Quotes on the topic: Timing


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I just like doing comedies, and think that my timing and love for the genre set me apart from other young women who look like me.


I have a solo deal with Columbia Records. So it's about, do I want to release an album, when can we do it, what kind of album should it be, how should it be released and marketed and what's the right timing? Do I have time to do it? It's all about questions.


Sadly, the timing's never been right. There have been men who would have married me but I didn't feel the same, and vice versa.


But I wasn't getting in my pace, staying within myself, I was getting a little rushed. So I think I finally took a couple deep breaths and let myself get my timing back.


Life is about timing.


Early on, they were timing my contract with an egg timer.


I try to tell a story the way someone would tell you a story in a bar, with the same kind of timing and pacing.


I think marriage is all about timing.


As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.


For comedy, timing is key.


In the early '90s when the American independent movie started, it held personal vision as a premium. That was brilliant timing.


The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress.


You never know when the timing is going to hit in a such a way that you're going to make a difference.


I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing. It's something you hear in your head.


My system works, as long as people let me do my job my way. It is not just the sequence, it is how you do it: the timing, the mirrors, the temperature, the carpet. But if people only do it 99% right, it is 100% wrong. When someone tries to mess with it, the people won't get the yoga benefits.


I think comedy is one of the hardest things to pull off. You either have timing or you don't, and that's something I don't have for sure.


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.


Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness.


I really want to go to Harvard; it's just a matter of timing.


People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies.