Quotes About Preparation

I don't prepare when filming kiss scenes.

Before shows, we rub elbows and growl. It started once when someone had a cold, and we didn't want to hug each other. So we started rubbing elbows. And we don't kiss. We just go, 'Grrrr!'

Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen.

I grew up being told by my parents each time they went off to war that they may explode, so I needed to know how things like the gadgets in the kitchen worked.

Dinner is where the magic happens in the kitchen.

I have to do so many scenes cooking that I wanted to learn how to chop like I know what I'm doing and do certain things around the kitchen that look right.

I always end up in the kitchen at restaurants. At events or parties, too, I like to see where my food is prepared or made. I like the theater of it.

I know how to cook, so working in the kitchen will never be an issue.

There are only three questions that matter in the kitchen if you're cooking and not baking. The first is how good are your ingredients; the second is how much salt to add; and the third is how long to cook whatever it is you're cooking - the question of doneness.

If this is the end of the world, give me a fork and a knife.

The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.

Before I go on stage, I knock three times. Three is my lucky number; I once went into an audition and was number 333 and got the best part ever.

Everybody does their homework, and we all come together and just knock it out. There are adjustments to make, and if you have actors who are collaborators and who really know how to listen and be in the scene together, than it works out beautifully.

I put a lot of work in. I watch film. I study. People may knock it, but I think it's what makes me great.

I just got to be ready to knock down shots.

I didn't stick with my game plan, I didn't take Rogers serious and the result, he knocked me out in less than 20 seconds.

It's the one you don't expect that knocks you out.

The first hit in a game is the thing that knocks everything out; whether you're nervous, you're over-thinking stuff, it definitely helps.

I get into lab early and leave a bit early, too. So I like to have an hour or two before everybody comes in.

I was in the lab for a long time before I actually, like, put stuff out.

Like everything at Big Machine Label Group, the music comes out when it's ready.

Food was a labor of love you felt by cooking it and eating it.

Exams are not very hard. People find them hard because they don't work - it's just a matter of labour. Once you actually start doing it, it's like cracking eggs. You don't need to be smart. As everything is in life, it's about concentration.

It's about time! It's supposed to be a ritual, not a marathon.