Sentences with phrase «playing said character»

This 1930s - set Woody Allen film tells of a woman (Mia Farrow) who falls in love with a character (Jeff Daniels) who steps out of the screen at the cinema, only to find herself also being wooed by the actor playing said character (also Jeff Daniels).

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Holiday parties are typically set up to play against introverts» natural character, but Zack says understanding your strengths can help introverts survive and thrive at holiday get togethers.

«Even when he's playing nasty or flawed characters, you find yourself rooting for him,» said Rentrak senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian.

Consumers are spending more time playing games; they're also becoming more willing to make in - game purchases — spending real money to buy, say, new weapons for their fictional characters — enabling some companies to replace a dependency on new hits with a steady, recurring revenue stream.

Even in Shakespeare's play, «The Merchant of Venice,» written more than 400 years ago, the character Antonio demonstrates his understanding of the concept when he says: «I thank my fortune for it — my ventures are not in one bottom trusted, nor to one place, nor is my whole estate upon the fortune of this present year.»

So, said the old theologians, God is one «substantia,» one essence and being, but in Christian experience he appears in three «personae,» plays three parts, unveils himself to his children in three characters — Father - Creator; Christ the Revealer; the Spirit, our indwelling Friend and Comforter.

Marshall Auerback, an international financial strategist, says we have become a «Blanche Dubois economy» (so named after the leading character in the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire) heavily dependent on «the kindness of strangers.»

the actor playing Herodias said, dipping out of character for a moment and drawing a laugh from the crowd.

«It is interesting that so much of the artwork on this theme, Wilde's play and the opera that followed [which was based on the Wilde play], have focused on Salome as the interesting character,» he says.

like the instinct of our mind and body and i actually like this comment of wilshere he said that read and accepted the criticism that he should pass more and faster so he did think about corrections in his play but told us the truth about the matter that he almos instinctively wants to run at the defenders thats his football and his «character» of play, i like his honest answer and i think that fans shouldn't talk about private things of players if they wants to spend time in twitter, i think we should respect that and not criticise it cause maybe it helps him relax, thats my opinion on the matter ^ ^

Payton was not one to call attention to himself on the football field («I never appreciated the guys who would do little jigs in the end zone,» he said), and his unselfish play was an expression of his character off the field.

«He built character within the team concept,» said Sheridan Silver, a member of Bonfigli's 1989 state runner - up team that went on to play at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

When Jay Briscoe said that he would shoot anyone who told his son that gay marriage is okay as the face champion, he was just playing a character.

Steady on or pundits will be saying we've fighting spirit and character Favourite arsenal players by far santi, (when playing) and kolasinac.

He said: «In a way we have had a major sea - change in the last three months because we wanted to draw a line under what had gone on last season and almost reboot it, start all over again and we have tried to get the right type of player in terms of not only the way they play but also the type of characters involved to take us forward.»

«Having been someone on the outside looking in, I couldn't help but notice what the manager is doing here, and wondering what it would be like to play for a character like that, the England midfielder is quoted as saying.

Even Scholes says that the United squad did not think Evra was good enough to play for a club like United, but after a few months of settling in, the French defender started to show his immense character.

He has character and he will play tomorrow,» Mourinho said.

And when I think about that, I think about Princess Bride and the character Vizzini played by Wallace Shawn, who says, never get involved in a land war in Asia.

But it's the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network that is squawking over J.Lo's «Monster - in - Law,» saying it is insensitive to people with food allergies because of a scene in which Jane Fonda's character sneaks nuts into the food of her hated and highly allergic daughter - in - law, played by Lopez.

It's not that high, and in a primary electorate in New York state that is far more demographically attuned to «60 Minutes» more than «Sex and the City,» I wouldn't think that Nixon or the characters she has played have the kind of broad recognition one would need to run in New York state,» he said.

Describing the Sultan of Sokoto as an epitome of human character, Governor Aregbesola said the role played by the number muslim in the country towards the promotion of unity in the diversity nature of the country would be forever applauded.

The director said that the former Labour leader described the play's central character as a «ghastly» and «a fucking bastard».

«I must say, and there are witnesses, that this is one character that attempts to play a role in every government since the time of the military.»

Among the highlights: Williams» character says, «You ever play «slap the sponge cake»?»

It was playing a female politician, she said, and it was good, and although she declined to say who the character was, looking at her layered bob (several shades lighter than the red she'd had as Miranda on Sex and the City), intelligent blue eyes, button nose, and Cool Whip complexion, you wouldn't have to be a genius casting director to figure it out.

Paul Krugman, the American professor who just won the Nobel economics prize, said: «Mr Brown and Alistair Darling have defined the character of the worldwide rescue effort, with other wealthy nations playing catch - up.»

Actor Sir Patrick Stewart, who played Charles Xavier in the X-Men films based on the comic books, said the famous character would have voted Remain.

Children in traditional societies don't invent fantasy characters to play with, Lancy says.

«Several times we observed prolonged interactions that took on a game - like back - and - forth character, which is reminiscent of how preverbal toddlers interact by way of imitating other's play actions» says Dr. Gabriela - Alina Sauciuc, who conducted the study together with Persson.

By hiding much of the detail involved in programming character behaviour beneath intuitive modules, Storybricks could provide a new kind of playing experience, he says.

Now that by it — so what I've said up to this point isn't so shocking because in Shakespeare's plays you often have characters who are in some sort of a pickle and they call on the gods to do something.

«The cheerleader effect is when a group of women seems hot, but only as a group,» says the character Barney Stinson, played by Neil Patrick Harris.

Adam Sandler still feels like he's playing the same character he plays in all his other movies so to say his performance is getting stale would be an understatement.

Throw in Neil Patrick Harris — once again playing the Bizarro World version of himself — shattered and reinforced redneck stereotypes and a delightful take on Dubya [here, he may not speak real good English, but he's slyer, smarter and mellower than we are expecting] and the result is a solidly funny movie that Says Something more by highlighting the characters of Harold and Kumar than by the political jokes.

Macdonald, playing an outsider with wisdom, is by far the most sympathetic character; the movie has plenty to say about the parenting traditions of the wealthy, not much of it favorable.

Cheadle and Johansson don't really play characters; it's more accurate to say that they have action scene cameos.

Some may say this barely qualifies as a videogame due to a lack of interactivity but you do play a large portion of the title directing your characters and interacting with the environment.

I say dark, yes there are parts in this film that are hard hitting, poinient moments that really make you think and get you inside the characters being played, again i think this is down to the great acting.

And Fassbender is reliably fabulous, fully inhabiting Magneto's arrogance and ambivalence (it's a compliment to say that as played the character might convincingly age into Ian McKellen).

I normally suck at fps but this game allowed me to get better at them and the same time enjoy them the thing that ade me get this game was the rpg elements and I have to say they work pretty well but when you play with people who have modded guns (like me) and you don't it is a little frustating and it's because of that, that I realized I was tired of the game; after playing as every character and defeating the game on hard a couple of times I realized there wasn't much else to the game to keep me entertained.

Stallone can still be entertaining, but here he's got no character to play, nothing fun to say, and the craziest hair / hairpiece / scalp growth this side of John Travolta.

Based on a play, the film is quite the talker, but every line of dialogue can only belong to the specific character saying those lines.

That said, it's largely action and character driven, though with so many characters in play there's no way to avoid the necessity of some getting far more attention than others.

As if it's not enough that the characters are kind of unlikable in certain areas, this narrative that does little outside of simply meditate upon the questionable leads is pretty thin, and that really undercuts much momentum, to where natural shortcomings play an instrumental role in bringing the final product to mediocrity, and yet, I won't go so far as to say that this film's story concept is completely juiceless, as its portrayal of a nerdy manchild's lifestyle is pretty realistic, if not genuine, and therefore kind of intriguing.

Trust me when I say this is by no means Farrells fault he plays the character well and you root for him the entire time, it's just a shame that by rooting for this character you are just wasting an hour and a half of your life (Just like the drunken loser that he plays) Enjoyable but pointless

Trust me when I say this is by no means Farrells fault he plays the character well and you root for him the entire

I was genuinely moved by all three characters, due to the acting, it was extremely well done, especially for an indie, James really plays his character well, I was surprised with his phenomenal performance, and Kristen was very good, stepping out off her stereotypical role as Bella, I'm sick off people saying she can not act, how can you judge an actress if you've only seen the twilight movies, she really stepped up to the mark.

I can't say much without many spoilers, but I will say: this season brings things nicely to a close but makes you miss these characters and the fine actors who play them all the more.

It doesn't do anything terrible per say (except bore me to death with it's writing and characters) but there was not a single moment playing through where i felt blown away by any one feature.