Enjoy Quote by Leonard Slatkin

Its just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and…

— James Levine

I absolutely insist upon adequate rehearsal time - particularly for the pieces that orchestras know best. Because there, the tendency is not to take…

— Andre Previn

It just gives us that adrenaline charge when we go on. We know we're gonna come off two hours later, but we're pushing it…

— Malcolm Young

When you're in a rehearsal room, it's like getting into a car and going on a long journey with everyone's stuff in the back.…

— Kate Fleetwood

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

— Marcia Gay Harden

In order to lead the orchestra, you must first turn your back to the crowd.

— Mike Mentzer

Audiences, whether they're seeing a film or a reading or whatever it is, a concert, they decide very quickly what kind of show it…

— Laurie Anderson

For me, rehearsal is only about blocking and pacing; it's not about performance.

— Robert Eggers

But if I can be convinced and then through the work that we do together, the orchestra can really be convinced of the big…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

I don't do rehearsal. Some directors prefer to do rehearsal - readings before the actual shooting - but I don't like this process because…

— Wong Kar-wai

If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first…

— Anonymous

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.

— Thomas Beecham