And his line readings have the controlled self-assurance of a man who knows exactly what he's doing.

She seemed to be trying to breathe spontaneity into her line reading.

But line reading is just the starting point, of course.

Trying to please both men, I was going back and forth between line readings, and nothing made sense.

The line readings are polished, but all that star power is distracting.

Abbott gave line readings and gestures, but he didn't want them copied.

"I believe you only have one chance at love in life," Sunshine says, with the same somnolent line readings most of the cast give.

The other performances remain at the level of line readings, rote or wan.

The parenthetical stage directions are straightforward and do not provide line readings.

It is, however, prefaced by a subject line reading "Resignation."