Quotes About Preparation

On the very same day that I ordered an iPad 2, I went shopping to buy myself a letter opener. I like to cover all my bases.

In comedy you have to be prepared and be specific and have a vision so your comedy feels organic and relatable and it's a lot of work to get to that point.

The process and organization leading up to cooking the egg can tell you a lot about the cook.

The hardest part of cooking is shopping, and if you organize yourself and shop once a week, you're halfway there.

Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I've ever been involved with.

The night before 'The Elephant Man' opened, we had a sleepover for 12 kids. Being organized is the key.

I try not to spend 10 hours in the kitchen when I cook at home for guests. That's why I try to be really organized and have everything thought out.

We are organizing Jewry for its coming destiny.

If someone has already done a role I'm about to do, I won't watch the original until after I'm finished playing the role.

I grew up within New Orleans; my greatest concern is rising water. But I think life is a process of moving items from the 'scared of' to the 'not scared of' list.

If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking.

Nathan Lane always wanted to play Oscar. When he came in the first day, he already knew his lines. He said he'd known them since he was 18.

I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.

I will be talking with gymnasts from some of the other countries. I will be getting a feel for what they're thinking and what they're doing. It should be a really great meet.

When I lecture, under almost all circumstances, I write a new lecture for the occasion. It helps me think. It helps me make demands of myself that I would not otherwise make.

We work on our set pieces for every opponent. It's a moment of the game that requires a lot of hard work, defensive and offensively. We try to invest our time in set pieces.

College, our job is to get guys to get better. Work hard, get better and be in position so when your time comes you get to play in the NBA.

I don't look further than next year because in our world, anything can happen.

My job is to come out here and compete the best I can, get in the playbook, understand what they want from me, and the rest will take care of itself.

When you go to an audition, don't hang on to it because no matter how well you feel it went or how badly, you just never know what the outcome is going to be.

I don't really get nervous for auditions, because I just see them as mini acting classes. There's no need to have an attachment to the outcome because it's out of your hands after that.

Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.

I don't wear the sash to bed. But I make sure it is always clean. I have it in two colors, black and gray. And I make sure it goes with my outfit.

Onstage, I don't want to be thinking about my outfit, I want to think about what I'm doing, so I'll try to dress as comfortably as possible.