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I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.

Charles Garfield

I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf. .

Jack Lemon

[Many of the outtakes heard on the box set would have been lost to the fire, were it not for a reel-to-reel dub copy of two early Charles rehearsal sessions made for Atlantic co-founder Jerry Wexler by late Atlantic producer-recording engineer Tom Dowd, shortly before the fire.] I kept it for years, ... Then I made a cassette copy, and then a CD.

Jerry Wexler

He never let up for a minute in rehearsal, he never let anything go.

Janet Baker

There is a not a dress rehearsal where she will know what the questions are.

Roger Simpson

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

Barbara Kingsolver

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

Marcia Gay Harden

If you came to a rehearsal, you'd think 'what are you doing?' but it helps get into character.

Sarah Jones

While we have tested certain parts of the plan, the dress rehearsal is our first opportunity to see how well all of the pieces fit together.

Louis Kincannon

I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing.

Brad Dourif

I shot my leg during a rehearsal! Thank God they were blanks.

Ricardo Montalban

We got together and that first rehearsal we went through 80 percent of our songs. It was great, and we knew he'd work out for us.

Patrick Carrie

I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked.

Alphonse Karr

There was an extended period of rehearsal, ... which meant everything became quite naturalized.

Rosamund Pike

All the ballet majors here dance all day long and they work jobs all night long, so it's hard to fit in choreography time. Whereas if you were an artistic director at a university, there's time set aside for rehearsal.

Shayla Bott

(The invite) is not a really hard meet. It's like a dress rehearsal. However, the rest of the way is really important.

Barry Weiner

I want this lit for the rehearsal tomorrow. Either outside, inside, or whatever.

Ken Ehrlich

Maybe with 'Parsifal,' because it's only three performances and a limited rehearsal time, we'll be able to get someone really good.

Joseph Volpe

Penn Singers is well established, so we're lucky. We have a regular rehearsal space. But I hear stories from other groups. There's a lot of competition.

George Cooper

I'd love to come back every summer and do a play here. It's a definite challenge - we had less than three weeks for rehearsal, so we came in running.

Chris Noth

I don't have the answer until we look at it in a rehearsal room. But we're not going to do anything that will hurt us.

Kevin Mccollum

You know, a lot of people don't know it, but we get here at four in the morning and do the entire show in rehearsal just to get it right, right?

Miles O'brien

Everyone looks forward to rehearsal night as different from the rest of life.

Bill Straub

We often come out to synagogue-sponsored events. I heard him during rehearsal and he sounded really good.

Beverly Jones

I think he loves it. It is a relief to go in the rehearsal hall and get away from all of it.

Randy Moore

It's hard to get your footing, because it's continually changing during the rehearsal process. It's like directing a workshop show, which also performs. It's hard to have a vision of how to mount the production, since it's always shifting.

William Toman

When you perform in front of an audience after only two days of rehearsal, you're flying by the seat of your pants - particularly when they're rewriting the show right up to the moment the camera goes on.

Michael Richards

I learned a ton from Joe, ... He'd allow you to do anything you wanted in rehearsal. You could do handstands while doing your lines. He just wants you to explode and explore it. Then he'll guide you and help you focus in like a laser on what the character's journey is.

Rainn Wilson

This was a great dress rehearsal for the Io encounters. We've been wondering how the spacecraft might hold up when it gets close to Io. This latest brush with radiation makes us think that the odds of survival may be fairly good.

Jim Erickson

I don't think we've had a rehearsal where someone hasn't cried.

Donald Rupe

It was a good day-like a rehearsal, really.

Dominic West

I think I love teaching for the reason I love being in a rehearsal room.

Paula Vogel

I don't think she has missed a class or rehearsal since the fall [when she joined Ballet Theatre].

Jan Dijkwel

I don't think I am going to play in London with an orchestra until I can be assured that I'm getting adequate rehearsal," declares Kennedy. "And if that's never, I won't play in London with an English orchestra. I'll have to bring one in from somewhere else.

Nigel Kennedy

The first time we met was at the rehearsal. We spoke forever about everything - about life, about what we were doing.

Janine Jansen

They're more than customers; they are like friends and family. We've even had some second generations come in to have their rehearsal dinners here, the same place their parents had theirs.

Marc Danley

The terrorist is not going to be able to do some of their casing and rehearsal activity without being detected by one of you.

Jeffrey Beatty

In the film world you don't often get much rehearsal time. Only on big-budget films do you have the opportunity to rehearse for a week or two.

Debbie Allen

This was a World class competition and had a championship level atmosphere with packed crowds at every session. This was a great experience for both Jessica and Troy. It was good for them to see how you need to be consistent every dive. It was a good dress rehearsal for later events they will compete in this year.

Matt Scoggin

I'm completely stunned that the DVD came out as great as it did. There was some greater power watching over us. It was a huge challenge, ... We only had about a half day's rehearsal and were supposed to film for two nights but only did one night. I also did all my playing by memory without the score in front of me. Maybe the crazy circumstances made it better.

Yngwie Malmsteen

Most of our work comes out of the stories or ideas of the people who are creating it. What we do is walk into a rehearsal with an idea, and then we improvise.

Erika Block