My father, my uncles, my aunts, from my father's side and my mother's side... they were all professional musicians. My father was… — Lalo Schifrin Copy Share Image
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![“I'm there [on Moana] with the other actors, so you play off one another. It's not just your idea of what the character is and what the world is like it would be in an animated [film], where it all sort of exists in your head. It's all right there, and if Diego's performance is doing what it's…” quote by Alan Tudyk](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/247/alan-tudyk-7208_actors_i-m-there-on-moana-with-the-other-actors_345834.jpg)
![“The [Frank] Sinatra interpretation of the music, as opposed to some other music that you were listening to - where you felt like they were singing at you - you felt Sinatra was singing to you. It's a very intimate art form, and that's what I responded to - the intimacy of his performance.” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cb4/robert-davi-17031_art_the-frank-sinatra-interpretation-of-the_2452897.jpg)
![“Alfonso Cuarón, in the rehearsals, without J.K. Rowling's knowledge, told me that [my character] was, in fact, gay. So I'd been playing a part like a gay man for quite a long time. Until it turned out that I indeed got married to Tonks. I changed my whole performance after that. Just saw it as a…” quote by David Thewlis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/95e/david-thewlis-5383_changed_alfonso-cuar-n-in-the-rehearsals-without_750099.jpg)
![“I don't want to be an exception, because I was very outspoken about Performance Enhancing Drugs. It would be bad for my reputation if I would have an exemption [for doping test] - I don't want to have a free pass, I want to be like everybody else.” quote by Georges St-Pierre](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/819/georges-st-pierre-2351_doping_i-don-t-want-to-be-an-exception-because_2763676.jpg)
![“I am doing what I do [athletics] because the fans love it and it's a part of me, it's my personality. I think people come to see you run fast, but they also come to see a show, a performance. They want to see a personality, and that's what I give them.” quote by Usain Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cda/usain-bolt-2441_athletics_i-am-doing-what-i-do-athletics-because-t_1800899.jpg)
