Rehearsing Quotations

I went home and did some rehearsing to satisfy my curiosity about whether I could play an Italian. I put on some makeup, stuffed Kleenex in my cheeks, and worked out the characterization first in front of a mirror, then on a television monitor. After working on it, I decided I could create a characterization that would support the story. The people at Paramount saw the footage and liked it, and that's how I became the Godfather.

Steven Adler and I played football in the street when we were 12. I remember rehearsing in my bedroom with my first band, and some kid climbed over the fence of my backyard and peeked his head in the window to see who was rocking. It was Slash.

Unlike other voice-over situations which are done in a recording studio, Roger Rabbit was live action and animation combined, and there was a time factor, so my voice was recorded live on the set. So I'm on the set rehearsing and recording my voice as a performance with the other actors, and they're all wearing costumes, and it made sense to me.

I'm not a big fan of rehearsing.

Her drive is what grabbed me. She's more than ambitious. She's relentless. She doesn't eat much. She doesn't sleep. You almost have to force her to stop working ... on a routine, or she's rehearsing songs, or just studying music.

I'm really not livable with when I'm rehearsing because I'm living the character.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

So, I think I never slept because during the day I was rehearsing with the Cincinnati Symphony and at night I was listening to jazz.

When you're doing a play that's fully produced, you have the benefit of rehearsing for four or five weeks, so you really get to live in the skin of the character for much longer than when you first start doing a character on TV.

We used to be jealous of all our friends who were just taking it easy while we were rehearsing and stuff, ... But now were playing gigs while they're working at Mackey's.