Joe Mantello Quotes

Let me say I was trained at Juilliard. I have a very high standard. I expect everybody around me to work equally as hard because people pay a lot of money for tickets. They demand the best that we have.

Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out.

My feeling is, I do a lot of low-budget films. I don't do low-budget acting. I have no interest in just goofballing my way through, thinking, 'Ah, no one's ever going to see this anyway.'

I believe in professionalism and I believe in putting on the best possible match regardless of the scenario for our audience.

I only want to put out the best for myself and my subscribers.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Commit yourself to quality from day one... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

I demand excellence from the people I work with.

Here's the thing about Red Sox fans, or actually just fans from that region, in general: they appreciate the effort. And if you mail it in or if you give 80 percent, even with a win, they'll let you know that's not how you do it. They want - if it's comedian, if it's a musician, bring us your best show.

There was no question that in our house doing well, doing it the right way, school, sports - there was an expectation. One of the things I've taken away from that is that I'm unafraid to expect a fair amount from people. It makes them so much better - you're doing them a disservice if you don't.

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right.

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

Whatever I'm doing, I try and keep the quality very high.

I have always believed in quality work.

My dad was a really funny, really talented guy who had a great success in a limited audience. But from him, I learned that he always felt the audience was entitled to 150 per cent. If he was performing at an event, he'd keep playing until the last person had finished dancing.

Our demands are very high, very great, but I want to ask every player every day to give us more.

I always prioritize quality over quantity of work.

You can never take a day off, because there's an All-Star on every team.

That's always the goal. If you don't want to be the best or have the company on your back with everyone relying on you, then you shouldn't be here.

My focus is on giving my best and I have to enjoy my performance as then only audience will enjoy.

Once I finish something, if I don't feel that it's absolutely fabulous, there's no way I would ever let it be recorded, I wouldn't even present it to a producer.

I have an obsession for quality.

Real Madrid demands the maximum. You have to win and please.