Quotes about Rehearsal

Praise is the Rehearsal of Our eternal Song By Grace We learn to Sing, and in Glory We Continue to Sing. Votes: 4

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed. Votes: 4

Life isn't a dress rehearsal Votes: 3

Life is not a dress rehearsal. Votes: 3

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal. Votes: 3

Rehearsal? What’s that? Rehearsal’s for fags. Rehearsal. Not much. Votes: 3

You need to make mistakes in rehearsal because that's how you find out what works and what doesn't. Votes: 3

I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked. Votes: 3

In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door. Votes: 3

The Luminaries' is such a different book to 'The Rehearsal.' There are only a couple of things that link the two books: there's a certain preoccupation with looking at relationships from the outside, being shut out of human intimacy; and then there's patterning. Votes: 3

Thought is action in rehearsal. Votes: 2

The truth needs so little rehearsal. Votes: 2

Praise is the rehearsal for our eternal song. Votes: 2

The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor. Votes: 2

Temptation is a dress rehearsal for a karmic experience of negativity. Votes: 2

Tremble: your whole life is a rehearsal for the moment you are in now. Votes: 2

And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself? Votes: 2

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies. Votes: 2

I always thought I'd be a New York theater actor, riding my bicycle to rehearsal. That was all I ever wanted. Votes: 2

Running long offers a dress rehearsal. Running long teaches the stress of lifting feet 5,000 times per hour. Running long builds confidence. Votes: 2

Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserve; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room. Votes: 2

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. Votes: 2

If you want guarantees in life, then you don't want life. You want rehearsals for a script that's already been written. Life by its nature cannot have guarantees, or its whole purpose is thwarted. Votes: 2

Work was never about wanting fame or money. I never thought about that. I loved getting the job, going to rehearsal, playing someone else, hanging around with a bunch of actors. I needed that, the way you need water. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Life is definitely not a rehearsal, this is it. Votes: 1

I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation. Votes: 1

All the real work is done in the rehearsal period. Votes: 1

I snapped my fingers all through it. Sometimes I set my own tempo during rehearsal by doing that. Votes: 1

My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal. Votes: 1

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it. Votes: 1

What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change. Votes: 1

People ask me what my hobbies are in interviews, and I always say biking. But all I bike for is to get to rehearsal more quickly. Votes: 1

Certainly from the rehearsal process with Elizabeth I think it was very clear. Well let me start again. We were initially supposed to be more combative. Votes: 1

A pilot is like the most extensive dress rehearsal you can ever imagine, because the writers are learning about the actors, the actors are learning about the characters. Votes: 1

The thing I like about 'Nashville,' it just happens to be about musicians, and all the music is practical, meaning it's performed at a concert or during a rehearsal. Votes: 1

We have different personalities, but in a harmonious way, I'd say. Anyway, we were booked to play at the festival as a duo; and we decided we wouldn't have any rehearsal. Votes: 1

A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There's something so beautiful about it that can't be faked. Votes: 1

I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh. Votes: 1

When you perform in front of an audience after only two days of rehearsal, you're flying by the seat of your pants - particularly when they're rewriting the show right up to the moment the camera goes on. Votes: 1

I tend to arrive in the rehearsal process with very strongly developed ideas about what I want to do. But I don't like those ideas to be things that are not subject to change, or subject to development, or subject to challenge. Votes: 1

Good actors, especially when they know their character, will come in and either tell you in advance that they have an idea, or in the middle of the rehearsal or the scene they'll let it loose and you go, 'Ah that's great.' Votes: 1

Plays are a pretty big commitment. It takes a minimum of three months out of your life, really. And if you have family or kids, then at least during the rehearsal period for five or six weeks, you kind of say goodbye to everybody. Votes: 1

There are roles that are terrifying because they're large or you may feel that they're out of your line, but I'm never terrified once the actual work begins. Once you begin rehearsal, then it's small building blocks. It's solving little problems one at a time. Votes: 1

It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's where I want to be and I still wake up in the morning with melodies in my head. Votes: 1

Film is a much lonelier process than theatre. You really don't have any rehearsal time in film. You don't shape it together... with theatre, there is a complete kind of family atmosphere. The sociable side of this business is the theatrical side, it really isn't the film side. Votes: 1

One Tree Hill' was my first television experience, so naturally I was nervous initially. There is no rehearsal, you get your script a few days ahead, and you work. I was also the youngest actor, 13, on set at that time, but it was amazing to be able to 'learn the ropes' with such a supportive group of people. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

It was in Cardiff, and the cast was 60 per cent Welsh-speaking. It's the first time I've walked into a rehearsal room speaking my mother tongue, which in itself was a breath of fresh clean air from the Welsh mountains. Singing Hans Sachs is always a milestone, but I was happy to be part of such an achievement, not personally but as a company. Votes: 1

I don't like rehearsal. Votes: 0

This is no dress rehearsal. Votes: 0

Love is the rehearsal of Paradise. Votes: 0

Meditation is a dress rehearsal for death. Votes: 0

Life ain't no rehearsal, the cameras always rolling. Votes: 0

I really miss the rehearsal process of theater. Votes: 0

After all - life is not a dress rehearsal! Votes: 0

it takes a lot of rehearsal to become yourself. Votes: 0

This is not a dress rehearsal; this is your life. Votes: 0

During the rehearsal process I got thrown off the horse. Votes: 0

The rehearsal process in general is about trusting one another. Votes: 0

I've been onstage once for one performance with four days' rehearsal. Votes: 0

Trumpets! Can you bring your... uh... extracurricular tubing necessities next rehearsal? Votes: 0

The best preparation for worship is not a rehearsal, but surrender. Votes: 0

There's usually not a lot of rehearsal when you do films. Votes: 0

I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf. Votes: 0

Life is not a dress rehearsal - every day is opening night. Votes: 0

There's nothing so freeing as going to rehearsal and having that experience. Votes: 0

The excitement of being in a rehearsal room is good for me. Votes: 0

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either. Votes: 0

Most of our oldest memories are the product of repeated rehearsal and reconstruction. Votes: 0

If I'm having a bad day in rehearsal, I'll sleep with my script. Votes: 0

The theater itself is not revolutionary: it is a rehearsal for the revolution. Votes: 0

The work of rehearsal is looking for meaning and then making it meaningful. Votes: 0

The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age. Votes: 0

Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead. Votes: 0

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be. Votes: 0

Your life is not a dress rehearsal - this is it! It's show time! Votes: 0

Keeping the commandments is not a burden, but a joyous rehearsal for the eternity. Votes: 0

My first memories of life were in rehearsal; thats why I can sleep through anything. Votes: 0

I love the long-form rehearsal process with theater, brick by brick, to build another life. Votes: 0

My first memories of life were in rehearsal; that's why I can sleep through anything. Votes: 0

I don't believe in sort of holding back, you know, life isn't a dress rehearsal! Votes: 0

Laziness - The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age. Votes: 0

For many little girls, life with father is a dress rehearsal for love and marriage. Votes: 0

I truly love the rehearsal process, those eight hours a day! I really love actors. Votes: 0

The roadwork is just rehearsal for that DVD you're going to film a year later. Votes: 0

Sleep is uncanny, I have always found it so, a nightly dress-rehearsal for being dead. Votes: 0

I have a theater background, so I like finding beats, working on things and having rehearsal. Votes: 0

Breakfast Club was great because we had a real rehearsal, and we shot primarily in sequence. Votes: 0

Finally it has penetrated my thick skull. This life-this moment-is no dress rehearsal. This is it. Votes: 0

I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing. Votes: 0

In terms of the series, we worked separately, getting together in rehearsal to beat out the material. Votes: 0

I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal. Votes: 0

I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time. Votes: 0

For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story. Votes: 0

Life is not a dress rehearsal - wake up every day excited to live out your purpose. Votes: 0

It is a lot cheaper to spend eight hours in a rehearsal hall than in a recording studio. Votes: 0

It's exciting to see a kid at a rehearsal meeting with someone who seems like such an icon. Votes: 0

People treat life as though it's the dress rehearsal for some big show. It's not. This is it. Votes: 0

For writers that rehearsal period is death. It is the most destructive thing of all to a script. Votes: 0

I feel that once you go into rehearsal, you need to focus on the show in the room. Votes: 0

I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there. Votes: 0

The pre-shoot days are so relaxed and fun and the writers are laughing. I love the rehearsal process. Votes: 0

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't. Votes: 0

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines. Votes: 0

I love exploring in a rehearsal room with other actors, scenes and you know, stuff you are scared of. Votes: 0

I'm not a guy that loves a lot of rehearsal, but it depends. It depends what it would be. Votes: 0

But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period. Votes: 0

If you're a comic, you don't have a rehearsal room, you rehearse on stage. My main concern is remembering everything. Votes: 0

Learn to say, "I don't know the answer." It could be the beginning of a very good day's rehearsal. Votes: 0

I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out Votes: 0

I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out. Votes: 0

I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience. Votes: 0

I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience Votes: 0

Work is your life, it's not a rehearsal. You work 7 days a week so you may as well enjoy those days. Votes: 0

At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like. Votes: 0

It's very rare to have rehearsal time on a television show: You get scripts, you show up, and you do it. Votes: 0

The process of rehearsal means you learn so much and really get the chance to develop your work on a character. Votes: 0

In a great play or a great film, there's a rehearsal period and they find this character. On TV, everything moves fast. Votes: 0

If it takes 30 days of rehearsal, you better ace all 30 of those days. When it's game time, you're ready to play ball. Votes: 0

The rehearsal period is so far away from the time when the scene will actually be shot that very little is remembered. Votes: 0

[John] Hughes was open to that [rehearsal]. This can only happen if the director and/or the writer are open to that. Votes: 0

I think rehearsal can be important if it's done in a way that works. Often, rehearsal can be a waste of time. Votes: 0

To a certain extent. I'm a fan of rehearsal on the day [of the shoot], more than getting together a week beforehand. Votes: 0

Don't wait for miracles. Your whole life is a miracle. Live it up and dare to leave an impact. There is no rehearsal. Votes: 0

Let's not hold anything back in 2015. We only have one life to live and this is not a dress rehearsal!! #‎ allornothing Votes: 0

What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change." Votes: 0

Basically, editing is done in rehearsal and in the writing process and in the acting, so it's very, very tricky, very, very tricky. Votes: 0

The focus of our family life was homework and what was for dinner; getting to ballet rehearsal and getting my brother to soccer. Votes: 0

I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen. Votes: 0

I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or another. Votes: 0

Live Aid did feel like one hour's rehearsal after several years, but to be part of Live Aid was wonderful. It reall was. Votes: 0

I personally like a little rehearsal, not if I'm gonna have a super emotional scene you wanna have it be a fresh thing. Votes: 0

Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement. Votes: 0

And this is what we called our childhoods. Little more than a dress rehearsal for adding our digits to the butcher's bill of war. Votes: 0

The rehearsal time is almost my favourite part of being an actress, particularly if you're working on a play that hasn't been done before. Votes: 0

I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look. Votes: 0

There's actually something interesting about having no rehearsal time - you have to just walk in and go with your gut, which is exciting. Votes: 0

True leaders are ready to sweat when making rehearsal, than to cry tears when actually practicing. To save the tears, be ready to sweat! Votes: 0

It's a cliché - but true - that life is not a dress rehearsal. You get to do it once, so do it well. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

There is a kind of classlessness in the theater. The rehearsal pianist, the head carpenter, the stage manager, the star of the show-all are family. Votes: 0

Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

You discover a lot of things on your feet and if you don't have any rehearsal, then anything that happens on the screen is by accident. Votes: 0

Yeah I'm still writing. I've got about 14 tracks now. But we've been on tour so we haven't had time to get back to a rehearsal place. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm a theater actress. I love rehearsal. I could have six weeks of rehearsal and think it's not enough. But on film, you don't get that luxury. Votes: 0

The rehearsal process is the most important thing to me, so working with colleagues who are effusive, thoughtful, young and vivacious is really inspiring as a musician. Votes: 0

I truly thought I was going to be in pop music. And then I joined a choir to meet girls, and everything changed in the first rehearsal. Votes: 0

I am a fan of rehearsal. I like doing it [scene] over and over and over and over until it looks like you never did it before. Votes: 0

Rationality is what we do to organize the world, to make it possible to predict. Art is the rehearsal for the inapplicability and failure of that process. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Well, television is grueling. The hours are grueling, it's hard work, and there's a lot of pressure to get it done without a lot of rehearsal time. Votes: 0

Mr. Bergman was a man of great working discipline. He forced everyone to concentrate when it was important. No disturbing noise during rehearsal. A code of silence. Votes: 0

I love opening night, and I love doing plays. But one of my favorite parts about doing a play or working on a new play is rehearsal. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

After the dress rehearsal that afternoon, someone had misplaced the vial of poison, and for lack of better, Romeo would have to commit suicide by eating Tic Tacs. Votes: 0

When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.' Votes: 0

I wake up every morning thinking...this is my last day. And I jam everything into it. There's no time for mediocrity. This is no damned dress rehearsal. Votes: 0

I have to get up the fitness level, sing a lot, practice, get in the mood, and generally do lots of rehearsal. Get your body and mind ready. Votes: 0

. . . 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. Votes: 0

My belief is that the music is always stronger than the performer: there is always something new, something we learn, whether at a performance or during a rehearsal. Votes: 0

If Broadway shows charge preview prices while the cast is in dress rehearsal, why should restaurants charge full price when their dining room and kitchen staffs are still practicing? Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

A lot of people don't really understand what rehearsal's about. People are afraid they're gonna leave it in the dressing room, or you're gonna shoot your wad in rehearsal. Votes: 0

I've done a lot of television, and there's no rehearsal process - you have to come to the set with your guns blazing and with a point of view. Votes: 0

You have to do what you love to do, not get stuck in that comfort zone of a regular job. Life is not a dress rehearsal. This is it. Votes: 0

For me, making the show work was getting belly laughs - like most variety artists. But the straight actor believes you fix your performance in rehearsal and that's it. Votes: 0

The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal, and it was brilliant. Votes: 0

I always treat each take as a rehearsal for the next take. That way you can find stuff and keep adding and playing until they tell me to stop Votes: 0

I survived on sandwiches, and I was on stage every night for six years of my life. I was working 16 hours a day between class, rehearsal, being on stage. Votes: 0

I love the digital camera because it makes shooting easier and economical. I shoot fast, and I can shoot a lot. I shoot rehearsal; I just keep on shooting nonstop. Votes: 0

James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect. Votes: 0

I learned to understand the distance a character can be from yourself and how important rehearsal can be to creating a person that feels like a person that isn't you. Votes: 0

Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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!" Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I really like our studio. It's definitely not in any way slick; it's very homemade, literally. Everyone has their own room to produce and write, and [there's a] big rehearsal space. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I worked with Sidney Lumet years ago, and we had a long rehearsal process, and he would tape out the entire set on the stage, so I stole that from him. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

One of the hardest things about directing is just to be patient and remind yourself that you've been in Week 1 of a rehearsal process yourself, and you know what it feels like. Votes: 0

I really love the process, with stage, of rehearsal, you get to create a character, and you have a beginning, a middle, and an end of story. And in television, you don't. Votes: 0

The only time I've ever danced every day was during 'Dancing with the Stars' and in the two-week rehearsal for 'Dirty Dancing,' and that was only to do a particular dance. Votes: 0

Certainly people have a lot tougher situations than I've had to deal with. But I will say we are all dying from the moment we are born. This is not just rehearsal. Votes: 0

Working on a soap opera is such good training for the novice actor. No rehearsal, 120 pages of dialogue per week, and one take to get the scene right. No room for error. Votes: 0

Olive Kitteridge' is the only thing that I've done on camera where we had a day of rehearsal before we shot, and I'm so glad that that happened, because I was so nervous. Votes: 0

I'm a kid who did stock and summer youth theater where we'd put up two shows and you had no rehearsal. I've also understudied, where I've had to go on with no rehearsal. Votes: 0

For a London play, rehearsal time would be four weeks for the entire show. In films, I'd spend six weeks on the big dance numbers to get them perfect before the actual shooting. Votes: 0

Nobody could dissapear to their trailer once it was up and running, you were all there on the same stage. It was 10 days of rehearsal and 10 days of shooting, which was very tiring. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Being a director, whether you're in rehearsal or you're in auditions or you're in a creative meeting, is so much to me about being present in the moment. There's a sense of time stopping. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The key for me is really just to stay in a child-like state in the rehearsal studio. I'm really goofy and really silly and crazy. If I get too serious, I start hitting a wall. Votes: 0

I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation. I like to just go out and do it. Of course, that doesn't mean actors are free to do whatever they like, they're always being directed. Votes: 0