Quotes About Ensemble

We all have a voice of sorts and when put with others we make a good sound.

A prodigy is a group enterprise.

It's very important for actors to feel like a part of the puzzle and not the puzzle itself.

I quit it because at the end of seven years in an ensemble show with one leader, I thought: 'I will be known as 'Dallas' starring Larry Hagman and the cast.' And at this point in my career - I was in my mid to late 30s - I thought, 'Now is the time when it's hottest for me to go out and establish my thing.'

Luckily enough, I've been able to work with Ava DuVernay, who was able to rally this large ensemble and get us all on the same page for 'Selma.'

It is very nice to have good actors with you.

Philosophy, like science, is only a collection of hypotheses, introduced for the usefulness of the ensemble, or for economy of thought.

When I'm on stage, I feel very much at home - within a theater, within an ensemble - so this entire process is something I feel very attuned with.

The idea is not to have one great singer surrounded by a bunch of nit wits. When the others are good, too, that's when you get something happening in opera.

I most enjoyed doing 'Whites,' a show BBC2 cancelled after one series. It had some beautiful, witty, charming scripts and was one of the most positive ensemble pieces I've done. I thought the end result was really special. I'm still confused about why it didn't last longer.

Me and the Dap-Kings, the whole band is playing a wedding band in 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'

The quality of instruction is very high at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It's not about being a rock star. It's about the fundamentals of music, theory and technique on a particular instrument, and playing in an ensemble or private setting.

How many more are there like you? (Maggie) Enough to make the cast of a Cecil B. DeMille film look like a two-man opera. (Wren)

Every once in a while in an actor's life, a cast comes together.

I get to be in a room with other actors, but I never, or very rarely, get the chance to be in a room with another director.

I don't do anything by myself. I have a whole crew to get me ready every day.

Hamlet' is a real ensemble piece: you have to realise that he's just one part of the story.

I gravitate to ensemble comedy.

That's the great thing about 'Corrie': it is an ensemble cast, and it didn't rest on one person's shoulders by any means.

I'm interested in working with groups of actors to tell complicated stories about what's happening to people, and that's because I came out of the theatre where I worked in ensembles, and I really loved that.

Sometimes jobs are jobs, and when you guest star on television, you're also working with a guest director. You're the new kid on the block, because everyone else is already in the ensemble.

When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble. I don't only listen to the guitar player.

You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.

You can't beat 2 guitars, bass, and drums.