“We are all from different cultures. Heath's [Ledger] Australian, really. I'm from here. Ang's [Lee] from China. But I think Ang gets very close in preproduction and rehearsals. And then he allows his actors - I don't think scared of actors, but I think he's scared of getting in on the scenes he's watching. The space he's watching. So he just totally disconnects from you while you're shooting.” ThinkingDifferentCultureActorsSpaceSceneScaredChinaShootingRehearsalAustralianDifferent Cultures Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“I love the long-form rehearsal process with theater, brick by brick, to build another life.” LongFormProcessTheaterBricksRehearsalAnother Life Author:Vik Sahay
“There are some actors who are rehearsal actors, and some who are not. I am not. Having said that, I don't know what I am talking about.” KnowsSaidActorsTalkingRehearsal Author:Michael Gambon
“Your life is not a dress rehearsal - this is it! It's show time!” ShowsLife IsDressesRehearsalCareer Change Author:Denise Austin
“We had a lot of rehearsals for the original Twilight to get the family to learn each other and experience each other, so we could all be like a family. We spent a lot of time together.” TogetherOriginalsTwilightRehearsalTime Together Author:Peter Facinelli
“The hardest thing about doing a series and having it stick is that you've never performed with each other, and the pilot is kind of a dress rehearsal, and you don't know the tone until two or three episodes in.” KnowsKindTwoThreeDressesSticksSeriesHardestTonePilotsEpisodesHardest ThingRehearsal Author:David Giuntoli
“My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.” PeopleBigsConversationRehearsalGigs Author:Eddie Izzard
“Phil Harris and Pat Boone were once paired as guests on an episode of Andy Williams' TV show. During a rehearsal break, Harris suggested the three of them go out for a drink. When Boone declined, explaining he did not drink, Harris asked Williams, "Andy, can you imagine getting up in the morning knowing that's the best you're going to feel all day?"” FeelsShowsThreeBreakMorningKnowingImagineTvsDrinkGuestsEpisodesTv ShowsExplainingRehearsal Author:Andy Williams
“I write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I like to be able to think in different modes. I like to be able to use the language a great deal and carry on rehearsals in French.” ThinkingWritingBookDifferentUseAbleLanguageEnjoyDealsWitRehearsal Author:Twyla Tharp
“I want to have fun. Life ain't no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I'm a comedian; I ain't no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.” WantFunPoliticianDressesComedianHaving FunRehearsalFun Life Author:Bernie Mac
“Deliberately, on every historic occasion, we piously fake events for the benefit of photographers, while the actual event often occurs in a different fashion; and we have the effrontery to call these artful dress rehearsals authentic historic documents.” DifferentFashionEventsBenefitsDressesPhotographerOccasionsFakeDocumentsHistoricRehearsal Book:Art and Technics Source: Art and Technics
“I think all the fight stuff. I'm cut out for that. I used to wrestle in high school so I really love it, yeah. I love all the fighting and martial arts. Hey, why am I not up there? Oh, it's just a rehearsal. Keep going.” ThinkingArtSchoolUsedFightingStuffCuttingHigh SchoolYeahHeyMartial ArtsKeep GoingRehearsal Author:Jaimie Alexander
“I like to really spend the time and figure it out and rehearsal is to try something that doesn't work. It's hard to do that, because you always want to go with your impulse thought and you wonder if that's the one, did that work, you know?” IfsKnowsWantTryingHardWonderFiguresImpulseWorking ItRehearsal Author:William Fichtner
“Sometimes the scene is a sad scene but you have to play it with a laugh to find out that that doesn't work or that there's really a part of that in it, and that's what rehearsal is for, to take that time.” SometimesPlayLaughingSceneRehearsal Author:William Fichtner
“And then we came here for three weeks of band rehearsal with [music consultant/member of the band "Sloan"] Chris Murphy. And I grew up in Toronto during Sloan's heyday, so like I was like "Oh my god!" And so that was pretty cool.” ThreeWeekGrewBandMembersGrew UpRehearsalTorontoMurphyConsultantsHeyday Author:Alison Pill
“I mean I feel like we've shot all these different movies. Like the first 2 weeks of shooting was all Steve Stills apartment and band rehearsal, you know? And so it was like this tiny little group of people and small set comparatively and it just looked like a Toronto apartment. And then we sort of kept ramping up further and further until now we're here in this giant like craziest set I've ever seen with LCD crazy lights that go....you know?” PeopleKnowsFeelsFirstsMeanLittlesStillsDifferentLightGroupsWeekCrazyBandShotsTinyShootingGiantsApartmentRehearsalTorontoCraziest Author:Alison Pill
“I would say my favorite was just the beginning of the movie like doing all the rehearsal stuff. It's been amazing to see the rest of it happen but it happens so piecemeal. And Edgar sort of has the whole movie edited in his head already, so we're just sort of matching to what he has.” WholeHappensStuffMy FavoriteRehearsalMatchingEdited Author:Alison Pill
“But it's been funny to try and carry the through line, but I think the main thing is the relationship that the band has because we have spent now all this time together that I think that's sort of what we returning to. And whenever we get to play together, it still sort of returns to that little shitty rehearsal space. So that's good.” ThinkingTryingLittlesStillsPlayTogetherLinesSpaceReturnBandRehearsalTime Together Author:Alison Pill
“When I'm having a rehearsal and there are new guys who come in to try out for the job, I always let my conductor rehearse them. Because I don't want the guy to get bent out of shape, because I walk in.” WantTryingJobsGuyWalksShapesBentRehearsalConductor Author:Ray Charles
“I always stay out of the rehearsal room you know when they first come in. Then once they had chance to play a little bit, then I walk in. Because I've seen guys fall apart.” KnowsFirstsLittlesPlayGuyFallBitsChanceWalksRoomsLittle BitFalling ApartRehearsal Author:Ray Charles
“You know, Nirvana used to start rehearsals with the three of us just jamming. For, like, a half an hour, just noise and freeform crap - and usually it was crap. But sometimes things would come from it, and some songs on Nevermind came from that, and 'Heart Shaped Box' and stuff on 'In Utero' just happened that way.” KnowsWayHeartSometimesUsedSongThreeStuffHoursHalfHappenedBoxesNoiseCrapRehearsalNevermind Author:Dave Grohl
“If the best way to learn to succeed is to fail as fast as possible, then the second-best way is to watch someone else fail as fast as possible. Watching someone else screw up is a kind of rehearsal for your own eventual downfall. A close observation of someone else's attempt to resolve a difficulty is a great way to acquire real-world insight into whether and when to deploy their method in your own times of trouble.” IfsWorldWayKindRealWatchesFailingTroubleSucceedDifficultyMethodInsightBest WayObservationAcquireResolveReal WorldScrewsRehearsalDownfallScrew UpsSecond BestTimes Of Trouble Author:Cory Doctorow
“When I was younger, I was always running into other girls involved in music. When I was about 14 or 15, one of my friend's dads was an Elvis impersonator and asked us to sing backups at a rehearsal. I did well and was hired. Did that for about two years.” YearsWellsTwoRunningGirlDadInvolvedMy FriendsTwo YearsRehearsalOther GirlBackupAlways RunningImpersonators Author:Brandi Carlile
“My father, my uncles, my aunts, from my father's side and my mother's side... they were all professional musicians. My father was a concert master, he took me to a lot of rehearsals, concerts, performances, opera, ballet. For me, that was life.” MotherFatherSidesMastersMusicianPerformancesConcertsBalletOperaUnclesAuntRehearsal Author:Lalo Schifrin
“What you have to be, you have to live whatever you do all day long. I always told the artists, every time you're on stage, it's nothing but a dress rehearsal.” LongArtistStageDressesBe YouRehearsal Author:Maxine Powell
“We rehearsed for a bit for an Indie film, which is kind of unusual, we had a week of rehearsals before we actually shot the films so we were able to really break down the script and kind of work through all of the improvisational things that he wanted to do, so he had a chance to really feel his way through before we actually shot it and I think that helped a lot.” ThinkingWayFeelsKindAbleWantedFilmBitsChanceBreakWeekShotsScriptsUnusualBreaking DownRehearsalIndie Films Author:Duncan Jones
“I love rehearsing because in rehearsals there are no mistakes, nothing is wrong, some things apply or lead you to focus on the character and the things that don't apply are equally valuable because they lead you to towards what does.” DoeCharacterMistakeFocusValuableRehearsalRehearsing Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Good diet and exercise are key, but abject fear has its own rewards. And arriving on the first day for rehearsals for Spamalot and seeing all these much younger, much fitter people, who I was going to be on stage with, became a catalyst for cutting out the more unhealthy aspects of my life.” PeopleFirstsCuttingSeeingStageKeysExerciseAspectRewardsDietsRehearsalUnhealthyCatalystArrivingDiet And Exercise Author:Sanjeev Bhaskar
“I've been on projects before where there's no rehearsal, and you walk in on set and that's literally the first time you've ever played the character, and then I've had times where there's been three weeks of rehearsal. I like both.” FirstsCharacterThreeWalksWeekProjectsFirst TimeRehearsal Author:Josh Hutcherson
“I've kind of gone from TV series to TV series or project to project, and I've wanted to get back in a rehearsal room. I feel like there's that exploration process, in a way, that you get in phases on jobs but I do wish I had that time [at school].” WayFeelsKindWantedSchoolJobsWishProcessRoomsGoneTvsProjectsSeriesExplorationGet BackPhasesRehearsalTv Series Author:Jenna Coleman
“I had a lot of fun writing things that died during dress rehearsal. Sometimes I remember the crazy ones that died even more fondly than the ones that did really well.” WritingWellsSometimesRememberFunCrazyDiedDressesRehearsal Author:John Mulaney
“My older brother was the guitar player in the neighborhood band. My parents were the cool ones that had the basement for rehearsal. Rather than hang with my peers after school, I wanted to just listen to the band. More than that, I wanted to play.” PlayWantedSchoolParentPlayerBrotherBandGuitarNeighborhoodPeersRehearsalJust ListenBasementsGuitar PlayerOlder BrotherAfter School Author:Jill Sobule
“The more and more that you dance, the easier it gets, and the more you can push yourself and do more rehearsals.” EasierRehearsalPush Yourself Author:Jonathan Bennett
“Sometimes it depends on the actor or the actress. Sometimes they demand a lot of rehearsals. Sometimes they don't. Making movies is not like making a play, so I guess you can leave some of the work for improvisation when they do the work.” SometimesPlayActorsDependsDemandActressesRehearsalImprovisation Author:Alejandro Amenabar
“My first thought about acting, growing up here in New York, was theater, and I feel like I need to force myself to go get my ass kicked in a rehearsal room and do one of those plays at some point.” NeedsFeelsFirstsPlayForceRoomsActingGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkTheaterAssRehearsal Author:Paul Dano
“When I read a film script, I kind of see it in my head and I see the moments that shape what I understand the character to be. There's very little time for rehearsal.” KindLittlesMomentsCharacterFilmShapesScriptsRehearsalLittle Time Author:Karen Allen
“The directors were often really nice and I was well behaved, so I would just sit there in rehearsal. That allowed me to see the process - not just the result, the red carpet, all of the wonderful, fun things that happen afterwards - the nuts and bolts, the nitty-gritty, "Let's try to build this character from the page," tech rehearsals.” TryingWellsCharacterHappensFunProcessResultsNiceWonderfulDirectorsPagesRedNutsCarpetRehearsalReally NiceBoltsRed CarpetFun ThingsNuts And Bolts Author:Condola Rashad
“After a couple of rehearsals and a couple of takes, Sydney Pollack says, "Come here. Why are you not nervous?" And I [say], "Do you think it would be better if I was nervous?" And he says, "No, it's just I can't understand it - how you would be first time on a set, you're acting, when he flubs his line you make up a new line. It's very interesting." It's not that I think I'm great; that's what I knew I wanted to do.” IfsThinkingFirstsI CanWould BeWantedLinesInterestingActingCoupleFirst TimeNervousVery InterestingRehearsalSydney Author:Geena Davis
“One of the hardest things I've had to learn is to let it go. At the end of the show or the end of the rehearsal day to just take a deep breath and say, "Alright, that was it. That was the day."” EndsShowsBreathsHardestHardest ThingLet It GoRehearsalAlrightDeep BreathTake A Deep Breath Author:Taissa Farmiga
“I don't have much to compare it to because I really didn't know much about theater. After I signed on, I started reading a lot of Sam Shepard plays just to brush up on my history and do some research. What's great is that Sam's been here and he's been in rehearsals with us. Sometimes you don't even notice him come in; he's just sitting there in the theater seats watching you.” KnowsSometimesPlayReadingResearchSittingTheaterCompareSeatsBrushesRehearsal Author:Taissa Farmiga
“We're shaking up a format, which I think is always a good thing. The thing about [2011 Oscar hosts] James [Franco] and Anne [Hathaway] is, they've both hosted Saturday Night Live, and they both did a good job at it. So they are accustomed to working with short rehearsal time, and live, lots of pressure, rewrites, things like that. They can make quick changes, which is very advantageous, and they're skilled comedians.” ThinkingJobsNightPressureGood ThingsComedianHostOscarsSaturdayGood JobAccustomedRehearsalShakingFormatSaturday NightSaturday Night LiveFrancoQuick Change Author:Bruce Vilanch
“We had about seven real cats at any one time on the set, and two animatronic, (one that sits and one that lays down) and two stuffed animal type cats that we used for rehearsals or any sort of silly torture we had to instill on the poor guy.” TwoRealUsedGuyAnimalPoorTypeCatDown AndLaysSevenSillyTortureOne TimeRehearsalInstillStuffed Animal Author:Melissa Joan Hart
“Ivo van Hove is directing The Crucible, and rehearses in quite an unusual way. We started rehearsals last week and dived straight into the first act, like, five minutes after we all turned up. No warm-ups. We were very intensely immersed in that whole world on day one. It was quite surreal because I've never done any theater before.” WorldWayFirstsDoneWholeLastsFiveWeekMinutesTheaterWarmWhole WorldUnusualFive MinutesVansRehearsalSurrealCrucible Author:Saoirse Ronan
“I kind of end up getting caught up in whatever the rhythm of the movie is and how open the director is to changing things in the moment or finding it in rehearsal.” KindEndsMomentsDirectorsFindingsCaughtRhythmCaught UpRehearsal Author:Michael Cera
“In some roles you do that very hard work where, at some point into rehearsals, where all of a sudden it snaps into place. You feel like the soul of this character is now dwelling in you.” FeelsSoulHardCharacterRolesHard WorkRehearsalDwellingSnaps Author:Mercedes Ruehl
“If I'm not mistaken, I believe it was written beforehand. And it just happened in rehearsals Basically giving each person their vocal-line and I ended up getting that line! I'm so grateful I did because it was really special to sing that and you feel something when you sing it it's a very distinct piece that fits perfectly in the production.” IfsGivingFeelsBelievePersonsI BelieveLinesPiecesWrittenHappenedSpecialFitGratefulProductionsMistakenVocalRehearsalSo Grateful Author:Kendra Kassebaum
“That's opera! I just love it. It just thrills me! And it's very different than theatre, and sometimes it can be frustrating because when you come in the first day of rehearsals obviously you're an opera fan, right?” FirstsDifferentSometimesFansTheatreOperaFrustratingRehearsal Author:Jason Graae
“I come in as an actor, having read through the script a few times, made a couple of character-choices, thinking I'm going to be working on it during rehearsals. It's very different. It takes a while we're always like dogs sniffing each other's asses.” ThinkingMadeDifferentCharacterChoicesActorsDogCoupleScriptsAssRehearsalSniffing Author:Jason Graae
“An example I love: Diwata auditioned for the school play by doing a big number from Once Upon A Mattress. I went home and my boyfriend plunked out the notes for me, and I had to learn and prepare that song just so I could learn and know how that feels. I've never had that kind of detail in a rehearsal process. Jason Moore is absolutely unbelievable.” KnowsFeelsKindPlayHomeBigsSchoolSongProcessNumbersKnow HowExampleNotesDetailsUnbelievableRehearsalJasonMy BoyfriendMattressesSchool Plays Author:Sarah Steele
“The music director, Stephen Oremus, was telling me: "I hope you've done your work." We only have ten days rehearsal. The music is no joke. My solo singing is not that hard. But the stuff I have as part of the choir or as a "Dead Guest" in the second-half... I'm singing some really incredible chorus stuff that I haven't done in a long time. It's extremely difficult.” LongHardDoneStuffDifficultHalfHavensDirectorsTenMusic IsLong TimeSingingJokesIncrediblesGuestsSoloRehearsalChorusChoir Author:Max von Essen