Prepares Quotes

(on how he prepares for a role] I have a very traditional background. I`m theater-trained. I don`t know. I do my homework. Literally, I read the script a lot and I learn it, no matter what the part is - how big or small the part is. I put a lot of thought into it and I think about it constantly. Part of that is the kid in me, too. When I show up on a film set, I don`t want to worry in my trailer about what I`m doing. I want to play PlayStation because I don`t get to play that at home.

(about pregnancy and babies) It`s like getting ready for your own birth. Nothing prepares you . . . When those eyes meet your eyes -- I was feeling things I never had feelings like before. I never loved anyone so much at first meeting. I love her so much! But! - Let`s make no mistake why these babies come here: to replace us. Their first words are "Mama", "Dada" and "Bye-bye". We`ll see who`s wearing the diapers when this is all over.

All that schooling never prepares you for the reality of life.

What I do has a lot to do with the words. My favorite thing is to have two scripts at the same time, and study them simultaneously in the kitchen. Go over the words, over and over, do them different ways, different inflections and rhythms. For me, rhythm is very important. I think we express ourselves as much with rhythm as with the words. It`s not what you say, it`s how you say it. I think it`s very true. If you start to say your lines and it sounds right, usually I stick with that. If it sounds right, it probably is right. It`s curious, how you`re not collaborating with anyone at that point, and by the time you get there with other actors on the set, usually what you`ve done at home makes sense, and it`s acceptable to everybody. The thing I have trouble with, because I`m so dependent on knowing my lines, is that if suddenly somebody says, Here`s a big speech. You`re going to do that instead," I get lost. At that point, I understand why Marlon Brando loves cue cards." - On how he memorizes his lines and mentally prepares himself for each role.

In New York, I had not had my name in the papers. Nothing really prepares you for a city like New York, especially when you become known.

(On how he prepares for a part) "I usually just read the script a lot. And that`s one thing I do, I just read the script over and over and over again. That helps me."

About pregnancy and babies: "It`s like getting ready for your own birth. Nothing prepares you ... When those eyes meet your eyes -- I was feeling things I never had feelings like before. I never loved anyone so much at first meeting. I love her so much! But! - Let`s make no mistake why these babies come here: to replace us. Their first words are `Mama,` `Dada` and `Bye-bye.` We`ll see who`s wearing the diapers when this is all over."

Peyton would tell you that, too. Eli is a big, good-looking kid who can throw the ball well. The thing that separates Peyton is his work ethic and how he prepares himself. Eli went to Ole Miss and did pretty darn well without the best cast around him. I think he`ll do just fine. He`s just a very good athlete who can throw the ball extremely well.

Nothing prepares you better than racing with tremendous competition.

(on how he memorizes his lines and prepares for his roles) I go downstairs and don`t come up from there until I get that stuff hammered in my skull, until I can do it water skiing or jumping out of a plane. It`s all about the text, flushing it out, to excavate, to really get in there and see what falls through your fingers.

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

It`s one of the three that prepares us for district. They`re one of the best teams in the state of Oklahoma. It`s neat to see how you measure up. I don`t know anybody that goes out thinking hey this game doesn`t matter. But if we win this game and the next two it still doesn`t get us into the playoffs which is one of our goals. We have to see if we can pass the test. We`ll find out Friday night.

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see.

They had one thing where the guys stood in a circle and tossed a tennis ball and then they added another ball and another. They had to learn to talk to each other about who was throwing to whom and who was going to toss high or low, that kind of thing. They also were placed in various scenarios where seniors had to learn to rely on the underclassmen. This prepares them for things that happen out on the football field.

It really helps as far as keeping them focused and really prepares them for the future.

Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of living in advance through a trauma that prepares you for a future of radical transformation.

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

If anything prepares you to be president, it`s being a Red Sox fan.