Alan Licht Quotes
What made me want to play guitar was that painting of Wings in concert in the gatefold of Wings Over America. It looked so exciting ... I wanted to be part of it.
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I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey.
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To get a film in Cannes is a real honor. To have it play and not get booed is a real relief.
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I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.
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Sometimes it's less about the character and more about the story for me. I'll play a rock in the background if I think the story is fantastic and I can be a part of it somehow. That's what I look for.
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There are times where I am trying to make the big play before I even catch the football.
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Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.
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The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.
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I wonder if I maybe have a natural floatiness that comes through in everyone I play.
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I still have my old Nintendo 64 that works. And I hook it up, and I still play the original 'Goldeneye.' I'm that geek. I have an 'NBA Jam' arcade machine in my office at 'SNL.'
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If someone put a camera in my face now, when I am in student mode, I would get embarrassed, but when I am modelling, I play characters.
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I love working in America, I love being part of the industry out here.
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I didn't know Albert back then - I just learned to play that way. He and I were the only guys that played left-handed. Then left-handed people came from every direction.
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Our pain is a part of who we authentically are.
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The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.
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Sometimes I just crave to play in Shakespeare again and I know and love playing Orlando so much.
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I once literally had a casting director ask my agent, 'Can she play anything other than a drunk?'
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As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.
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I wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle.
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I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you?
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The world in books seemed so much more alive to me than anything outside. I could see things I'd never seen before. Books and music were my best friends. I had a couple of good friends at school, but never met anyone I could really speak my heart to. We'd just make small talk, play soccer together. When something bothered me, I didn't talk with anyone about it. I thought it over all by myself, came to a conclusion, and took action alone. Not that I really felt lonely. I thought that's just the way things are. Human beings, in the final analysis, have to survive on their own.
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I'm very conscious of people having pretty short attention spans: I know, I'm guilty of it. I'm 17 now: what happens by the time I'm 21, am I a burn-out or something? Will they still listen to my record?
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I don't have many possessions, apart from my books.
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What made me want to play guitar was that painting of Wings in concert in the gatefold of Wings Over America. It looked so exciting ... I wanted to be part of it.
