unrealistic stances and classic forms and rituals is just too artificial and mechanical, and doesn't really prepare…

— Bruce Lee

Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And…

— Maurice Gibb

Worship is not music. We can certainly worship Him without musicians and without a song. And by the way, God does not…

— Steven Rice

At that time, I was signed to Columbia Records as an Independent Producer. I spent many weeks forming, auditioning, rehearsing and recording…

— Jim Messina

I was 21, and rehearsing a play, took a fall and was in a coma for a few days. And when I…

— Bill Pullman

I always feel like I'm rehearsing. I'm a workaholic. But youve got to let go and trust and enjoy! I'm a real…

— Nicole Scherzinger

People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it…

— Randeep Hooda

My current project is my band, Population 1. We are writing, rehearsing and playing in Los Angeles.

— Nuno Bettencourt

An actress reading a part for the first time tries many ways to say the same line before she settles into the…

— Stella Chess

Beethoven and Wagner for many years wrung our hearts. But now we are sated with them and derive much greater pleasure from…

— Luigi Russolo