Quotes About Preparation

Well, I always wanted to be educated and be prepared.

It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.

Rose was sexy. It was my fantasy about her. She accomplished so much and came from so little in terms of a background that would have prepared her for the world, let alone the world of entertainment.

I choose to be more prepared than I'm expected to be.

When something happens, I always check myself and know it's going to go away. So be prepared for it. This is a tough business for actors who are sensitive. If you try to hold on to things, you'll go crazy.

People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

It's okay if you finish cooking something easy after your guests arrive - some dishes must be prepared a la minute, as chefs say. Just remember to keep talking.

I went to Jersey City State College to please a family member. I wasn't prepared for school. To say I failed out is putting it nicely.

Honestly, being in a band with two guys has prepared me so much for when it's time for me to get married!

My parents weren't at all in entertainment, but when I look back, something along the line prepared me and opened me up to entertainment.

People talk about method actors, meaning someone that's prepared very, very well, or whatever they mean when they talk about it. But the right method is whatever works for you. And what works for me on any given day is going to be different.

Growing up in India, I knew all I needed to change the world was one good opportunity, and I prepared myself for it. When that opportunity came - in the form of the chance to earn an engineering degree - I was ready.

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act.

If we don't do as well as we know how and we are prepared to do, it'll be largely because we act and make choices as though we're going to stay here, as though this life is all there is, when that is not the case.

On a film you can really get away with learning the scene the night before and that's often just not possible with TV, so you have to be a little bit more prepared a little bit more in advance.

You're not going to learn anything if you're not prepared to go flat, so I'm very happy to go flat.

I definitely want children. That's important to me, so I just want to make sure that I'm completely prepared for it when that day comes.

Marriage happens; it can't be planned. When it has to happen, it will happen. Normally, what we always believe is that however prepared you are, if it's not meant to happen, it won't. And however much we have not planned, it will still happen if it's destined.

I have prepared myself to be at my peak in London. But in the Olympics, there are so many factors. You need to stay alert all the time, and a lapse of concentration, even for a second, will let you down.

A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you're prepared to take the risk of trying them out.

Everyone's favorite breakfast dish can be prepared in a moment's time with just a few ingredients and minimum effort.

I wasn't scared of childbirth. I educated myself and did my fair share of research, and that made me feel a little more prepared.

Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.

The amount of work you need to do to become a very successful celebrity is something I'm not prepared to do.