"Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind."
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"Alan Rickman told me to do a play, so I did. Because when Alan Rickman tells you do something, you go and do it."
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"I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays."
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"I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any field of human activity."
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"If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up and clean the toilets after the show in order to play, I probably would have done it."
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"Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from."
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"I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine."
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"I don't usually get to play sophisticated women. I usually do the old scrubs, chavs or slappers."
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"I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's who. All of those guys, I've been fortunate enough to have performed with."
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"Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection."
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"Camouflage is a game we all like to play"
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"I was a freshman and auditioned for the school play. Freshmen usually never got cast. I was the first freshman to be actually given a legitimate part and it was that feeling of 'Wow! I broke the system!"
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"I wouldn't want to play LSU right now even if I were the Indianapolis Colts."
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"When I play supernatural characters in 'Ghost Rider' or 'City Of Angels,' the possibilities are limitless. The possibilities are endless, you can do so much with that."
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"I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday, and take it front of other people. They need to hear it, and you need them to hear it."
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"Do what you really want to do. Don't play their game! Don't do what they want. Find your own way."
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"It was darn nigh impossible for women in rock in the 70s. There wasn't a mold if you were a woman and you were in the entertainment in the 70s. You were probably a disco diva or a folk singer, or simply ornamental. Radio would play only one woman per hour."
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"The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm"
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"The best poetry has its roots in the subconscious to a great degree. Youth, naivety, reliance on instinct more than learning and method, a sense of freedom and play, even trust in randomness, is necessary to the making of a poem."
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"Even stupid people have a role to play in your life. They make you wiser and more patient."
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