You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing, which is their own. It works simply because they are who they are.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Time control directly influences the quality of play.
When you do a play, you have all this time to rehearse and grow into the character. In television, even though you're waiting and waiting and waiting, once you're actually on set engaging in the scene with another actor, time is of the essence.
With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
If I feel I can play a part I do everything in my power to try to play it.
What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.
Timing really is nearly everything. And what it isn't, circumstance makes up for.
After you play a part, you think of it as your own.
There's no such thing as anybody who can't be beat; everybody can be beat. It's a question of how hard you're willing to work. It's a question of the environment, the surroundings. Frankly, there's a lot of issues with timing.
A play is not a play until it's performed, and unless it's a one-person play that is acted, directed and designed by the author, many other people will be deeply involved in the complicated process that leads to its performance.