Pastoral Resources

Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action.

When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself, we reach dramatic literature.

What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.

I'd rather play jazz, I hate rock and roll.

Doing these parts is not fun. It's challenging, but no fun. It's creepy. I would rather play the guy that throws the touchdown pass and gets carried off the field.

I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.

It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!

It's a beautiful day for a ballgame... Let's play two!

As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of.

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for.

Well, who better to play Nazis than we Jews?

Jazz of the sort we play is a happy, extroverted music. You don't have to think about it too much.

We play happy music, and we make people happy. That's why they like us.

I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please.

I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.

What does my performance have to do with Russell Crowe's? Nothing. If I play Gladiator and we all play Gladiator with Ridley Scott in the same amount of time, maybe we have a chance to see who did it best.