Sylvester Stallone Quote: 'I know I can't play funny ...' @FEELquotes

From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started opening up.

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I played piano and was always in the choir. I tried to play flute because all the pretty girls played flute.

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When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn't expect me in comedies or musicals.

Sylvester Stallone

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I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work.

Toby Young

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I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight.

Tommy Chong

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If my mother hadn't laughed at the funny things I did, I probably wouldn't be a comic actor. After she had her first heart attack, the doctor said, 'Try to make her laugh.' And that was the first time I tried to make anyone laugh.

Gene Wilder

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I tried real hard to play golf, and I was so bad at it they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I'd spent about half the day in the woods.

Jeff Foxworthy

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The funny thing is I'm not even Latin. I was constantly getting Latin roles, and I was like, I even was nominated for an award, and I was like, 'Let them know at the NAACP, the first white woman. Let them know I'm totally grateful, but I'm not Latin. I can't do that. I play Latin.'

Vanessa Ferlito

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I imagined there would be a way to crack the diffraction barrier. But of course I didn't know exactly how it would work, but I had a gut feeling that there must be something, and so I tried to think about it, to be creative.

Stefan Hell

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It may sound funny, but it's true: I tried to put myself through the 12-step program. I didn't want to attend a real meeting; my role didn't really require that, and I feel those meetings are sort of sacred, and they're anonymous for a reason. I tried to deal with some of my love of snacks - and I relapsed a lot.

Octavia Spencer

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You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Yes, I want to look back and know that I was terrible at a variety of things.

Jon Stewart

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I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind, my body wouldn't let me.

Tom Smothers

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I don't get to play the same role over and over in different movies. The roles that I get to play are quite varied, which is great.

Helen Mirren

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I know an actor who would play one type of part but could never get cast as tough. Once he got cast as tough, as a cop, he only got offered cop roles. It's a funny business in that regard. It's all about perception.

Paul Dano

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I tried to learn the violin for a while.

Peter Wright

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For years, I tried to resist the hero label.

Chesley Sullenberger

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Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.

Ted Rall

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I tried ice-skating and wasn't very good at it.

Anton Yelchin

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I ran track in high school. I was a fragile young man, personally and physically. I tried football. That didn't work out; I broke my collarbone. But I always loved running.

Danny Pudi

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I tried Botox, but I don't want to be hooked on that stuff.

Cherie Lunghi

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