Play Quotes - Page 19

• Usually in the first performances I'm completely panicked. And I pull myself together. By the time you get to the end of the play, you really start to have fun.

  Christopher Walken

  Fun, Together, Firsts

  "Seven Psychopaths Q&A: 10 Minutes in Heaven With Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell". Interview with Andy Greenwald,, grantland.com. October 11, 2012.

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• I'm better at producing than I am at being a songwriter, but it doesn't change the fact that I still have a desire to play and write songs. I've never wanted to be a career musician. But I still love to play and write. It's a big part of who I am.

  John Congleton

  Song, Writing, Who I Am

  "John Congleton: Meet Indie Rock's Unsung Hero Of 2011". Interview with Mike Katzif, www.npr.org. December 23, 2011.

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• When the American people look at the political process play out, they hear all the spinning and all the doctrinaire language, and they still walk away with the belief that they're not being represented in Congress, that there's no trust in the executive branch.

  David Gregory

  People, Political, No Trust

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• Sometimes with a comedy it's just having the instinct of how real you play it and what level you want it.

  Robin Williams

  Real, Levels, Want

  Source: www.today.com

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• He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists.

  Spike Lee

  Artist, Mtv, African American

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I want to always be youthful and have the energy to run around and play hide and seek, which is one of my favorite games.

  Michael Jackson

  Running, Games, Energy

  "Children 'saved me,' Michael Jackson said". "Dateline", www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2009.

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• I feel like I've always played within the rules. I would never do anything to break the rules. I believe in fair play.

  Tom Brady

  Believe, Long, Break

  "Texas terror attack sparks debate on limits of free speech". "The Five" with Kimberly Guilfoyle, www.foxnews.com. May 7, 2015.

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• It's humbling to know that you have fans all over America and all over the world and they want you to play on their respective basketball team. It's very humbling that they respect the way I play the game of basketball. I can't discredit that. I can't say I don't enjoy it because you put in a lot of hard work to have fans. And for me to be a role model and for me to have fans all over is great. It's very humbling.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Team, Hard Work

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• A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual.

  Oscar de la Renta

  Fashion, Home, Nails

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• The more serious the situation, the funnier the comedy can be. The greatest comedy plays against the greatest tragedy. Comedy is a red rubber ball and if you throw it against a soft, funny wall, it will not come back. But if you throw it against the hard wall of ultimate reality, it will bounce back and be very lively. Very, very few people understand this.

  Mel Brooks

  Wall, Reality, People

  "Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview". Interview with Alex Belth, www.thedailybeast.com. February 16, 2014.

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• The first role I ever played I had the lead and it's pretty much stayed that way, though people take great relish in calling me a character actor, which I am. There are a lot of short parts I could play, but I only do them when they are like this ("A Few Good Men"), central to the idea of the movie.

  Jack Nicholson

  Character, Ideas, People

  "COVER STORY : Still Simmering Under the Shades : Jack Nicholson remains one of Hollywood's hottest actors and talkers. So, what, if anything, has changed? You might be surprised". Interview with Hilary de Vries, articles.latimes.com. December 6, 1992.

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• It's kind of a miracle to think that a device in your pocket can play pretty much any song that the world has ever created.

  Trent Reznor

  Song, Thinking, Miracle

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Part of my job being a leader and captain of the team is not just to play well and lead well but find a way to make everybody around me better.

  Andrew Whitworth

  Jobs, Team, Leader

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's your homeland or when you're traveling. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Thinking, People, Done

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• The thing you realize as you get older and you play, that you don't really understand when you're a backup the first few offseasons, how important that mental rest is. It's a grind physically during the season, dealing with the hits and the physical pain that goes with playing in this game. But mentally it's probably more taxing, so you need that ability to find that escape.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Pain, Games, Important

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• Play with your kids. Limit their TV time. Get outdoors and chase them around. Wrestle with them. Walk the dog. Go bike riding. The reality is that your kids are not stupid, and they know when they are overweight Start walking the dog after dinner instead of watching TV. You don't want them going on the Web to find ways to lose weight. That's when you'll find them eating tissue paper because they read that a supermodel did it.

  Jillian Michaels

  Dog, Stupid, Kids

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• It's hard for me to play seated theaters because people tend to sit down and get a little bit complacent, so it's less energy. It's just very dry and dead. People start to feel like they're watching a movie. The environment when they walk into it, it's not standing room only, smoking and drinking and rock 'n' roll. So it's a little bit dangerous to do that.

  Jack White

  Drinking, Rocks, People

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• It was really hard to find people to come over and play guitar and sing and write songs together. So that turned me into a songwriter that way, just so I could be able to play with other people.

  Jack White

  Song, Writing, Guitar

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I've lived a little bit and traveled the world and experienced a lot of things that I can play any role, and I think I can get into stuff that people never thought I would ever do because of my experiences and growth as a person.

  Chris Tucker

  Thinking, People, Growth

  "Chris Tucker on Silver Linings Playbook and his intermittent film career". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. December 14, 2012.

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• Different scenes call for different acting styles. The kinds of scenes I like most are the ones where you just bury yourself in there. So I wouldn't say that's the only way to be funny, but that's my favorite way to play stuff, to try to put myself in a situation where that kind of acting is necessary.

  Will Forte

  Style, Trying, Acting

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The difference between a movie and a play is that the production you end up with is the production. If a movie that I spent time on turns out to be crap, it's never going to be made again.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Differences, Ends, Made

  "Michel Gondry & Charlie Kaufman" by Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. March 17, 2004.

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• When I first met with agents, they said, "Okay, you're going to play plumbers and mechanics and bus drivers and farmers. Go."

  Nick Offerman

  Agents, Firsts, Mechanic

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, tv.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• The 24 Hour Plays is a quite brilliant, exhilarating event for everyone concerned.

  Kevin Spacey

  Events, Brilliant, Hours

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• The process of doing a play is an organic one and the process of doing a film is totally un-organic.

  Kevin Spacey

  Film, Process

  "Kevin Spacey Gambles on Casino Jack and Gets a Golden Globe Nomination". New York Times Annual Arts and Leisure Weekend Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 07, 2011.

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• I was terrible in my first play. After that experience, I had to face that I wasnt good enough to play with the big boys. I had to go away and learn, so I worked in regional theater for three years. I even understudied at the Kennedy Center.

  Kevin Spacey

  Boys, Years, Going Away

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