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Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.
Alan Rickman
People
Looking
Innocently
Way
Parts
Am
Gets
Who
Play
Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you - almost seems to speak through you, in fact.
Alan Rickman
Character
You
Speak
Every
Seems
Fact
Through
Almost
Read
Often
Just
In Fact
Speaks
Play
I really enjoyed multicamera comedy. You film in front of a live audience, and it's kind of the best of both worlds. It's like doing a one-act play every week, but if you screw your lines up, you get to do it over.
Alan Ruck
Best
You
Comedy
Live
Live Audience
Every
Worlds
Kind
Both
Week
Both Worlds
Over
Like
Audience
Doing
Lines
Up
Get
Front
Screw
Really
Your
Film
Play
Enjoyed
Some players are criticised for having no loyalty. Well, I wanted to go back home and play for the club I supported. I don't think that's a crime.
Alan Shearer
Home
Loyalty
Crime
Club
Think
Back
Some
Having
Supported
Well
Go
Wanted
Play
Players
In hindsight, that time out of football gives you the hunger to want to get back to basics and play football.
Alan Smith
Time
You
Back
Hunger
Out
Gives
Football
Hindsight
Get
Want
Play
Play Football
Basics
I used to play with model trains when I was a kid, and then I used to study history.
Alan Taylor
History
Kid
Study
Study History
Model
Trains
Then
Used
Play
We look for opportunities to play together including basketball, tennis, swimming, riding bikes and touch football. I try to provide a loving environment where we can play. I think that's good on so many levels - emotionally, for family interactions and, of course, physically.
Alan Thicke
Good
Family
Together
Opportunities
Try
Swimming
Think
Touch
Physically
Tennis
Football
Emotionally
Environment
Look
Course
Provide
Where
Interactions
Loving
Bikes
Many
Many Levels
Including
Riding
Play
Levels
Basketball
I have few other characters to relate to other than myself. I have enough of a body of work now that the paternal side of Alan Thicke gets a lot of play. I do get a lot of calls to play dads.
Alan Thicke
Work
Myself
Few
Other
Enough
Relate
Side
Characters
Calls
Lot
Than
Get
Paternal
Gets
Body
Dads
Now
Play
Alan
I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with.
Alan Tudyk
Stage
Tools
Given
Lot
Trained
Actor
Technical
Play
If you play 100-odd Test matches, there's going to be little periods when you don't score runs, and I've always managed to turn it around.
Alastair Cook
You
Runs
Periods
Around
Matches
Always
Test
Score
Going
Little
Turn
Play
From a purely selfish, batting point of view, I couldn't bat any better than the 2010-11 Ashes and then in India in 2012. That was as good as I could play.
Alastair Cook
Good
Selfish
Better
Bat
Batting
India
Purely
Point
Could
Point Of View
Than
Any
Ashes
Then
View
Play
All I ever wanted to do was play cricket for England and be successful.
Alastair Cook
Cricket
Wanted
Successful
England
Ever
Play
You're there to score runs. If you don't do that over a period of time, people will look elsewhere. That hasn't changed and that'll never change, whether it's myself or Jimmy Anderson, you've got to play to a certain level to be picked for England or even Essex.
Alastair Cook
Time
Myself
You
Change
People
Will
Changed
Elsewhere
Jimmy
Anderson
Runs
Never
Picked
Over
Look
Period
Got
Score
Time People
Whether
Certain
Certain Level
England
Even
Play
Level
I don't think you have to be this macho man all the time, just because you play sport.
Alastair Cook
Time
You
Man
Think
Macho
Sport
Because
Just
Just Because
Play
If you're going to act and do this for a living, you want to play something that the audience didn't expect.
Albert Brooks
You
Living
Something
Audience
Expect
Going
Want
Act
Play
'Drive' came to me because the casting director knew my manager and called and said, 'You've always talked to me about Albert wanting to play the heavy. I think he should read this.' My ears just perked up.
Albert Brooks
Me
You
Director
Drive
Think
Ears
About
Casting
He
Knew
Talked
Read
Because
Said
Always
Came
Up
Manager
Just
Heavy
Wanting
Should
Play
Albert
Well, you know, with every character, if you're going to expose yourself, you've got to figure out every detail that you're going to play. So there's no character that you can just go put on his shirt and be fully prepared.
Albert Brooks
Character
You
Yourself
Every
Out
Detail
Put
Know
Well
Got
Go
His
Shirt
Going
Just
Figure
Fully
Expose
Prepared
Play
After some time, with my eyes closed, I began to enjoy this wonderful play of colors and forms, which it really was a pleasure to observe. Then I went to sleep and the next day I was fine. I felt quite fresh, like a newborn.
Albert Hofmann
Time
Day
Eyes
Wonderful
Closed
Enjoy
Pleasure
Fine
Some
Colors
Observe
Like
Felt
Fresh
Began
Quite
After
Newborn
Which
Forms
Then
Really
Next
Play
Sleep
Mike Matheny, Fernando Vina, Edgar Renteria, Mark McGwire and Darryl Kile... before he died. Those guys took me under their wing and taught me the way to play the game the right way.
Albert Pujols
Me
Game
Before
Mark
Took
Way
Right Way
Those
Wing
Guys
He
Edgar
Fernando
Died
Taught
Mike
Play
Right
The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin' for me.
Alberta Hunter
Music
Best
Me
Musicians
About
Could
Know
Blues
Want
Who
Play
I like to play strong women because there is so much emotion to bring to these roles.
Albina Shagimuratova
Women
Strong
Strong Women
Emotion
Like
Because
Roles
Much
Play
Bring
I feel like some of the best roles that I've gotten to play I could've never preconceived. These things happen to you in an unexpected fashion, so it's hard to pre-imagine what that would be because some of the best opportunities I've had I could've never anticipated or expected.
Alden Ehrenreich
Best
Fashion
You
Opportunities
Would
Would-Be
Some
Never
Had
Feel
Like
Because
Gotten
Anticipated
Expected
Roles
Unexpected
Preconceived
Happen
Hard
Play
Things
Things Happen
I just really want to continue to play those roles where I really have something to do, and mainly, above all, work with people that I can learn from - directors I think are so great.
Alden Ehrenreich
Work
Great
People
Think
Those
Above
Something
Directors
Mainly
Learn
Continue
Roles
Just
Where
Want
Really
Play
What drew me to 'Beautiful Creatures' was the character that I get to play, Ethan. Within three pages, I knew he is so specific and interesting.
Alden Ehrenreich
Beautiful
Character
Me
Three
Drew
He
Knew
Within
Get
Interesting
Pages
Creatures
Specific
Play
Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.
Alec Guinness
Life
Enough
Leading
Most
Been
His
Roles
Essentially
Lucky
Actor
Play
When I play football, I try to win the game. That is part of me. That is who I am.
Aleksandar Mitrovic
Me
Game
Win
Try
Football
Part
Am
Who
Play
Play Football
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