Precedence Quotes

Acting. I`m one of those actors who likes to stay in character between takes. I drive other actors crazy but, to me, the most important thing when I`m making a film is that the character takes precedence. I become obsessed with whoever I`m playing. I want to explore the character as completely as I can. The moment an actor becomes satisfied with themselves, their work suffers. I think that we should always challenge ourselves in work. - On acting being his biggest challenge.

My relationships with my loved ones always take precedence over work.

Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing a word onto a melody. It doesn`t ring true.

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

The most interesting aspect for me, composing exclusively with patterns, is that there is not one organizational procedure more advantageous than another, perhaps because no one pattern ever takes precedence over the others.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?

Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past.

It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration.

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.