Quotes About Ensemble

Dan Curtis, our producer, has the idea that people like to see a stock company of actors.

In the early days of jazz, it was ensemble music: everybody playing all together. Nobody really stood out.

I sort of was inspired by 'Friday Night Lights,' where it was a very different show, but similar in that they were both large ensemble dramas where you had many stories going on at once. I wanted to do a show that shared that element, and that's really why I wanted to develop 'Parenthood' as a series.

Joe and I have always been drawn to ensemble storytelling. We like the idea of telling stories from multiple characters' points of view and thinking about the story from multiple characters' points of view.

Everybody hangs out with everybody, which is very strange for a cast this large and this young. We're all cool and down to earth and not caught up in this maniacal business at all... . Everybody really, really likes everybody else.

While working in a group is great, on-set especially, it means you just don't get to see the characters one-on-one.

'You Can't Take It With You' has eighteen people onstage at one point. Musicals entail a larger collaboration, and I love that.

Peter Senge shares a similar illustration about a jazz ensemble. "There is a phrase in jazz, "being in the groove," that suggests the state when the ensemble "plays as one." These experiences are very difficult to put into words—jazz musicians talk about them in almost mystical terms. The music flows through you rather than from you."2

You are not alone in the world. You are part of an ensemble.

It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.

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He uses his music as an accompaniment to his conducting.

Every orchestra is different. Sometimes, you're blown away by a particular musician. If I'm playing the Brahms concerto, it's crucial to have a great oboe player, because we work in tandem.

Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.

One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series.

It's lovely to work with a group of actors who make you laugh and smile.

I never rehearse scenes with the whole ensemble, because I need to preserve some surprise. Instead, I work with the cast individually on their characters.

For me, Company is still the best way for me to work.

It's one thing to be a perfectionist when you're alone, but when you're trying to make it work in an ensemble that's a whole different deal.

I love big ensemble shows where there are a lot of things going on and you have to really pay attention because there's a lot of nuanced work and universal themes are being explored.

I would be an actress for the rest of my life just because it's really relaxing. Writing is hard work, and stand-up is so stressful before you get on stage, but acting is a complete ensemble experience.

Rather than doing a hero-oriented film, I love being a part multi-starrer film, because such films always strike a chord with audience.

No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.

Think of a musical as a string of pearls. If you don't have a string, you can't put the pearls around your neck.