Miguel Sapochnik Quotes

The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn.

Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.

I pride myself on leaving no stone unturned as far as being the most prepared that I can be.

My perception is that I'm a guy who really does a lot of homework surrounding any project that I do.

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

You do as much research as you can for any project.

I prepare for every role. I come into class with my homework under my arm.

I think you start to prepare the minute you read something.

I take some pains to learn the material beforehand. I have a bunch of tricks I use to try and hit the ground running. I write everything out. I take the text and I very methodically go through, and that tends to put it into my head a little bit more solidly than if I just glanced at it and hoped for the best.

You can research until you're falling asleep, but that still doesn't mean you're really fluent in the material.

Whatever you do, just learn about what you're doing; get into it.

I won't write about a subject unless I've mastered it.

You have to be able to deep dive and know your stuff, otherwise you'll get called out on it.

I'm one of those people who really likes to do my research.

You got to become a student of the game. You got to learn the game before you can go out there and play fast.

Preparation is everything. You don't like being interviewed by someone who hasn't done their research.

Preparation is key.

Before I even agreed to work with Hennessy and the Privilege Awards, I wanted to do some research on it, look up past winners, and find out more about it.

When I do jokes that maybe are seen as social commentary, I research them to the nth degree. I probably do more research than I do actual joke writing. I want to make sure what I'm saying is correct.

You can only be that confident if you know you've done the work.

Whatever I was going into, whether it was going to be chorus or history or astronomy or whatever, do it right. Be a professional. Don't just do a half baked job. Do everything correctly. Get down. Learn the details of what you're going to do.

I like to consume information. I like to learn.

I did everything by the numbers. I had checklists upon checklists. If I wasn't ahead of everybody on my team, I didn't feel I was doing my job.

I'm always studying actors and movies. You can never not do your homework.

Whenever you go into a new industry, you definitely want to do your homework.