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"In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on."
Robert Wagner
"In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on."
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"I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me."
Hugh Leonard
"I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me."
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"I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person."
Sean Lennon
"I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person."
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"With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over."
Ikue Mori
"With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over."
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"Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!"
Count Basie
"Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!"
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"Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles."
Juliette Lewis
"Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles."
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"Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement."
Neil Young
"Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement."
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"If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record."
Duncan Sheik
"If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record."
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"Sharon went on to play classical but we actually went into totally different instruments which was lucky for the band because otherwise we'd all be playing the same thing!!"
Caroline Corr
"Sharon went on to play classical but we actually went into totally different instruments which was lucky for the band because otherwise we'd all be playing the same thing!!"
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"Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext."
Gary Oldman
"Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext."
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"If you don't get on the field and play then you will be missing out."
Michael Schenker
"If you don't get on the field and play then you will be missing out."
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"I like to disappear in the parts I play."
Mark Ruffalo
"I like to disappear in the parts I play."
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"I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I wanted to do. I played what I wanted to play."
Don Henley
"I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I wanted to do. I played what I wanted to play."
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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."
Jerome Lawrence
"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 have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that."
Lee Konitz
"I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that."
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"If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice."
Stan Getz
"If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice."
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"I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great."
Joanna Newsom
"I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great."
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"'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great."
David Carradine
"'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great."
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"I heard Mr. Wild Bill Davis. I heard him play in 1930 and he told me that it would take me fifteen years just to learn the pedals, the pedals of the organ and I got mad."
Jimmy Smith
"I heard Mr. Wild Bill Davis. I heard him play in 1930 and he told me that it would take me fifteen years just to learn the pedals, the pedals of the organ and I got mad."
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"Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"
Tom Lehrer
"Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"
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"Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys."
Stephen Hopkins
"Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys."
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"I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me."
Bill Kreutzmann
"I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me."
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"It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent."
Steve Buscemi
"It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent."
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"I always tried to play my hunches."
Gene Tierney
"I always tried to play my hunches."
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"If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage."
Ritchie Blackmore
"If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage."
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"Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play."
Vivien Leigh
"Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play."
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"Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to."
John Lee Hooker
"Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to."
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"Some of the onus falls on us to make ourselves available for the ball, because we need to play inside-out. That's when we're at our best."
Steven Hill
"Some of the onus falls on us to make ourselves available for the ball, because we need to play inside-out. That's when we're at our best."
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"If I could read it, I could play it."
Nat King Cole
"If I could read it, I could play it."
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"After you play a part, you think of it as your own."
Gena Rowlands
"After you play a part, you think of it as your own."
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"I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too."
Corey Haim
"I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too."
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"I don't like to play the victim."
Barry Pepper
"I don't like to play the victim."
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"If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric."
Adam Jones
"If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric."
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"You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it."
Navjot Singh Sidhu
"You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it."
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"I didn't play at collecting. No cigar anywhere was safe from me."
Edward G. Robinson
"I didn't play at collecting. No cigar anywhere was safe from me."
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"I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart."
Bill Bruford
"I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart."
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"It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me, that would've been stupid."
Sean Lennon
"It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me, that would've been stupid."
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"It was a kind of paralysis you would get from tendonitis and I would last about five to ten minutes into the set and it would set in and I really couldn't play."
Leo Kottke
"It was a kind of paralysis you would get from tendonitis and I would last about five to ten minutes into the set and it would set in and I really couldn't play."
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"It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play."
Edward Bond
"It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play."
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"The stars handle it very graciously. They let you know. They know how to play the game."
Mary Hart
"The stars handle it very graciously. They let you know. They know how to play the game."
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"The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks."
Stevie Ray Vaughan
"The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks."
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"Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy."
Dan Castellaneta
"Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy."
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"Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly."
Steve Swallow
"Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly."
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"I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard."
Lee Konitz
"I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard."
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"We'll probably have to play the perfect game."
Tim Buckley
"We'll probably have to play the perfect game."
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"A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following."
Duncan Sheik
"A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following."
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"I never play without my cape."
Bela Lugosi
"I never play without my cape."
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"I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell. Fortunately so, because I wouldn't like to play myself."
Victoria Abril
"I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell. Fortunately so, because I wouldn't like to play myself."
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"I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice, which I enjoyed, and still do."
Matt Cameron
"I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice, which I enjoyed, and still do."
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"I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white."
Alan Ladd
"I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white."
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