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The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero.

Nobody's impressed back home. All my friends were going, 'Oh right, so you're doing a play up in Leeds? Another depressing one is it? Do you mind if we don't bother coming?' I love that.

Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.

In preschool, I would plan out my show-and-tell every week to be funny and exciting. Then in first grade I wrote a play, and my classmates and I performed it as a puppet show.

When I finish my school work for the day, I like to go play basketball, ride my bike or skateboard, play video games, or go free running.

We're taking part in a divine comedy and we should realise that the play is always a comedy, in that we're all ultimately ridiculous.

There were many times that I took such a big hit that I was dazed; I'm not going to lie. I'd see black, but I'm still looking for the puck. Where's the play going? I'm going to keep going. Same thing in figure skating. If I take a hard fall, I'm going to get up, and I'm going to do the next jump.

In a play, a man comes out and says something. Another man comes out and says something. And by the end of the night, we've learned something we didn't know, In a musical, there is singing and dancing for two hours, but you've got to know everything in 5 minutes. Do it in those 5 minutes or you'll lose them.

I have to look at myself in the mirror when I'm doing a play. I see what needs to be done, and I set about it. It's like cooking: it's a random experience that sometimes works out better than others, but never falls below a certain level. My face is different every day - if I've slept, then perhaps I don't have to do so much work on the bags.

I went to 'Godspell' when I was 10 - my mother took me, and that was the first play I ever saw. That was it for me.

I always acted in high school. Actually, I started in preschool. I was in a play about Jesus. I went to a Catholic school and played an angel and recited some poem about Jesus. It felt so long to me at the time.

I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I didn't feel like an actor anymore. That sounds silly, but when you're doing a play you're using different muscles, and it blew all the cobwebs away.

I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me.

Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away.

It's one of my strongest dance pieces - having just done Play Without Words which was veering away from a lot of dance - I thought it would be nice to go back to something with almost the most dance I'd done.

The story of everyday people rising up to fight against evil to protect their families - it's a story that we've seen play out throughout history and across the world today.

If it's a good play, don't get too high. Make a good play, follow it up, and then if it's a bad play, if there's a mistake or there's something wrong, don't worry about it.

Details - that's what it comes down to, so you're always learning more about a play or a concept.

I'd like to do a play in New York.

Generally speaking, there's going to be times when it's going to be a little more challenging, depending on how the rush goes. But there are passing lanes that open up within the pocket. I think each play is kind of its own thing. They all play out different.

There's a strength and weakness to every play.