Blocking Quotes

By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention.

You'd need to polish your skills as you only get one chance. In cinema, retakes are possible but in theatre, there are none.

I love working with actors. That's what the set really is, for me. It's my time with the actors.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

First thing, and it's really one of my favorite things, is the protection part. Who everybody is blocking and where the pressure is coming from. Because if we can't get the ball off, it doesn't matter what you're doing out here.

I had always heard that theatre is for 'serious' actors but after actually having rehearsed day in and day out, I realize how challenging it is.

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

If I hit anybody with that left hook, they're going down.

Corruption in Nigeria is blocking development even though they have all this oil wealth.

I'm very good at drawing fouls.

I'm a shotblocker and I want to get everything.

In film you have the opportunity of retakes or of giving your best profile. In theatre, it's right here, right now.

I always like being a director in terms of giving acting notes and punching up on the fly.

Being able to block as a receiver, that was something I tried to make a point to the other receivers at Stanford, that you have to take that to a huge level of importance.

There are a lot of good tight ends.

I played a ton of special teams at LSU. I'm familiar with it, I'm comfortable doing it.

I want the young guys to say, 'How old is this guy that's blocking me every play?'

Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.

Even though you wouldn't want to line a D-lineman and running back up across from each other to block, when you get help initially from the guard, and then the defensive tackle gets picked up by the running back, it's not as bad as a lot of people would think versus if you're just putting that matchup on paper.

I don't want to be making tackles.

I think film and television actually is a lot harder. Acting onstage is physically more arduous, but to get to emotional truth within a scene, it's much tougher to do it on film.

Being a tight end, you have to be able to do everything. You have to be able to run routes; you have to be able to block, pass-protect, and run with the ball after a catch. So, that's how I attack my workouts - focusing on doing everything.

Some guys are football smart and they're not smart in other ways. Other guys get 1500 on their SATs and can't get a double-team block right. No, that definitely, in my experience, sometimes it correlates, sometimes it doesn't. I don't think you just take it for granted.

You will find hardly any improvising on camera anywhere in my films. It's very structured, but it's all worked out from elaborate improvisations over a long period, as you know.

I was mainly a blocker in college. I mainly lined up in the backfield at fullback.