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Plays Quotes

Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I’m famous Picture Quote #1

Frances McDormand is my favorite actor. I don’t know if that’s relevant. But she’s a person who plays people. In other words, not everything has to be an over-the-top Broadway musical to get my attention, but it certainly helps Picture Quote #1

I think if a person plays ‘Quantum Conundrum’ and they walk away feeling really intelligent and skilled, that’s what I want. That’s my only goal Picture Quote #1

One of my favourite actresses is Kate Winslet. She plays strong female characters and seems like she has a strong political awareness. I really like Naomi Watts and Juliette Lewis Picture Quote #1

I love working fictional characters into a piece of history. It plays to my strengths, which are characterization and dialogue, and assists me in my admitted weakness, plot Picture Quote #1

Fifteen years ago I walked out of a production of one of my plays at the RSC because I decided it was a waste of time Picture Quote #1

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I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It’s no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor Picture Quote #1

Music plays a huge role in the movie. The music in Star Wars, I can’t imagine what the movie would have been like without it. It made the film Picture Quote #1

Plays have to be made, and we have to find a way to make them. All of us Picture Quote #1

Improv plays such a huge role in finding great lines - you’ll be surprised at what comes out of your mind inadvertently. A lot of times it’s better than a script you’ve worked out ahead of time Picture Quote #1

There’s a fine line between playing with fear and then taking bad plays and playing with no fear Picture Quote #1

When I was eight or nine years old, I saw the TV version of 47 Ronin, played by Toshiro Mifune. He played Oishi. That was my first experience. I watched every week with my brother. Who plays Oishi tonight? Who will play Kira tonight? And we fought every week Picture Quote #1

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A guitar player goes on the road, and he misses his girlfriend for a while, but he manages to get along. A horn player gets out on the road, plays two or three towns, and then he’ll get lonely, and next thing you know, he’s packed up and left. It’s better not to hire him in the first place Picture Quote #1

I have a friend who is very successful in business, and his motto is, ‘Don’t do what you can do. Do what only you can do.’ First of all, you have to know what your specific, unique gift is and then you do that... every actor does that but every once in a while an actor plays a part that only they can play Picture Quote #1

I’m not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there’s no such thing. No actor can be the person, that’s a bunch of crap. People pay to see an actor be himself, whether he plays Hamlet or whatever Picture Quote #1

When I write plays, I’m already seeing the shapes on stage, of the actors and their interaction, and so on and so forth. I don’t think I’ve ever written one play as an abstract piece, as a literary piece, floating in the air somewhere, to be flushed out later on Picture Quote #1

And so I believe that God plays this enormous role in my life. And I believe that it’s my obligation to give back and to follow the rules that were set. And it also gives me an enormous sense of my own place and an enormous sense of stability Picture Quote #1

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that Picture Quote #1

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I think it’s a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor Picture Quote #1

I’m a football coach. I’m not a doctor ... They don’t call plays, I don’t do surgeries. We have a great deal here Picture Quote #1

Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don’t know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game Picture Quote #1

When a kid plays football games before he attends a class, something is wrong Picture Quote #1

It makes me very happy when I create goals or score goals myself, but the most important thing is that the team reaches its goal and plays positive football Picture Quote #1

Preseason football is hard to evaluate. It’s never going to be clean for the quarterbacks. You have to overcome the ugly plays and be productive. It’s a component of leadership that is necessary. The guys that make it in the league survive that Picture Quote #1

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I told somebody once, ‘You don’t want the Herschel that plays football... babysitting your child. When I am competing, I am a totally different person.’ Picture Quote #1

Cycling isn’t a game, it’s a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn’t play at cycling Picture Quote #1

The world is not kind to whistleblowers - a term of art with particular resonance in football, the most hierarchical and repressive of organized sports, a world of ‘systems’ and ‘programs’ and scripted plays, where reading a medical report requires a security clearance, and practice fields are patrolled like Guantanamo Bay Picture Quote #1

I’ve never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There’s so many things that goes into making plays. It’s about teammates trusting one another and working together Picture Quote #1

I loved putting on stories as plays when I was just six. I was the director, the actress and the set designer; I cast my girlfriends in parts, and I suggested to the local kindergarten teachers that we do free performances for the children Picture Quote #1

Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It’s the attitude that’s in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I’m famous. (Plays Quotes) Frances McDormand is my favorite actor. I don’t know if that’s relevant. But she’s a person who plays people. In other words, not everything has to be an over-the-top Broadway musical to get my attention, but it certainly helps. (Plays Quotes) I think if a person plays ‘Quantum Conundrum’ and they walk away feeling really intelligent and skilled, that’s what I want. That’s my only goal. (Plays Quotes) One of my favourite actresses is Kate Winslet. She plays strong female characters and seems like she has a strong political awareness. I really like Naomi Watts and Juliette Lewis. (Plays Quotes) I love working fictional characters into a piece of history. It plays to my strengths, which are characterization and dialogue, and assists me in my admitted weakness, plot. (Plays Quotes) Fifteen years ago I walked out of a production of one of my plays at the RSC because I decided it was a waste of time. (Plays Quotes) I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It’s no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor. (Plays Quotes) Music plays a huge role in the movie. The music in Star Wars, I can’t imagine what the movie would have been like without it. It made the film. (Plays Quotes) Plays have to be made, and we have to find a way to make them. All of us. (Plays Quotes) Improv plays such a huge role in finding great lines - you’ll be surprised at what comes out of your mind inadvertently. A lot of times it’s better than a script you’ve worked out ahead of time. (Plays Quotes) There’s a fine line between playing with fear and then taking bad plays and playing with no fear. (Plays Quotes) When I was eight or nine years old, I saw the TV version of 47 Ronin, played by Toshiro Mifune. He played Oishi. That was my first experience. I watched every week with my brother. Who plays Oishi tonight? Who will play Kira tonight? And we fought every week. (Plays Quotes) A guitar player goes on the road, and he misses his girlfriend for a while, but he manages to get along. A horn player gets out on the road, plays two or three towns, and then he’ll get lonely, and next thing you know, he’s packed up and left. It’s better not to hire him in the first place. (Plays Quotes) I have a friend who is very successful in business, and his motto is, ‘Don’t do what you can do. Do what only you can do.’ First of all, you have to know what your specific, unique gift is and then you do that... every actor does that but every once in a while an actor plays a part that only they can play. (Plays Quotes) I’m not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there’s no such thing. No actor can be the person, that’s a bunch of crap. People pay to see an actor be himself, whether he plays Hamlet or whatever. (Plays Quotes) When I write plays, I’m already seeing the shapes on stage, of the actors and their interaction, and so on and so forth. I don’t think I’ve ever written one play as an abstract piece, as a literary piece, floating in the air somewhere, to be flushed out later on. (Plays Quotes) And so I believe that God plays this enormous role in my life. And I believe that it’s my obligation to give back and to follow the rules that were set. And it also gives me an enormous sense of my own place and an enormous sense of stability. (Plays Quotes) When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. (Plays Quotes) I think it’s a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor. (Plays Quotes) I’m a football coach. I’m not a doctor ... They don’t call plays, I don’t do surgeries. We have a great deal here. (Plays Quotes) Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don’t know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game. (Plays Quotes) When a kid plays football games before he attends a class, something is wrong (Plays Quotes) It makes me very happy when I create goals or score goals myself, but the most important thing is that the team reaches its goal and plays positive football. (Plays Quotes) Preseason football is hard to evaluate. It’s never going to be clean for the quarterbacks. You have to overcome the ugly plays and be productive. It’s a component of leadership that is necessary. The guys that make it in the league survive that. (Plays Quotes) I told somebody once, ‘You don’t want the Herschel that plays football... babysitting your child. When I am competing, I am a totally different person.’ (Plays Quotes) Cycling isn’t a game, it’s a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn’t play at cycling. (Plays Quotes) The world is not kind to whistleblowers - a term of art with particular resonance in football, the most hierarchical and repressive of organized sports, a world of ‘systems’ and ‘programs’ and scripted plays, where reading a medical report requires a security clearance, and practice fields are patrolled like Guantanamo Bay. (Plays Quotes) I’ve never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There’s so many things that goes into making plays. It’s about teammates trusting one another and working together. (Plays Quotes) I loved putting on stories as plays when I was just six. I was the director, the actress and the set designer; I cast my girlfriends in parts, and I suggested to the local kindergarten teachers that we do free performances for the children. (Plays Quotes) Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It’s the attitude that’s in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history. (Plays Quotes)

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