Quotes About Ensemble

When I moved to New York, I wanted to be in the ensemble of 'Hairspray.' That was my goal.

If you get the right cast, half your work is done.

I'm an ensemble guy, I guess - that comes from the theater. If I ever won some kind of award someday, I imagine I'd try to be very gracious, but in the end, I just want to keep working. I don't see why that, if you just put your mind to it and keep sowing the right seeds, you can't keep doing the things you want to do.

I've been singing with Roomful of Teeth since the beginning in 2009, and it's a really mind-blowingly wonderful vocal ensemble. Very brave and very creative, and they're some of my closest friends.

'BUMP' deals with all the joys and trauma that comes with a woman's changing body and the struggles of going through labor. It's a beautiful ensemble cast of wonderful people, and I get emotional just being part of the process.

I loved 'Les Miz' and 'Into the Woods' - I used to cast 'Into the Woods' with my friends, even if they'd never stepped on stage before.

It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details.

I like a scarf with a shirt; it throws it off a bit.

When I was in 'Philadelphia Story' I got Joe Cotten to pick out my clothes. He loves clothes and he knows them; never gets the wrong tie and shirt combination.

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures

I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well.

I had a good time working with Russell Crowe, Ron Howard and Ed Harris. It was a great cast and Russell worked really hard, doing tons of research and questioning everything

tuxes, vests and ties can be ordered.

My disappointments, instead of converging toward a center and constituting if not a system at least an ensemble, are scattered, each supposed itself unique and thereby wasted, lacking organization.

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 am always happiest in an ensemble.

Harmony singing is my favorite thing to do in music!

Harmony singing isn't meant to be done alone.

I always want harmony within the band. I want it to work.

'The Hateful Eight' is like theatre.

At its core, 'Heroes' is an ensemble character drama with genre elements.

All three girls in 'Housefull 3,' Jacqueline Fernandez, Lisa Haydon and Nargis, got along well. Usually when there is more than one heroine there is some friction. Not this time.

Music teaches people to work together, which is maybe one of the most important skills.

Music teaches us how to work together, how to harmonize.