Cheech Marin Quotes

Chemistry is really about two people who like to act together, I think. It's like tennis in the most cliched way. It's like if you hit the ball, they hit the ball back, and they don't hit it into the stands, and they don't put the ball in their pocket and walk off - and they don't argue with the umpire, you know?

What I say about actors is you always want to find an actor you can play ball with. You throw the ball at them and you want them to throw it back. Your ball playing is a lot better when you play with good ballplayers, like any sport. Every actor I know feels the same way.

When you're dealing with a bunch of different producers, you gotta make sure the chemistry fits.

A big part of that quarterback-receiver relationship is communication. You've got to be on the same page because if you're not, it just doesn't work. Then you're kind of guessing.

Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.

It's not easy to act, but to direct to act. It goes form one place to the next. It's not heading for the punchline, and also it's not about scoring goals. It's about passing the ball, and the goals will come by themselves.

Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you're with somebody.

It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.

You know, you can have someone who's the very best at something, but if there's not that kind of chemistry, collaborating is not going to amount to anything.

I just love the process of working with other actors.

Acting is reacting, and it's always easier to react when someone is doing a good job.

Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.

Everybody does their homework, and we all come together and just knock it out. There are adjustments to make, and if you have actors who are collaborators and who really know how to listen and be in the scene together, than it works out beautifully.

The hardest thing about a musical is making sure everybody is working on the same damn show. That is the monster.

The quarterback-receiver connection is a constant work in progress. You're always working on your communication on the field, off the field.

I think it's just a chemistry thing, feeling each other out. The more you play with each other, the better it's going to be.

That always makes it fun inside the ring when you know you can work with somebody. You can fly off the cuff while you're in there; you can improvise.

And, all these things need to be coordinated; so we all need to work together, have timers going and everything so we're all coordinated and get this piece of orchestration done.

It's the most amazing cast, a dream cast. We laugh all the time.

It's like playing tennis, you play a different rally with different people. Every actor is different and the chemistry between actors is different.

There is only so much you can do if you're pulling weight and there's nobody there to play off of. You can't have those beautiful moments with new actors who are so worried about everything else but the moment.

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate with them.

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you.

I guess there's this mind shift that happens once you're on stage. I don't know, chemicals, something happens and you just... I just become completely in control of where I am. And it's all about trusting the people that you're on the stage with, listening... and it just falls into place really easily.