“I played [baseball] in college, so it wasn't that much a stretch. But I would say the main thing for guys who hadn't played before it's just one word - swagger. If you have swagger on the field, and look like you know how to play, that's 90% of it.” IfsKnowsLooksPlayGuyKnow HowFieldsCollegeLike YouBaseballJust OneOne WordSwagger Author:Tyler Hoechlin
“You didn't question - kind of like, you would go to college. You would wear a tie to work. You would, you know, you would work for 40 years. And then you would play golf for three years, and then you would die. That was how I was raised.” KnowsYearsKindPlayDiesThreeCollegeLike YouGolfRaisedTiesThree Years Author:Jim Gaffigan
“There are other forms of community-based decision-making, not unlike, you know, our elected bodies, except that the intention here is to exclude pay-to-play players from determining how these decisions are made.” KnowsMadePlayBodyFormCommunityDecisionPayPlayerLike YouIntentionDecision Making Author:Jill Stein
“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.” PeopleFirstsWellsDoePlayBigsViolenceLike YouSceneSittingFirst TimeValleysSatisfying Author:Ti West
“It's like you're organically developing yourself, moving out, metamorphosing into other forms depending on where you are, what you're doing at the time, how you want to play on things.” WantPlayMovingFormLike YouDevelopingWhere You AreMoving Out Author:Chath Piersath
“I worked on it [ Too Much Tuna] for a little bit downtown and it was a great experience. I couldn't believe how enthusiastic the audience was for it. It was just extraordinary. It felt like you were at a rock concert, which was just unusual for shows at Cherry Lane, which are usually intimate plays about big ideas, you know.” KnowsBelieveLittlesIdeasPlayShowsBigsFeltBitsAudienceToo MuchRocksLike YouLittle BitExtraordinaryIntimateConcertsUnusualEnthusiasticLanesCherriesDowntownGreat ExperiencesBig IdeasTunaRock Concerts Author:Alex Timbers
“I grew up in the time just when cassettes were waning and CDs were growing. And so mix tapes - and not mix CDs - mix tapes were an important part of the friendship and mating rituals of New York adolescents. If you were a girl and I wanted you - to show you I like you, I would make you a 90-minute cassette wherein I would show off my tastes. I would play you a musical theater song next to a hip-hop song next to an oldie next to some pop song you maybe never heard, also subliminally telling you how much I like you with all these songs.” IfsImportantPlayShowsWantedSongGirlNextGrowingHeardMinutesNew YorkLike YouGrewTasteGrew UpTheaterMusicalHip HopPopsHipsHopsRitualTapeCdsShowing OffI Like YouPop SongMatingMusical TheaterCassettesHip Hop Song Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“For artists like me, I think the times that just say the 80's alone, you didn't have to worry about getting twenty-five thousand Facebook followers. You didn't have to worry about every club, every venue you play, where the venues say well you know can you put up this video, put up that Facebook, put up... Nowadays it's really like you just can't be a musician alone.” ThinkingKnowsWellsPlayArtistWorryFiveLike YouThousandMusicianTwentiesClubsVideoLike MeFollowersTwenty FiveVenuesReally Like You Author:Joe Louis Walker
“I'm working on a script right about Civil War re-enactors who go back in time to the actual Civil War. It's kind of a big, crazy Back to the Future comedy. So, of course, it's the Civil War - I play the banjo. I was just having a conversation with one of the producers about some of the material and he was like, 'You know, we have to work in a scene where you play the banjo. And I was like I'll get behind that.” KnowsKindWarPlayBigsCoursesBehindsComedyCrazyMaterialsLike YouSceneConversationScriptsProducersCivil WarBack In TimeBanjosGo Back In Time Author:Ed Helms
“I think if you're put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they're on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.” IfsThinkingWantChildrenPlayFunSportsTeamLike YouSoccerHaving Fun Author:Billie Jean King
“You have to always keep conditioning. My coach used to say, "You play like you practice." If you practice s - -ty, you're going to play s - -ty.” IfsPlayUsedPracticeLike YouCoachesConditioning Author:Leslie Jones
“I feel like if you play basketbal, you should want to improve all the time. You should never feel like you don't need to improve.” IfsWantNeedsFeelsShouldPlayLike You Author:Avery Bradley
“I'm aware that at the big, big clubs stuff can change quickly, as can opinions and people in charge. Not everyone is going to like you, not everyone is going to want to play you and that's the business side of it, which I've grown into and I'm certainly not going to take personally.” PeopleWantPlayBigsStuffSidesOpinionLike YouClubs Author:Joe Hart
“The reason [drummers] call things "unison", and they sound unison, is because you actually play two different tempos . . . like you're a little sharp, or a little flat; it's so slight that they call it "unison", but it's not unison.” LittlesTwoDifferentReasonPlaySoundLike YouFlatsDrummerTempoUnison Author:Miles Davis
“Maybe you play a melody twice. You play it once like you like it, and some parts that you don't like you can just switch. An eight-bar motive - you can just take it and put it in the front or back or something like that. It can save you 50 or 60 or 70,000 dollars, a drum machine. That's why everybody uses it.” PlayUseFrontsLike YouMachinesDollarsEightBarsMotiveMelodyYou Like It Author:Miles Davis
“If I think back to every rehearsal process for every play I've ever worked on, there's just so much crying at home. I barely sleep. There are moments of deep despair and anxiety, and then there are moments in rehearsal that are the most exhilarating; feeling seen and seeing everybody. Feeling like you have a purpose on the planet. A huge part of the process I enjoy is watching the actors figuring out what they can handle and what they can take and what they need from the director and me.” IfsThinkingNeedsPlayMomentsFeelingsHomePurposeActorsProcessEnjoySleepSeeingCryPlanetsHugeLike YouDirectorsDespairAnxietyHandleRehearsalExhilaratingExhilarating Feeling Author:Annie Baker
“I'm interested in the feeling of getting to zero after a play, like you're never going to do it again. That's a really scary feeling.” PlayFeelingsLike YouScaryZeroReally Scary Author:Greta Gerwig
“I would love to be able to play anywhere, but to me the sweet spot is clubs and theaters, just because I feel like you lean in to tell a joke. You don't back up. Comedy lives in that area. I've played amphitheaters, big clubs, and pool halls, and the most fun rooms hold anywhere from 500 to 2,000 people. That intimacy is where comedy really lives.” PeopleFeelsPlayBigsAbleFunRoomsComedySweetLike YouJokesAreasTheaterClubsSpotsIntimacyHallsPool Author:Michael Che