“If I had even the tiniest scrap of advice to give to a young actor who was figuring out how to audition, I would say don't memorize the script The reality about auditions is that 98 percent of the results has to do with what you are, not with what you did in the audition.” IfsGivingRealityYoungActorsResultsAdvicePercentScriptsAuditionsScrapYoung Actors Author:Wallace Shawn
“It is always amazing to see how wide a spectrum of results can be obtained from replicating an identical negotiation with different principal actors; it makes no difference whether there subjects are inexperienced or whether they are senior executives and young presidents of business firms. That is an important lesson to be learned here.” ImportantDifferentYoungActorsPresidentDifferencesResultsSubjectsLessonsWideFirmExecutivesPrincipalSeniorNegotiationSpectrumIdenticalImportant LessonsLessons To Be Learned Book:The Art and Science of Negotiation Source: The Art and Science of Negotiation
“I do not want actors and actresses to understand my plays. That is not necessary. If they will only pronounce the correct sounds I can guarantee the results.” IfsWantI CanPlayActorsSoundResultsActingActressesGuaranteesActors And Actresses Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Directing takes a good chunk of your life out. It's a very hard thing. As an actor, you go in for a couple of months and do your job, and then you move onto another one. As a director, it's with you for quite some time and you're responsible for the entire thing, whether the results are good or bad, or whether people throw darts at you or put you on a pedestal.” PeopleHardJobsMovingActorsResultsMonthsCoupleDirectorsResponsibleHard ThingsChunksPedestalDarts Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“As an actor you don't control the end result. Because you're a director, you get to control the end result. I think for us, we really have to show up and participate and give. And then let go.” ThinkingGivingEndsShowsActorsResultsDirectorsLetting GoEnd Results Author:Nicole Kidman
“To the audience it doesn't really matter how much the director struggled with an actor. It's the result that counts.” MatterActorsResultsAudienceDirectors Author:Roman Polanski