#plays

A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates. ↗

— Josh Billings

#dog #every #few #meets #old

It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done. ↗

— Judi Dench

#few #haven #i #plays #shakespeare

The Israeli military plays more than a critical role in defending the citizens of the Jewish state. It also plays an important social, scientific and psychological role in preparing its young citizens for the challenging task of being Israelis in a difficult world. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#being #challenging #citizens #critical #critical role

It is the best feeling in the world to have a close game come down to just a couple of plays and you are able to do it. ↗

— Drew Bledsoe

#best #close #come #couple #down

The vast majority of people who watch baseball can properly call 95% of all plays that happen on the field. My job is to teach you how to call the other 5%. ↗

— Jim Evans

#call #field #happen #how #job

I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing. ↗

— Eric Bogosian

#create #excuse #i #i write #performing

And I've got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#got #i #into #need #plays

When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis. ↗

— Chris Evert

#i #plays #robot #she #tennis

[Over breakfast] We discussed the 'novelisation' question. This is where the studio pay someone to novelise my script and sell it as Sense and Sensibility. I've said if this happens I will hang myself. Revolting notion. Beyond revolting. Lindsay [Doran] said that the executive she had discussed it with had said 'as a human being I agree with you -- but ...' I laughed until my porridge was cool enough to swallow. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#marketing #movies #novelization #screenplays #unintentional-humor

Hugh Laurie (playing Mr. Palmer) felt the line 'Don't palm all your abuses [of language upon me]' was possibly too rude. 'It's in the book,' I said. He didn't hit me. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#books #jane-austen #language #movies #screenplays