#pretend

There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#acting #artifice #falsehood #game #games

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#because #beforehand #conscious #definition #investigate

I try to be a better dad and husband than I do pretend rock star. ↗

— Bo Bice

#dad #husband #i #i do #pretend

What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#anything #armageddon #big #crazy #doing

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#answers #certainly #i #pretend #questions

I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#i #i love #love #me #performing

Before I was known, I would go on stage and pretend I was other people. Once I pretended I was mentally handicapped. It was really wrong. One time I was a bad magician. And one time I pretended I was a Christian comic. ↗

— Andy Dick

#before #christian #comic #go #handicapped

One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

#alright #cause #come #convince #depressed

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender. ↗

— Philip Guedalla

#arrangement #divisible #henry #henry james #i

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor. ↗

— Alec Guinness

#could #else #i #know #pretend