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"For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition."
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"What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion."
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"We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage."
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"All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in."
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"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."
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"Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney."
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"In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues."
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"Want to play baseball?' she asked. Shane's eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. "What?' "First base,' she said. "You're already there.' "I'm not running the bases.' "Well, you could at least steal second.' "Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you've gone and ruined it."
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"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."
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"Kids. They're not tin cans or sheetrock. They're laughing machines. Wind them up and watch them go."
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"It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture."
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"But today I felt different, today I forgot how long it takes to get into the skin of a character and I remembered it, because today I actually got into that skin and it felt so different."
Character
"In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience."
Character
"When I see what I want, I do it."
Want
"All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form."
Art
"We all need to go to good theater; that is what I believe will save it."
Theatre
"At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place."
America
"You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you."
Trust
"I know people like spectacle, but I'm interested in moving people."
People
"Don't forget the prices are so high in theater; it isn't really where a young person can go on a date and buy two tickets and take someone out anymore."
Forget
"There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors."
Acting
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