Alice Coltrane Quotes

At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did.

If there are actors that are brilliant, people often wonder whether it's intimidating working alongside them, but it really isn't. It just makes you up your game and want to be better. Rather than cowering in their shadows, it's very encouraging to see someone who's incredible; it makes me want to be a bit more like them.

It's a huge compliment that people continue to cast me in different types of roles believing in me and the fact that I can carry it off.

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

You have to give guys tools to win with, and if they have success with them then they believe in you. If you don't have anything in your bag to work with, then they won't believe.

The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.

I love actors, and I'm very protective of them. I trust them. It's a mutual trust.

I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people - producers, directors, people who buy tickets - who put confidence in me.

I'm a real band guy, you know? I'm really good at certain things, and the band stuff is one of them.

I'm not particularly good at anything. I'm not an incredible guitarist or piano player or songwriter. I think what I do is, when I notice someone is really good at something, I try to get that out of them.

There's hardly anything I've ever done that's made me cringe; I've got pretty good pitch, for a start, so I'm not known for hitting bum notes.

I never thought of myself as being a good songwriter. There are a ton of other people that are good songwriters, but I don't think I'm in the club. What I do well is perform, sometimes sing pretty good, and accompany myself well and arrange fairly well.

To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.

I concentrated on Rossini when I began, and I never really felt any competition. I sang in the best houses, and I believed I was always a first choice. I was lucky in a way - I never felt there was someone else who was getting the roles in another theatre and that we were competing.

It's nice to know your manager has faith in you.

If you're going to put me in the booth, make sure it's because I'm good enough to be there.

When you are in safe hands of a brilliant filmmaker and an ace co-actor, there is nothing to fear.

Dance Monkey' showed me that I'm good enough.

It was truthfully an honor in itself to be able to act face to face with Choi Min Sik. I was really nervous, but his encouragement became a huge strength to me.

It's important that our team has confidence.

The more comfortable you are, the more confident you are - in how you say your lines or how you perform in a certain scene - because you're working with great people who will watch over you and won't let you down.

I get to share the stage with some of the best.

When you have the best player, you can do a lot of things. The best player can usually back it up, too.

You need a manager that believes in you and shows that he believes in you by playing you.

I'm confident in our team and our capacity to continue to deliver.