David Copperfield Quotes

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

There is nothing like practice.

If I had my way, we'd rehearse things to death.

It isn't the hours that you put in at practice that count. It's the way you spend those minutes.

An amazing performance is always a reflection of awesome amounts of practice.

Whatever you do big or small, do it well or don't do it at all.

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

Practice every time you get a chance.

Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.

The more you do, the more experience you have and the next time it will be easier to choose the right thing.

You can't rush an art form.

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.

Writing is like anything else - the more you do it, the better you get at it, the easier it comes, and the less concerned you'll be about what's going to happen to it, where it's going, what it sounds like, whether it's right.

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

I never used to want rehearsals, because I was like, 'Oh, no. I'm more spontaneous. I'm a natural. I'm a one-take person.' But that was because I didn't have any training. I was going off instinct.

I'm not a guy that loves a lot of rehearsal, but it depends.

I think switching is like a lot of things. You can do it - it's a game plan - but you better do it well. You better practise it.

You've got to perfect your craft.

I've been coaching how many years? A long time.

You've got to do it in practice first.

Acting takes a lot of practice, but so does auditioning.

You practice how you play. I still believe that.

The biggest lesson I've learned about drawing is that it takes time. Which is really annoying.

It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?

You can't make a great play until you first do it in practice.