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"If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing."
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"I get to play a killer next."
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"I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person."
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"Lyricists play with words."
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"I never play without my cape."
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"That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed."
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"I don't think I want to play a teenager anymore."
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"I held out a lead figurine of Hades-the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter.Nico hesitated. "I don't play that game anymore. It's for kids.""It's got four thousand attack power," I coaxed."Five thousand," Nico corrected. "But only if your opponent attacks first."I smiled. "Maybe it's okay to still be a kid once in a while."
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"I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do."
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"You don't have to live the blues to play the blues."
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"So I suppose that means we can actually play the instruments."
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"The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written."
Soul
"If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing."
Play
"A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent."
Man
"It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do."
Work
"A play is a passion."
Passion
"Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again."
Boredom
"You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us."
Failure
"The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control."
War
"The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool."
Fool
"I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing."
Enthusiasm
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