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"Eat some pizza, play some Xbox, watch some TV. Gross? Maybe. Me? Yes."
Dustin Diamond
"Eat some pizza, play some Xbox, watch some TV. Gross? Maybe. Me? Yes."
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"For Ripley I learned to play some songs on the piano, and I never really played them again."
Matt Damon
"For Ripley I learned to play some songs on the piano, and I never really played them again."
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"Maybe you're better to play a villain just straight out."
Sigourney Weaver
"Maybe you're better to play a villain just straight out."
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"We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals."
John Entwistle
"We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals."
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"For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition."
Estelle Parsons
"For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition."
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"It's really hard for me to sing and play bass."
Kim Gordon
"It's really hard for me to sing and play bass."
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"I played piano as a kid; I still play a little bit."
Bobby McFerrin
"I played piano as a kid; I still play a little bit."
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"I'm sorry to say that no, I do not play the piano."
Roger Moore
"I'm sorry to say that no, I do not play the piano."
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"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
"When you go to the theater, if you're really involved in the play, you don't think about it - you're in it."
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"After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it."
Larry Hagman
"After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it."
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"I can play any instrument if you give me 20 minutes."
Brittany Murphy
"I can play any instrument if you give me 20 minutes."
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"I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it."
Mary-Kate Olsen
"I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it."
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"I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible."
Beau Bridges
"I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible."
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"If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes."
Pat Mastelotto
"If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes."
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"I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming."
Roger Moore
"I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming."
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"In my fantasies, I always wanted to play the ingenue, but in reality, in my bones, I am so used to playing the grandmother that I don't feel safe or even sure that I can do it."
Camryn Manheim
"In my fantasies, I always wanted to play the ingenue, but in reality, in my bones, I am so used to playing the grandmother that I don't feel safe or even sure that I can do it."
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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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"My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules."
Harold Ramis
"My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules."
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"I'm not subject to their rise and fall because I'm not accepted by them, so I have my own little curve going on. A lot of it is because of how much I play, I think I connect like when all you had was Vaudeville, I think I have an audience by performing a lot!"
Leo Kottke
"I'm not subject to their rise and fall because I'm not accepted by them, so I have my own little curve going on. A lot of it is because of how much I play, I think I connect like when all you had was Vaudeville, I think I have an audience by performing a lot!"
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"I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it."
Ted Danson
"I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it."
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"We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important."
Colin Greenwood
"We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important."
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"I dare anyone to play like Charlie Watts."
Randy Castillo
"I dare anyone to play like Charlie Watts."
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"You need three or five hands to play Ligeti."
Alfred Brendel
"You need three or five hands to play Ligeti."
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"If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up."
Dexter Gordon
"If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up."
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"Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play."
Vivien Leigh
"Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play."
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"When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass."
David Sanborn
"When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass."
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"I've never been in a bad play. There might have been bad productions and I might have been bad in them, but I've never been in a play that wasn't interesting or worthwhile doing on some level."
Stephen Rea
"I've never been in a bad play. There might have been bad productions and I might have been bad in them, but I've never been in a play that wasn't interesting or worthwhile doing on some level."
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"I don't play the tuba."
Lenny Kravitz
"I don't play the tuba."
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"There was a report that used to come out back in those days, I don't know if it was the Gavin Report or something like that. And they said, no matter what McGuire comes out with next, we're not gonna play it."
Barry McGuire
"There was a report that used to come out back in those days, I don't know if it was the Gavin Report or something like that. And they said, no matter what McGuire comes out with next, we're not gonna play it."
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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 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 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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"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."
Max Weinberg
"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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"I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up."
Groucho Marx
"I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up."
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"An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens."
Allison Janney
"An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens."
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"I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs."
Steve Forbert
"I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs."
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"When Garcia died, and I decided not to play, I came out here."
Bill Kreutzmann
"When Garcia died, and I decided not to play, I came out here."
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"When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!"
Rick Wakeman
"When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!"
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"I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing."
John Otto
"I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing."
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"We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It's not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened."
Travis Barker
"We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It's not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened."
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"I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation."
Matt Cameron
"I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation."
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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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"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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"I was in a play with Julia Roberts and Paul Newman and Tony Randall."
Christine Lavin
"I was in a play with Julia Roberts and Paul Newman and Tony Randall."
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"You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game."
Rickie Lee Jones
"You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game."
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"I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand."
John Otto
"I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand."
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"I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me."
Lou Reed
"I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me."
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"I grew up in LA. I sort of watched the Raiders play and that sort of thing."
Jay Hernandez
"I grew up in LA. I sort of watched the Raiders play and that sort of thing."
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"You got to play the flute as a flute, like that. You can't play like a tenor concept on soprano; it sounds wrong. But some guys do it, and they think it's O.K., but not so!"
Jerome Richardson
"You got to play the flute as a flute, like that. You can't play like a tenor concept on soprano; it sounds wrong. But some guys do it, and they think it's O.K., but not so!"
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"I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa."
Keith David
"I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa."
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