“The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around mechanically to get a feel of the action.” FeelsWritingFirstsPlayActionMovingActorsDirectorsBonesRehearsalSkeletons Author:Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
“An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.” KnowsFirstsPersonsTwoEnjoyMinutesOrchestraRehearsal Author:Leonard Slatkin
“I'm very fast on teaching guys. Like, when I came over here, I only had two rehearsals with the band. I wondered when I first got here... but it sure came up great.” FirstsTwoGuyTeachingBandRehearsal Author:Ike Turner
“I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and we're doing a scene where I'm off camera, I'm treating that as a rehearsal.” IfsFirstsTwoActorsSceneOkayTreatsCamerasRehearsal Author:Alfred Molina
“You cannot begin to imagine the shock I had when I came down on the floor for the first time. First of all, there's this whole thing about playing sitcom comedy. I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do. I went slowly. We went through the week of rehearsal, then we got on the floor with the cameras, which I'm used to because of my experience in the old days. Then came camera day, with an audience, and it was stunning, enthralling, exciting and chaotic. I had never experienced anything like that before, as an actor. I was part minstrel, part actor.” KnowsWantFirstsWholeUsedActorsAudienceComedyImagineWeekFirst TimeExcitingCamerasShockRehearsalChaoticOld DaysSitcomStunningMinstrels Author:William Shatner