“The life of any musician really doesn't fall into a normal schedule at all. Every week there are different rehearsals, different days and nights of performances, so we don't have a particular pattern that we can follow. For a conductor, it is a little bit worse because we have to allow for traveling.” LittlesDifferentNightFallBitsWeekParticularNormalLittle BitMusicianPerformancesPatternsSchedulesRehearsalDay And NightConductorDifferent Day Author:Leonard Slatkin
“I can remember the time I would get my scripts and spent the entire weekend breaking them down and playing with them, and putting a lot of work into them, trying to bring the character to life, and to make interesting choices. It was one of the things to me that told me that I needed to change things up a little bit, because to me, I felt the passion was lacking from some of my performances.” TryingLittlesI CanCharacterRememberChoicesPassionFeltBitsInterestingNeededLittle BitPerformancesDown AndScriptsWeekendLacking Author:James Scott
“Actors are like kids, they need to play a little bit. And that's the nature of their job, they need to shake off some energy and then you as the director get them back on track. When you do loosen up the reins, you get some amazing things, but you have to wring out the performances for every last good drop.” NeedsLittlesPlayKidsJobsLastsActorsEnergyBitsDirectorsLittle BitPerformancesTrackShakesAmazing ThingsReinsBack On Track Author:David Ayer
“When I'm writing obviously I have all the nostalgia in the world, I have all the emotion in the world, but then when I actually perform, I need to just perform it, and that's it. I do retain like a little bit of it because I have to, I sing and perform the songs so I have to - it's a performance of the songs - but I just have to get the right balance.” WorldNeedsWritingLittlesSongBitsEmotionBalanceLittle BitPerformancesNostalgia Author:Ellie Goulding
“I always have to pretend I'm somebody else to give the best performance. It kind of feels like I'm acting; it's definitely an exaggerated version of me. I'm a very normal, down-to-earth person, but I wanted the videos to be striking, so I have to lay it on a little bit.” GivingFeelsKindLittlesPersonsWantedEarthBitsActingNormalLittle BitPerformancesLaysVideoVersionsExaggeratedDown To EarthBest Performance Author:Jessie Ware
“I think that I burnt myself out a little bit with my dancing because I did so much of it. I was exhausted so thought that I would try a different kind of performance and expression and acting seemed like a close fit; it was similar in some ways to dancing. My mum showed me some really good films and so I became interested in films and acting.” ThinkingWayTryingKindLittlesDifferentFilmBitsActingExpressionFitLittle BitPerformancesDancingDifferent KindsMumExhaustedGood Films Author:Mia Wasikowska
“I feel like if you compare the commentary, what's covered with female athletics, as with men. On any given day, if a guy competes, you're going to critique his technique and his performance, training. With a girl, you don't do the same thing. You might mention a little bit of that, but you're also going to get what she was wearing, how she performed, what she looked like. I feel like it should be the same.” IfsMenFeelsShouldLittlesMightGuyGirlGivenBitsLittle BitTrainingFemalePerformancesTechniqueCompareCoveredCritiqueAthleticsCommentary Author:Shawn Johnson
“If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively in small theaters. You know, to me it's like a church for music. You can sit down and really give yourself to the performance and be comfortable with good surroundings and a clean, quiet atmosphere.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingLittlesBitsChurchBrotherQuietComfortableLittle BitPerformancesTheaterDown AndCleanMarketingAtmosphereMy BrotherSurroundings Author:Terry Bozzio
“There was something about Beyoncé that felt like a vessel, I guess, that I could kind of impose all of these feelings and thoughts onto. I was drawn to a little bit of a dichotomy between the glamour and celebrity and the very deep and complex legacy of black women, and what that means in terms of performance.” KindMeanLittlesFeelingsFeltBitsBlackTermLittle BitPerformancesComplexesLegacyBlack WomenVesselGlamourVery DeepDichotomy Author:Morgan Parker