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"He has all those different aspects to him, so I can more or less decide as a performer how I'm going to deliver a line in a particular scene, or play a particular scene in total."

"He has all those different aspects to him, so I can more or less decide as a performer how I'm going to deliver a line in a particular scene, or play a particular scene in total."

Paul Darrow, British Actor

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"I'd be quite excited to play somebody British."

"I'd be quite excited to play somebody British."

Claire Forlani, English Actress

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"I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them."

"I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them."

Charlie Watts, British Musician

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"I always tried to play my hunches."

"I always tried to play my hunches."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

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"If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage."

"If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage."

Ritchie Blackmore, English Musician

42

"'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great."

"'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great."

David Carradine, American Actor

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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."

"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, American Musician

Play, Practice, Sound, Trying

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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."

"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, American Musician

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"If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric."

"If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric."

Adam Jones, American Musician

41

"It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture."

"It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture."

Herbert Lom, Czechoslovakian Actor

41

"I still like to play the blues more than anything else."

"I still like to play the blues more than anything else."

Christine McVie, American Musician

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"Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process."

"Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process."

Peter Shaffer, English Playwright

Play, Publishing, Word

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"I have a doggy, a Japanese Akita, who I live to play with."

"I have a doggy, a Japanese Akita, who I live to play with."

Corey Haim, Canadian Actor

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"We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that."

"We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that."

Jeff Ament, American Musician

41

"You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it."

"You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it."

Navjot Singh Sidhu, Indian Entertainer

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"You need three or five hands to play Ligeti."

"You need three or five hands to play Ligeti."

Alfred Brendel, Austrian Musician

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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."

"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, Spanish Actress

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"What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion."

"What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion."

Edward Bond, English Playwright

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"I've had three wives and three guitars. I still play the guitars."

"I've had three wives and three guitars. I still play the guitars."

Andres Segovia, Spanish Musician

41

"I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world."

"I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world."

Maya Lin, American Architect

41

"I get to play a killer next."

"I get to play a killer next."

Skeet Ulrich, American Actor

41

"When I play ball, I play hardball."

"When I play ball, I play hardball."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

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"I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult."

"I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult."

Matt Groening, American Cartoonist

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"How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to."

"How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

41

"With foxes we must play the fox."

"With foxes we must play the fox."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

41

"I don't like to play the victim."

"I don't like to play the victim."

Barry Pepper, Canadian Actor

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"I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year."

"I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year."

Michael Gambon, British Actor

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"I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues."

"I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues."

Luther Allison, American Musician

41

"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep."

"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep."

John Cage, American Composer

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"All I did was basically play myself in the role of Napoleon Solo."

"All I did was basically play myself in the role of Napoleon Solo."

Robert Vaughn, American Actor

40

"Yes I still enjoy playing him. He's the best person to play isn't he?"

"Yes I still enjoy playing him. He's the best person to play isn't he?"

Tom Felton, English Actor

40

"When you go to the theater, if you're really involved in the play, you don't think about it - you're in it."

"When you go to the theater, if you're really involved in the play, you don't think about it - you're in it."

William Kraft, American Musician

40

"As a brunette, I had previously been this serious actress. Then I became a blonde and got to play a completely different, comic role."

"As a brunette, I had previously been this serious actress. Then I became a blonde and got to play a completely different, comic role."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

40

"Oh, and Scott, get Mark to play me. He's the most talented one anyway."

"Oh, and Scott, get Mark to play me. He's the most talented one anyway."

Mark McKinney, Canadian Comedian

40

"My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules."

"My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

40

"Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal."

"Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal."

Dweezil Zappa, American Musician

40

"You can't just play the same thing, over and over again."

"You can't just play the same thing, over and over again."

Neko Case, American Musician

40

"Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead."

"Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead."

Stephen Sondheim, American Composer

40

"It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move."

"It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

40

"My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth."

"My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth."

Barbara Stanwyck, American Actress

40

"When Garcia died, and I decided not to play, I came out here."

"When Garcia died, and I decided not to play, I came out here."

Bill Kreutzmann, American Musician

40

"I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation."

"I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation."

Matt Cameron, American Musician

40

"But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can."

"But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can."

Travis Barker, American Musician

40

"The stars handle it very graciously. They let you know. They know how to play the game."

"The stars handle it very graciously. They let you know. They know how to play the game."

Mary Hart, American Entertainer

40

"Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel."

"Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

40

"To play a bag woman is brave for any woman."

"To play a bag woman is brave for any woman."

Daphne Zuniga, American Actress

40

"And when I play they know I exist, and it leaves a space when I go."

"And when I play they know I exist, and it leaves a space when I go."

Sunny Murray, American Musician

39

"I'll ask you if you can play some speaking roles."

"I'll ask you if you can play some speaking roles."

Donald Wolfit, English Actor

39

"I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop."

"I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop."

Coolio, American Musician

39

"I'm playing with Bonnie Raitt. I don't have to sing it. I just have to play it. That's cool."

"I'm playing with Bonnie Raitt. I don't have to sing it. I just have to play it. That's cool."

Billy Preston, American Musician

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