Quotes About Preparation

Theater dressing rooms are my home away from home - my second home, really.

I find it difficult to work if I don't know the lines, you know, and not just knowing - they're second nature to me. Then, whatever happens in the performance when you're actually doing it, you're not going to go off. You're going to retain all of that. So I like to have my lines.

The holidays are only overwhelming because it's crunch time. It's like everyone trying to get last-minute things in before the New Year starts.

You cannot plan for the Champions League: the competitors are always overwhelming. It is a big new challenge every year.

Being involved in sports, being an owner in sports, nothing can prepare you for that, I think we've seen that.

Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest.

I always pack too much, but I'm just nervous I'll forget something.

I'm a terrible packer. I don't pack lots and lots because I think I'll wear everything, I pack a lot because I never know what I'm going to need. I always go over the weight limit.

I juice everything! Whether it's beet, carrot, or apple, I'll juice it. I always keep brown rice in the kitchen. I'll often pack a cooler full of food to have throughout the day when I'm busy.

I'm a last minute meticulous packer. I pack things mentally before actually doing it so I never forget anything.

It's very important to know that we packed it right because it is a safety issue for coming home.

Packing is always a nightmare.

I enjoy the preparatory elements of travel - packing my bags and choosing my outfits - but my favourite part is getting there.

I have learnt that I am incapable of packing the right amount of clothing, probably because I start 10 minutes before I'm supposed to leave, and that I truly hate airports.

I think any time you can go out and put pads on and practice before the season, I think it's a good sign. It's a good sign.

Football is not played in shorts and it's not fair to the big guys. So many guys look bad in shorts and then they put the pads on and they're football players.

Typically, I work with the script and the director for awhile before, just to make sure we're on the same page.

Ensure that your script is watertight. If it's not on the page, it will never magically appear on the screen.

You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person?

TNT is a really great company to do a show for. They really believe in their shows and give shows a lot of support. They have it all worked out before you start shooting. Everybody's on the same page.

Spend more time working before you write page one. Then, the story - at least parts of it - will feel as though it is writing itself.

Because I knew we were going to wear five inches during the pageant, I would train with six inches. So, when it was time to wear the five-inch heels, they felt like nothing to me.

I outline fairly extensively because I'm usually dealing with real events. I don't need to give myself as much information as I used to, but I still like to have two pages of outline for every projected 100 pages of manuscript.

I have to learn sometimes 25 pages at a time. The takes can last 20 minutes - we do big, long takes. You always hope that you get a couple of days in between so you can learn the next one because you can't keep everything in your head at the one time.