Quotes About Preparation

You see a lot of us lingering around. We'll just stand there on the edge of the pool and kinda psych ourselves up into getting in.

You can't afford for there to be gaps in your pool of knowledge when it comes to a character; otherwise, what ends up onscreen is generalized and unspecific.

From one week to the next, everything changes from who you're playing to the defense's scheme. You just try to build on the things that you did well and correct the things that you did poorly in the game; then, move forward from there and hopefully continue to get better and better and better as you move forward.

I feel like most actors just dig and dig and work and work in whatever way they do to try to do as much as they can to portray a character in the limited time they have to play it, whether it's six months or one month or one week of work, you know.

The actor should understand the script and come prepared to play the role. At the same time, they should be flexible enough to take the director's input and portray his vision.

You have to put yourself in a position to be lucky.

I think the only expectation is that I put on myself to do everything right and to put myself in a position to perform as best that I can.

When you're the opener, you're the guy getting the crowd warmed up. But when you're the headliner, you're the main dude. People come to see you, and you have to deliver. It's a cool position to be in.

We're trying to put ourselves in the best position to win, period, if not this year, next year.

I have not taken a position on that nuclear option. My view is I'm not going to do anything until I come to that bridge. I'm not going to jump off the bridge until I come to it.

As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role.

For cyclone-proof energy infrastructure, we would definitely explore all possibilities, including international support.

Once again, no one in charge had given any thought to the possibility that a woman would be involved.

At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early.

I loathe having a fragile brain and knowing as I make any plan that I should provide for the possibility that my mind may betray me at short notice.

If I had been healthy and projected in the top 20 and then fell into the second round I'd have been hurt. But I knew that possibility was likely and I was ready.

Anyone who would let Gary Cooper and the entire cast go charging on horseback without first finding out what kind of footing the horses had is nuts and cannot possibly direct a motion picture.

You don't want to line up on the blocks and know you have not done everything you possibly can.

Oftentimes, the post safety will eye me up pre-snap a lot of times and know where I am.

My athleticism will go away some day. I'm gonna be old one of these days, so I'm going to be able to use those post moves.

I don't travel without a sleep mask or Post Its!

Never take your makeup off before bed. Sleep in it. That way, you're all ready to go if a hot postman rings the doorbell early.

If I'm having a party, the easiest and the biggest thing for me to make is a big pot of meatballs.

When it comes to cooking pasta, the first essential is to make sure you have a big enough pot: it needs room to roll in the water while cooking.