Anne Graham Lotz Quotes

I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say.

When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I do not - will not read.

Great speeches have always had great soundbites. The problem now is that the young technicians who put together speeches are paying attention only to the soundbite, not to the text as a whole, not realizing that all great soundbites happen by accident, which is to say, all great soundbites are yielded up inevitably, as part of the natural expression of the text. They are part of the tapestry, they aren't a little flower somebody sewed on.

I think nobody wants to hear a sermon. Well, some people do, but maybe not through music or not with me. No one wants to hear me give a speech that way.

What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory.

I think it's better when you're natural, when you just do whatever you want, instead of doing classes where I see all these other people holding back because they've been trained with certain skills or techniques. I'm like, whatever.

I don't really like 'acting' - I like things to feel as natural as possible.

I think it's still kind of weird to memorize a line, because you're supposed to 'be' this person, you know? So then its like, if I'm really this person, how can I be in the moment if I know there's just one line I'm supposed to say? It doesn't feel natural. I always just kind of want to say whatever comes up.

I don't work out a lead section and practice it for a day and then lay it down. I don't do that. The first time I do something I think is expressive or really cool, that's what's actually on the recording.

I ad lib. I've gotta bring my own into it.

The hardest thing is that I never do anything the same way twice, and when I'm on the air, I'm very unscripted, and I'm very comfortable in that role. So me being scripted is not a comfortable place for me.

I never use notes, they interfere with me.

I can't ad-lib, or not for long.

There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing.

I just think there's always room for humanity in acting, one can only hope, so when you bring in the whole life of a person that's playing a character, then surprises happen and are allowed to happen, and so it makes it more interesting.

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I released the shutter.

I am terrible at memorizing things. Hence, ad-libbing.

The key to Presidential debates is to rehearse those [dramatic] moments but don’t let them look scripted.

I just sing. I sing whatever I can.

Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation.

I don't need a stage to perform. We just need something to stand on.

I wanted the audience to write stories and then read them out if they wanted to. It's always the best part of the show because people are so imaginative.

There are various ways of delivering some kind of truth, so I try to find the style or the way that I find more effective.

I have always felt that doing too much of homework makes the performance look plastic. I don't even watch the monitor after I finish my scene because I can't reprise it. I just go with the flow.

The beauty of stand-up is that it's very flexible, it's very malleable and immediate. Whatever is in your head that day you can verbalise in some way that night. It's the medium that suits me best.