"Ultimately I want to be able to create whatever I want whenever I want. And if that doesn't work, I don't mind just doing weird plays."
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"We play different people - our art form is performance art - so unless you're playing the same type of person, I don't know if you could improve or make it worse."
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"If every man possessed everything he wanted, and no one had the power to interfere with such possession; or if no man desired thatwhich could damage his fellow-man, justice would have no part to play in the universe."
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"There are a lot of dream roles that I couldn't do, like James Bond and Indiana Jones; I'd never get a look in there, but actually, Doctor Who is probably the only one that I could because he's quite quirky, and the fact that he regenerates he can actually be anyone. So one day, who knows, I might have a chance. I'd love to play that part."
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"When I was doing character films, I would always try to find something to subvert the standard. You know, to play them exactly for what they are. That's the fun for me."
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"I think people were not expecting us [with Robert Ben Garant] to, they were just like, "Well here come the writers," but we both were coming out of a sketch comedy background, so when we pitch a movie, we play every character in the film. You act it out, you perform it - you do a 10-minute performance of the movie."
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"Tommy Nohilly, who plays Tubby [ Valley of Violence], he came down to see the movie for the first time and I was like, "You've got to come just to see people react to your [big scene]." I knew that would go well, but it's satisfying to me when he's sitting there and it actually does."
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"I always talk about movies a lot beforehand, and then we would get there, and I'd say, "Let's play around and see how it goes." And they would do it, and I'd go, "Well, that was awesome." It was really - I don't know, it was really special to watch them."
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"Fantasy isn't something I put into the pictures; I don't try and inject them with a sense of play. But it's about being an honest photographer; a photograph is as much of a mirror of the photographer as it is the subject."
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"No producer should revive a play unless they have a very good reason for it. I think there's quite enough about a good play to make it available to new audiences."
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"All directors should have to act and all actors should have to direct, so that they can understand all these key things that come into play with whether you can meet your day."
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"As a young man, even if I was going to see a play or a film by myself, I didn't feel like I was alone. There was something that was unfolding up there that brought me into it. And I recognised that. For those two hours, it made me feel like I belonged to something really good."
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"A lot of people would flee from what they think is award-show cheesiness, and I don't. I often joke that my speeches are very personal moments that play themselves out in front of billions of people."
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"But do we know how to make love stay?' I can't even think about it. The best I can do is play it day by day."
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"Most people achieve their goals and are like, "Is this all there is?" We are supposed to keep growing so we have something to get. What we get never makes us happy. You play yourself when you forget that."
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"Always continue to perform no matter what or where the activity is: local theater, regional theater, local clubs or coffee shops. Continue to play the guitar or your instrument and always continue to progress or otherwise you will fail."
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"I want to be known as a solid all-around receiver thats fast, not a fast guy that plays receiver."
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"I really love playing music with other people. It's more fun to be on the road with others. It's kind of lonely out there when you play on your own!"
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"By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events."
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"I'm aware that a film is different than a play, and that a film isn't going to be the filmed record of the play. It's its own separate entity, and I've come to peace with that."
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