Tilman J. Fertitta Quotes

The best thing anybody ever told me about acting - and I think it's probably true for life, generally - is listen. You've really got to watch, and you've really got to listen. Not see and hear.

A lot of what acting is is paying attention.

We want you to pay attention.

Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

Acting is reacting. You can't react if you're not paying attention, if you're not listening.

I had to make sure I kept an eye on the real world.

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

Presence is in the eye and ear and gut of the beholder. When you are totally present in a conversation or in a meeting, others around you perceive you as totally focused on the matter at hand and on being of value to them.

Pay attention. Don't just stagger through the day.

Go right on and listen as thou goest.

If you are bored, you are not paying attention.

Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.

Obviously we can't do what we do if no one is paying attention.

When you listen with perfect awareness, then listening becomes possible.

To feel as well as hear what someone says requires whole attention.

Look with all your eyes, look.

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

If you're really in the process of photographing, you are absolutely aware. You are looking.

A lot of what acting is paying attention.

I regularly take my entrepreneurship students out walking because I want to get them in the habit of noticing and thinking about what they notice. They have to leave their phones behind to learn the basic lesson: Be where you are.

The point is to be involved in the moment.

Presence is more than just being there.

You need to pay attention to the little things as well as the big things.

Listen. O’ listen.