Lydia Tár:"if Bach's talent can be reduced to his gender, birth country, religion, sexuality, and so on, then so can yours. Now - some day, Max: when you go out into the world, and you guest conduct for a major or minor orchestra, you may notice that the players have more than light bulbs and music on their stands. They will also have been handed rating sheets - the purpose of which is to rate you."
[…]:"Now - What kind of criteria would you hope that they use to do this: Your score reading and stick technique; or something else?"