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I had done plays in high school. It was something I always wanted to do since I was little. I was a drama major at UC-Irvine.
You never want to play too vampiric or generically evil, so you look for emotions or character traits that you can relate to.
With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
You can't play sports without losing sometimes and, in losing, you learn something about grace and how to act under pressure.
I hate living in a really small apartment, living in a shoebox, not being able to play the drums, not having space. It sucks.
When you see the political parties squabble, if a baby is not allowed to be born, all the other issues do not come into play.
Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention.
Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't you want to play guitar?
A play that works well and is done quite a lot - I've never done the math - but it's probably more remunerative than a movie.
I have the mentality that if you come in playing not to get hurt, that's when you're going to get hurt. So I play relentless.
So, I play in a band. It's a really underground band. Super underground. Very underground. Like, we don't even actually play.
I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's so f... happy.
I used to play the piano when I was younger, and I loved Alicia Keys. I wanted to be Alicia Keys; she was such an idol to me.
My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.
Consumerism has brought us anxiety. Set aside time to play with your children, and turn off the TV when they sit down to eat.
There are lots and lots of different films that I love, and watching different characters and how different people play them.
Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep can play with the boys but there just aren't that many tour-de-force roles out there for women.
I hate it when bands do that; they're so proud of their new album, they have to play all of it and a couple of golden oldies.
I’m a huge fan of the books myself, so to know that I got to play Clary – who’s a literary heroine to me – was a huge honour.
Play, intrinsically rewarding, doesn't cost anything; as soon as you put a price on it, it becomes, to some extent, not play.
A cat is, by and large, sophisticated and complex, and capable of creating three-act plays around any single piece of action.
I do so hope he plays us 'The Rains of Castamere.' It has been an hour. I've forgotten how it goes -- Olenna Tyrell, the HBIC
Play for one another, and play the right way. The right way is believing in what's on your chest and not what's on your back.
I did a little film called Nina, a small role. I played a French girl who was a nurse to Nina Simone. Zoe Saldana plays Nina.
My style of play has always been the same. I never tried to develop a specific style. From very young I just played this way.
If I've been accused a number of times of writing plays where the endings are ambivalent, indeed, that's the way I find life.
If I go to places where other people are playing, I often get up and play myself. I just enjoy the sound and feel of playing.
I've always been privileged to play for Coach Belichick, who I've always said is the best coach in the history of the league.
We all have a cross-gender character: Every woman has a man that they can play, and every man has a woman that they can play.
It's a really unique acting opportunity to play two roles who are not only interacting with each other, but vastly different.
When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's mind. You may be sure that idea will be wrong
But just like I've always said when people complain about tee times, 'I just want a tee time. Just give me one so I can play.
When I first met with agents, they said, "Okay, you're going to play plumbers and mechanics and bus drivers and farmers. Go."
When I look at the way I was able to play in my 17th year, I feel like I earned the right to play in the NFL for another one.
I got to play with Nintendo's Wii, yes it's a funny name and not very revolutionary but it was fun whipping your arms around.
There is no such thing as a good script, onlya good film, and I'm conscious that my scripts often read better than they play.
I spoil a lot of people with my play. If you have three bad games in a seven-year career, people are going to point that out.
I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel like I can.
Now, as a comic, if you're vaguely amusing you can go straight into TV, then you play the O2 and then everyone's sick of you.
It's tough to be an actor and it's tough to portray a real person, and it's tough to play two people adding up to one person.
Fondle the woman in your life once for every thousand times you play with your private parts. That should be just about right.
My first TV crush was Elroy Jetson, because he was so cute. And I wanted to play with Astro on his automatic dog-walker thing.
[Sometimes] I sit in front of my [gaming] console with my headphones on and I play. I love that. It's a nice form of escapism.
We just have to go out there and play and take one game at a time. We have to know everybody will play the best game they can.
If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity.
In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in people's lives.
Everyone thinks I'm some big drug addict and loser because of the parts I play - quite the opposite. I decided to be a winner.
I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups
To play the drums, you have to spread your legs and use your arms. It's a very physical instrument to play. It's not feminine.
The money game is not like any other game. You cannot choose whether you'll play, for the money game is the only game in town.