Famous Quotes & Sayings

Woody Allen

The less I speak to the actors, the better. And I always hire great people, and I don't want to impose my pre-conceived notions on them. They know how to play it.

William Wordsworth

Oft on the dappled turf at ease I sit, and play with similes, Loose type of things through all degrees.

William J. Clinton

If there's grass in the field, play ball!

William J. Clinton

Everybody counts, everybody deserves a chance, everybody has a responsible role to play and we all do better when we work together.

William Fichtner

Sometimes the scene is a sad scene but you have to play it with a laugh to find out that that doesn't work or that there's really a part of that in it, and that's what rehearsal is for, to take that time.

William Gaddis

I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth of the binary world where there is no option other than yes or no and where there is no refuge.

Will Carling

People have to understand how important it is for the players to let off steam, switch off and relax.

Will Forte

Different scenes call for different acting styles. The kinds of scenes I like most are the ones where you just bury yourself in there. So I wouldn't say that's the only way to be funny, but that's my favorite way to play stuff, to try to put myself in a situation where that kind of acting is necessary.

Will Davis

It's very different. You do so many things in this play. You can't just focus on acting or singing. You have to be good at both. I'm very glad I did this play.

Will Cuppy

If you annoy the Hog-nosed Snake enough, he will roll over on his back and play dead. If you turn him right-side up , he will roll over to prove that he is dead. [Footnote:] While he is playing dead, you can go straight up to him and step on his head or smash him with a big club.

Will Ferrell

When I first started doing sketch comedy, I promised myself that if I were ever to have any success in this business, I wouldn't hold back. Why get there and play it safe?

Whitey Herzog

What counts aren't the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed.

Whitey Herzog

The way we have been playing, I might tell my players not to cross the picket line (umpire strike of 1979).

Saoirse Ronan

I've been dealing with so much press for Brooklyn, and now I am rehearsing for a play, and it is hard.

Richard Gere

Sometimes it's an external approach where one can learn the skills required, let's say, learn to play the trumpet and in that process other things happen. It's magical: through the process of practicing four hours a day you start focusing on emotion and when you pick up the trumpet it's filled with feeling.

Ricardo Montalban

Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity.

Red Auerbach

I've turned down a lot of trades where I might have gotten a better player, but I wasn't totally sure of the chemistry of that new player coming in. Even though he might possess golden ability, his personality and the way he gets along with teammates might be things you just don't want to cope with.

Red Auerbach

If I'm going to coach the players, I want some say on who they're going to be.

Robert Crumb

I'm into old-time music, I'm not very interested in modern, popular music at all. And if I'm really into some particular old-time musician, some fiddler or banjo player, I'm always dying of curiosity to see what they look like.

Robert Duvall

You obviously don't have to be a murderer to play a murderer or you don't have to be a dictator to play a dictator. So, you're an actor. You come up with whatever you come up with to play that part.

Robert Duvall

You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.

Robert De Niro

You don't just play a part. You've got to earn the right to play it.

Rob Andrew

The players must be at the centre of their industry.

Ritchie Blackmore

Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.

Ritchie Blackmore

In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.

Ritchie Blackmore

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

Rob Bell

The Bible tells a story. A story that isn’t over. A story that is still being told. A story that we have a part to play in.

Richard Rohr

When you don't need to play the victim or create victims you are FREE

Richard Krajicek

Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players.

Richard Burton

When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk.

Tupac Shakur

I'm gonna tie you up, blind fold you, and we gonna play which hole feel the best.

Tupac Shakur

Role is something people play, model is something people make, both of those things are fake.

Trevor Linden

Everybody wants to play in the playoffs. You don't know how good the good times were until you hit the bad times. But sometimes success is just around the corner.