Acting Quote by Jason Bateman Download Open image “Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.” — Jason Bateman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Conductor Orchestra Violin
I'm a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you're a director, you're the conductor of the orchestra, and… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin. — Patrice Leconte Copy Share Image
The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure. — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
The conductor must make it possible to eliminate himself in the music. If the orchestra feels him doing that, then everything will go well. — Giuseppe Sinopoli Copy Share Image
Music runs through everything I do - I even think musically; even when I was acting, but, especially, when I am directing. Directing is… — Robby Benson Copy Share Image
The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger… — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
“A dean is the conductor of an orchestra made up entirely of composers.” — Mark William Roche Copy Share Image
A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that, things have… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
Actors always want to be musicians, and musicians want to be actors — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
I never looked at fan mail, for some reason. My mother and grandmother handled my mail - although it's not like I was ever… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
If I'm enjoying something, I'd like to be able to just have it all. Frankly, that's the way I'm approaching my career now. I'm… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
It takes some intelligence and insight to figure out you're gay and then a tremendous amount of balls to live it and live it… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
When Buster was cursing at all of us and there was a big, long bleep-out. Tony Hale is a man of God; he doesn't… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
When you know your mom and dad are doing things that are not idyllic, as far as your desire to defer to a parental… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
As an actor, you only get to work 15 minutes an hour; as a director you're fully immersed. It's incredibly more complex and challenging… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated. And there's so much more responsibility… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people. — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
I actually enjoyed changing diapers and I enjoyed swaddling. I don't mind being swaddled either, on occasion. — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it… — Laura Regan Copy Share Image
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought… — Giles Matthey Copy Share Image
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting.… — Michael Storm Copy Share Image
