--- title: "9 Rehearsing Play Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Rehearsing Play quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Rehearsing Play sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/saoirse-ronan-7939_brooklyn_i-ve-been-dealing-with-so-much-press-for_3090588.jpg" --- > [I've been dealing with so much press for Brooklyn, and now I am rehearsing for a play, and it is hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saoirse-ronan/i-ve-been-dealing-with-so-much-press-for-brooklyn-and-now-i-am/) [Saoirse Ronan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saoirse-ronan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/saoirse-ronan-7939_brooklyn_i-ve-been-dealing-with-so-much-press-for_3090588.jpg) > [When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/when-i-am-rehearsing-for-a-play-i-try-to-read-nothing-that-might/) [Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/mercedes-mccambridge-13004_concentration_when-i-am-rehearsing-for-a-play-i-try-to_430946.png) > [While I am rehearsing a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/while-i-am-rehearsing-a-play-i-try-to-read-nothing-that-might/) [Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/mercedes-mccambridge-13004_actor_while-i-am-rehearsing-a-play-i-try-to-re_350389.png) > [“Did I just see you two getting into another tussle outside?” “No...we...were...rehearsing a play,” “Really? What‟s it called?” “Fight Club...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-l-j-shortt/did-i-just-see-you-two-getting-into-another-tussle-outside-no-we-were/) [S.L.J. Shortt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-l-j-shortt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/s-l-j-shortt-28373_fight-club_did-i-just-see-you-two-getting-into-anot_579389.jpg) > [Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-shaffer/rehearsing-a-play-is-making-the-word-flesh-publishing-a-play-is/) [Peter Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-shaffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/peter-shaffer-8949_actor_rehearsing-a-play-is-making-the-word-fle_3027776.jpg) > [Sightseeing was ... based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors had fled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/sightseeing-was-based-on-imaginative-invention-like-rehearsing-your/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/paul-theroux-913_actors_sightseeing-was-based-on-imaginative-inv_1032427.jpg) > [The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-driver/the-first-job-i-got-was-this-tv-job-in-this-show-called-the-unusuals/) [Adam Driver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-driver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/adam-driver-4852_another_the-first-job-i-got-was-this-tv-job-in-t_947428.jpg) > [When I am on set or rehearsing for the play, the only thing I can talk about is the work I'm doing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saoirse-ronan/when-i-am-on-set-or-rehearsing-for-the-play-the-only-thing-i-can-talk/) [Saoirse Ronan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saoirse-ronan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/saoirse-ronan-7939_home_when-i-am-on-set-or-rehearsing-for-the-p_370070.jpg) > [On indies it's hard to do, but in rehearsals, you make mistakes in rehearsal. It's really hard rehearsing a play or what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-daniels/on-indies-it-s-hard-to-do-but-in-rehearsals-you-make-mistakes-in/) [Jeff Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-daniels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/jeff-daniels-12465_actors_on-indies-it-s-hard-to-do-but-in-rehears_814269.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rehearsing-play/#itemlist", "name": "Rehearsing Play Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've been dealing with so much press for Brooklyn, and now I am rehearsing for a play, and it is hard.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Saoirse Ronan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saoirse-ronan/i-ve-been-dealing-with-so-much-press-for-brooklyn-and-now-i-am/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/saoirse-ronan-7939_brooklyn_i-ve-been-dealing-with-so-much-press-for_3090588.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/saoirse-ronan-7939_brooklyn_i-ve-been-dealing-with-so-much-press-for_3090588.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/saoirse-ronan-7939_brooklyn_i-ve-been-dealing-with-so-much-press-for_3090588.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've been dealing with so much press for Brooklyn, and now I am rehearsing for a play, and it is hard.” — Saoirse Ronan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mercedes McCambridge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/when-i-am-rehearsing-for-a-play-i-try-to-read-nothing-that-might/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/mercedes-mccambridge-13004_concentration_when-i-am-rehearsing-for-a-play-i-try-to_430946.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/mercedes-mccambridge-13004_concentration_when-i-am-rehearsing-for-a-play-i-try-to_430946.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/mercedes-mccambridge-13004_concentration_when-i-am-rehearsing-for-a-play-i-try-to_430946.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in…” — Mercedes McCambridge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "While I am rehearsing a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mercedes McCambridge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/while-i-am-rehearsing-a-play-i-try-to-read-nothing-that-might/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/mercedes-mccambridge-13004_actor_while-i-am-rehearsing-a-play-i-try-to-re_350389.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/mercedes-mccambridge-13004_actor_while-i-am-rehearsing-a-play-i-try-to-re_350389.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/mercedes-mccambridge-13004_actor_while-i-am-rehearsing-a-play-i-try-to-re_350389.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“While I am rehearsing a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in…” — Mercedes McCambridge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Did I just see you two getting into another tussle outside?” “No...we...were...rehearsing a play,” “Really? 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