“Probably the hardest days are when the presenters come in for rehearsal. We're lucky. We have a person from the academy who tapes the pronunciations (of the nominees' names) for us, so we don't usually find out we're saying someone's name wrong, but still you're running everywhere making changes.”
Jenny Stanley
“When i die i would rather be remembered for my accomplishments not my personality”
Kenneth waters Jr
“Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.”
Wayne Dyer
“If Broadway shows charge preview prices while the cast is in dress rehearsal, why should restaurants charge full price when their dining room and kitchen staffs are still practicing?”
Marian Burros
“When he shows up at rehearsal, I'll actually believe he's here.”
Keith Lockhart
“The weirdest thing was that we rehearsed in the exact same room we rehearsed in 34 years ago, ... When I went into the washroom and looked in the mirror, I thought, 'Who is this white-haired guy?'”
John Guare
“This was a great dress rehearsal for the Io encounters. We've been wondering how the spacecraft might hold up when it gets close to Io. This latest brush with radiation makes us think that the odds of survival may be fairly good.”
Jim Erickson
