“The living together is very important in a way. It's important for writing. It wouldn't be important if we were like just getting other people's numbers together, we'd just have to meet at rehearsals, but writing is something almost completely different.” PeopleIfsWayWritingImportantDifferentTogetherNumbersRehearsalLiving Together Author:Steve Winwood
“I like to go for a certain over-the-top opulence when naming the drone pieces whereas the song titles are all about concision, I guess. I mean, if I were truly a purist, I'd call things, "Long Piece #27" or "Newest Fast Song", but I enjoy titling and it is helpful at rehearsals or when making set-lists.” IfsMeanLongCertainSongEnjoyPiecesListsTitlesHelpfulRehearsalOne PieceDronesOver The TopOpulenceSong Titles Author:David First
“My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didn't show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot.” StillsPlayShowsUsedPracticePlayerTaughtDadBandMy DadSpotsThis DayRehearsalBassMichiganBass PlayersPlaying Bass Author:Mayer Hawthorne
“I did a lot of theater in school. I thought maybe I wanted to go to law school or be a judge or a politician. And then I just kind of got smitten by the process of rehearsal and working with other actors and those kinds of challenges. And then comedy.” KindWantedSchoolLawActorsProcessChallengesComedyJudgingPoliticianTheaterRehearsalLaw SchoolSmittenWorking With Others Author:Rashida Jones
“I love working with women. I think it's because I spent so much time in my brother's heavy metal band. Sweaty boys in the rehearsal room. It's nice to just be in the studio with a fragrant lady.” ThinkingRoomsBoysNiceBrotherBandStudiosHeavyMy BrotherMetalsRehearsalHeavy MetalMetal Band Author:Mr Hudson
“Running long offers a dress rehearsal. Running long teaches the stress of lifting feet 5,000 times per hour. Running long builds confidence.” LongRunningHoursTeachFeetOffersStressDressesRehearsalLiftingBuilding Confidence Author:Hal Higdon
“I think there's a percentage [of the audience] that don't realize, that don't know that [standup] is how everything began. We planned it, we work hard, rehearsals to get this. It's more of a ... it's not just coming in there in a T-shirt and holding a microphone.” ThinkingKnowsHardRealizingAudienceHard WorkShirtsT ShirtPercentagesRehearsalMicrophones Author:Tim Allen
“In theater, there's a lot of discipline involved in doing eight shows a week for a year and a half. It's nice to be able to bring some of that bag of tools with you over to the film world, where you don't have the rehearsal, you don't have an audience. You don't have a month of rehearsal to examine these words, and you meet the guy who's going to play your brother the morning that you shoot the scene. So you need a bag of tools.” WorldNeedsYearsPlayShowsAbleFilmGuyHalfMorningAudienceNiceWeekBrotherMonthsDisciplineInvolvedSceneToolsTheaterEightBagsRehearsalYour Brother Author:William Sadler
“To me, it's my job not to laugh, no matter what's said. By the time we shoot, I'm ready for all that's coming. I probably do most of my breaking in rehearsals, when I know that I can.” KnowsSaidI CanMatterJobsLaughingReadyNo Matter WhatRehearsal Author:Ice Cube
“George M. is where I met my dear friend Joel Grey. We connected at rehearsal one day during a five-minute break. We were both looking out the same window and we knew in five minutes that we'd made a connection.” MadeBreakFiveMinutesMetsOne DayWindowConnectionsDearConnectedGreyFive MinutesRehearsalDear Friend Author:Bernadette Peters
“When I turned 50, I looked in the mirror and I thought: "Hey, this isn't the dress rehearsal, this is life and I don't know how much longer I'm going to have!"” KnowsKnow HowMirrorsDressesHeyRehearsal Author:Tina Fey
“In the theater you rehearse in order to do the performance. And in the movies the rehearsal and the performance are kind of the same thing. You're figuring it out and hopefully the camera is pointed at you when you're doing it.” KindOrderPerformancesTheaterCamerasHopefullyRehearsalFiguring It Author:Christopher Walken
“In rehearsal you have a good accident that you can repeat.In the movies if you have a good accident you hope the camera's running.” IfsRunningCamerasAccidentsRepeatsRehearsal Author:Christopher Walken
“Lady Gaga? She's cool! She works really hard. When we would have our dance rehearsals, she wasn't the singer that was like, 'Oh, I'll just stand in front'. She wanted to learn everything - she was doing the dance moves. She's a good dancer.” HardWantedMovingFrontsSingersDancerRehearsalGagaDance Moves Author:Caity Lotz
“The level of sacrifice in the world of dancing is incredibly intense, that work ethic if nothing else - get up, go to class, rehearsal, performance, get up, go to class - that's your life, and it's like that for a finite time, usually.” IfsWorldLevelsClassSacrificeEthicsPerformancesDancingIntenseGet UpWork EthicFiniteRehearsal Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“Stations and airports are rehearsals for separations by death.” SeparationStationsAirportsRehearsal Author:Anais Nin
“The roadwork is just rehearsal for that DVD you're going to film a year later.” YearsFilmRehearsalDvds Author:Jeff Dunham
“If one sits down and concentrates on imagining the worst possible surroundings for rehearsing a musical show, it's never as bad as the rehearsal rooms one actually lands in.” IfsShowsRoomsLandWorstTheaterDown AndMusicalSurroundingsRehearsalRehearsingImagining The Worst Author:Hildegard Knef
“Theater will always be my first love. The time and dedication that goes into the rehearsal process with the cast and crew is something that TV/Movie acting does not offer.” FirstsDoeProcessActingTvsOffersTheaterCastsDedicationFirst LoveCrewRehearsal Author:April Parker Jones
“The collaboration really begins once the rehearsal starts. This is when the actor takes his place, because he becomes the one who is going to bring the words of the author off the page.” ActorsPagesCollaborationRehearsal Author:Angela Lansbury
“[On writer George Moore:] ... I grew curious about Moore. Yet when at the rehearsal of 'Countess Cathleen' in some dark by-way of London, I was told he was present, I cannot recall any form, only an irritation in the dusty atmosphere.” WayFormDarkGrewLondonCuriousAtmosphereRecallsRehearsalIrritation Author:Susan Mitchell
“In film, I find it very useful always to do some preparation before you start rehearsals or start shooting, because there's so much that's against you on a film set.” FilmPreparationShootingRehearsalFilm Set Author:Ben Whishaw
“I like working in both movies and television. Television is faster, not very much rehearsal and a lot of material is shot in a day. Big budget movies are luxurious in terms of the schedule. Independent films often shoot fast as well.” WellsBigsFilmTermTelevisionMaterialsShotsIndependentFasterBudgetsSchedulesRehearsalIndependent FilmLuxurious Author:Juliet Landau
“We rehearsed our 'Scarface' to the nines. Long period of rehearsal, so that by the time we started to shoot, it was almost like doing a play. We all had a grand time doing it. It was a wonderful cast.” LongPlayWonderfulPeriodsCastsRehearsalScarface Author:Robert Loggia
“I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there.” EnergyRoomsCreativityRehearsal Author:Laurie Metcalf
“Well, any time Im preparing for a performance or even a rehearsal, its as if in a way, like any other athletes, these are muscles that support the vocal cords which are just I believe cartilage. It demands a kind of constant warming up and a constant feeling of where is the voice today.” IfsWayBelieveWellsKindFeelingsTodayI BelieveVoiceSupportDemandPerformancesConstantAthleteMusclesPreparingVocalRehearsalCordsVocal CordsWarming Up Author:Renee Fleming
“Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.” HardComedyHard WorkTimingRehearsal Author:Larry Hagman
“I love showing up and giving a performance without the benefit of a lot of rehearsal or dissection. It's fun to me to act on a kind of instinctual level and go straight for the performance.” GivingKindFunLevelsBenefitsPerformancesRehearsalShowing UpDissection Author:Ron Perlman
“I love going into rehearsals day after day for three, four weeks, trying stuff, coming back the next day, building on that. So many times I'd drive home from the studio [after] shooting and I'd be thinking about a certain moment, and I'd think, "Oh, I know what to do!"” ThinkingKnowsTryingMomentsHomeCertainThreeNextStuffFourWeekBuildingStudiosShootingNext DayComing BackRehearsal Author:Anthony Heald
“I liked the monsters, I liked them because I couldn't understand how something so scary could also be so good. It got me thinking as a very early age, and I had a lot of rehearsal.” ThinkingAgeScaryMonstersRehearsal Author:Eva Mendes
“Onstage, of course, you have the luxury of rehearsal and discovery and time and comfort, which then turns into terror when you actually have to put it in front of people.” PeopleTurnsCoursesFrontsComfortDiscoveryTerrorLuxuryRehearsal Author:Julianne Nicholson
“If you're sounding right, you're probably walking right, and vice versa. If you get the footwork right - if you get even one line right in a rehearsal, the director will say, do you know when you said that, it was exactly the character. You were - really landed on it.” IfsKnowsSaidCharacterLinesWalkingDirectorsVicesDo You KnowRehearsalVice VersaOne LineFootwork Author:Ian Mckellen
“. . . the labor with which we give birth is simply a rehearsal for something we mothers must do over and over: turn ourselves inside out, and then let go.” GivingMotherTurnsBirthLetting GoLaborRehearsal Author:Susan Piver
“Every time we go to sleep, it's a rehearsal of the day when our eyes will ultimately close and we wake up on the side of eternity.” EyeSidesSleepEternityWake UpRehearsalGoing To Sleep Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.” MadeHardLife IsRealizingImaginationPathSafetyFinalsThis LifeSubconsciousAssuranceRehearsalForksClosureSafety Net Author:John Burdett
“I try to shoot the first rehearsal because people are more spontaneous. People in real life don't really know where they are going to be either positioning themselves or how they will be saying their words. When people goof during the first take, it usually looks realistic.” PeopleKnowsTryingFirstsLooksRealReal LifeRealisticSpontaneousRehearsalGoofs Author:Gus Van Sant
“I'm not someone who enjoys long talks, long rehearsals. I'm very technical: I tell my actors, you come in, you sit down, you pick up a coffee, you look here, you say the line. We try it with the cameras rolling, and if it doesn't work, we adjust it until it does. It's very simple.” IfsTryingLooksLongDoeActorsEnjoyLinesSimplePicksCamerasCoffeeRollingRehearsal Author:Michael Haneke
“A good film to me is like lightning in a bottle. I used to think that meant hit and run. But then I've changed my definition about what lightning in a bottle means. I think it means that you wait for that surprising moment that you really didn't expect would happen, as good as it may have gone in rehearsal.” ThinkingMayMeanMomentsHappensRunningFilmUsedWaitingGoneChangedDefinitionsBottlesSurprisingLightningRehearsalGood FilmsI've Changed Author:Don Scardino
“I generally enjoy the rehearsal process because that's where you can share your ideas, get your thoughts and feelings out and see whether or not they're going to land, whether or not people are going to agree with them, particularly the director. So you can sort out in that process any elements that need to be sorted out before you're on the set, and of course that saves time and it also makes everyone more comfortable working together.” PeopleNeedsIdeasFeelingsTogetherCoursesProcessEnjoyShareLandDirectorsElementsComfortableAgreeWorking TogetherRehearsalThoughts And Feelings Author:Nicolas Cage
“On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after which I do the last draft, which gives me a chance to incorporate anything the actors have come up with during the rehearsal period, so I'm very inclusive as a writer.” GivingWritingLastsActorsChancePeriodsGive MeScriptsCastsCome UpRehearsalGive Me A Chance Author:John Cleese
“When you've only got few days of rehearsal before you're in the studio, it's wonderful to start off with people that you have good, friendly, tolerable relationships to start with, for the simple reason that you don't have to spend 24 hours figuring out how sensitive they are, and can you give them a line reading, or how do you have to give them direction.” PeopleGivingReasonReadingHoursLinesSimpleWonderfulStudiosSensitiveFriendlyGood FriendRehearsalTolerable Author:John Cleese
“When you audition for things, there's pressure to go in there with a complete performance, and it's kind of unfair because, if you get it, you'll have rehearsal and talk about it, and you'll have plenty of time with the script. So, for me, I really do feel like an audition is a sketch of what you might do.” IfsFeelsKindMightPerformancesPressureScriptsPlentyUnfairAuditionsRehearsal Author:Elisabeth Moss
“I come from the theater, so for me rehearsal is vital and a way of life. There are many film directors who don't believe in it and some actors who prefer not to rehearse.” WayBelieveFilmActorsDirectorsTheaterDon't BelieveRehearsalFilm Directors Author:Hugh Jackman
“Basically, editing is done in rehearsal and in the writing process and in the acting, so it's very, very tricky, very, very tricky.” WritingDoneProcessActingEditingWriting ProcessRehearsalTricky Author:Julie Delpy
“The best thing I ever bought is a vintage Oscar de la Renta short gingham dress that I wore to my rehearsal dinner the night before my wedding.” NightDressesDinnerBest ThingsOscarsRehearsalVintage Author:Kelly Wearstler
“Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.” WorldInspirationalArtRealityImaginationFantasyPlansDressesManifestationSubstitutesRehearsal Author:Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
“I remember when I was doing The Crucible on Broadway with Laura Linney, and Arthur Miller had been in rehearsal with us and was on stage on opening night. She turned to me during the curtain call and said, Lets make sure we remember this.” SaidRememberNightStageOpeningBroadwayCurtainsRemember WhenRehearsalArthurLauraCrucibleOpening NightCurtain Call Author:John Benjamin Hickey
“Live more than your neighbor. Unleash yourself upon the world and go places. Go now. Giggle, no, laugh. And bark at the moon like the wild dog that you are. Understand that this in not a dress rehearsal. This is it. Your life. Face your fears and live your dreams. Take it all in. Yes, every chance you get. Come close. And by all means, whatever you do, get it on film.” WorldMeanDreamFilmFacesChanceLaughingDogMoonDressesNeighborYour DreamsRehearsalBarkGiggleFace Your FearsLive Your DreamsWild Dogs Author:Jon Blais