Max Lucado Quotes

Let's face it, 80 percent of the work I do my kids can't see.

A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.

I've worked extremely hard. There's always that part that people don't see, the things you do behind the scenes.

I don't think a lot of people really know what goes into something that they see.

No one really sees the hours of work you put into that moment that finally happens on television or in the theater; they just kind of see the result.

For me, staying ready has always been, like, the preparations: do the behind-the-scenes or do what you think that's not sexy that nobody will see, but when they do see it, it's like, 'Oh, snap... what she's doing on her own, we'll add to that, and it'll blow up.'

There is lots of my work that takes place behind closed doors that is not ever seen.

You think about acting kind of as an iceberg where you've got that 5% that you see... but in order to have that 5%... you have to have another 95%.

I've always been fascinated with everything behind the camera and in front.

As an actor, a lot of things you do, people don't see it.

The life of a congressional spouse is harder than the life of the member. They do all the work and get none of the recognition.

I love it behind the camera as much as I do in front.

When we were doing 'The Office,' there was an area backstage where they worked on hair and makeup, and I was sitting there waiting to get ready to go on, and one of the writers went, 'I want you to audition for 'Bad Teacher.'' I went, 'Okay!'

I worked on 'Happy-Go-Lucky' for seven-and-a-half months, and I'm in it for two minutes - largely because Sally Hawkins turned left instead of right.

I was working with Bryan Cranston in 'All the Way.' We were about to make an entrance together - I was Hoover, he was LBJ - and he says to me, 'You should play the brother in 'Better Call Saul.' I was like 'What?' and it was time to go on. I'm doing the scene, and I can't think of what Hoover's supposed to say.

Kissing scenes are never romantic or sexy. They're actually super technical, like, 'Move your head; you're blocking her light,' or, 'Stop looking like an idiot when you kiss her.'

You never know what goes on behind closed doors.

It's always funny to watch the scene that you know took a thousand takes.

Behind every easy role, there is a lot of hard work that goes in.

It's all well and good when it's going good and people have an opinion on how well you're playing, but it's the hidden things they don't see.

Even though I was playing myself on 'NCIS,' it was so cool to see how everything works behind a camera.

Being on set is the thing I love the most, and a lot of the things that come alongside acting and entertainment are the things I despise, to be quite honest.

I love being on a movie set.

A lot of hard work goes into making a film.

Why did I want to become a director? I just had an early interest. My uncle was an actor in a local community theatre, and he ultimately persuaded me and a buddy of mine to come to that theatre, and we went to meet girls, and that turned into interested in kind of behind-the-scenes things, and from that point on, I was focused.