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Playing Yourself Quotes (page 4)

Being an actor gives you a chance to play all kinds of roles, very moving and dramatic on one project, silly and girlish on another. That's the most interesting thing out this business, you get to keep reinventing yourself. Sarah Michelle Gellar
Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are you riding with it? Or are you rowing against it? Don't you see that there is no effort if you're riding with your river? Frederick Carl Frieseke
Harvey Fierstein quote: "It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of..."
It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as. Harvey Fierstein
Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about. Laura Dern
With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying. Johnny Depp
I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation. Tom Stoppard
Colin Powell quote: "Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously,..."
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. Colin Powell
If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days. Page McConnell
I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was for me. I know that's true for a lot of budding musicians out there - that's the thing that gets them inspired, is trying to learn their favorite songs. I think it's a great way to teach yourself. Susanna Hoffs
If you're playing the character, you could say to yourself in 16 different ways, What if that didn't bother me? What if I knew exactly what he was talking about? What if I didn't get excited? Judd Hirsch
Sidney Crosby quote: "For me, I've learned that the best thing is to focus on the..."
For me, I've learned that the best thing is to focus on the team you play for and yourself and what you need to do. Sidney Crosby
It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert. Jacques Yves Cousteau
Bradley Whitford quote: "When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You..."
When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are. Bradley Whitford
I like characters with problems. I like to understand them... To play alcoholics, fetishists, strange girls, you have to dig deep within yourself. It's 'elsewhere' that interests me. Marie Trintignant
That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself. Naomi Watts

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