Quotes by Play We're charlatans in a way, we're magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style, I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they'll pay attention long enough to consume it. Al Pacino play long people The interesting thing about this is I don't know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about. I'm sensing something and I'm going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted - Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist. Al Pacino artist play interesting I wouldn't be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast. Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script. Al Pacino play television thinking I personally think if you're given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way, the play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There's no doubt in my mind about it. Al Pacino play people thinking One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, "The Sea Gull," when was 14 in the Bronx. Al Pacino actors sea play If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause. Al Sharpton too-much play way You cannot play with fire. Al-Waleed bin Talal fire play You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block. Al Yankovic block play kids In reality, the likelihood of reaching the pinnacle of capitalist society today is only marginally better than were the chances of being accepted into the French nobility four centuries ago, though at least an aristocratic age was franker, and therefore kinder, about the odds. It did not relentlessly play up the possibilities open to all, and so, in turn, did not cruelly equate an ordinary life with a failed one. Alain de Botton odds play reality Unnatural to expect that learning to be happy should be any easier than, say, learning to play the violin or require any less practice. Alain de Botton violin practice play Unhappiness can stem from having only one perspective to play with. Alain de Botton perspective play happiness The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which affliction we tend to allow others' appraisals to play a determining role in how we see ourselves. Our sense of identity is held captive by the judgements of those we live among. Alain de Botton judgement identity play You can't control the opposition, but you can control how you play, your energy level, your intensity on the ice. That's what we're going to do. Alain Vigneault hockey ice play I did a little film called Nina, a small role. I played a French girl who was a nurse to Nina Simone. Zoe Saldana plays Nina. Alaina Huffman girl nurse play I don't really worry about the size of the part much any more. It's nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there's something playable there, and if it's interesting to do, then that's nice. Alan Alda nice play character I've played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican. Alan Alda republican play thinking I try to find out what there is in the character that in a way, you can't put into words. If I could put it into words, then it wouldn't be a performance. And if I do put it into words, as I play it, I start to get boxed in by those words. Alan Alda play trying character I really don't like plays or movies that service propaganda. Alan Alda propaganda play I play tennis non-obsessively. I seem to beat people I play a lot or half the time, so I guess I gravitate to people who are as bad as I am. Alan Alda tennis play people Plays by Alan Ayckbourn have been attracting larger audiences in the regional theatres than those of Shakespeare. Alan Ayckbourn audience theatre play «4567891011121314»