Play Quotes

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.

Even if Scrabble had been invented then, I wouldn't have wanted to play Scrabble, because the highest triple word score in the world would not have expressed how much I liked the game Natalie and I played every afternoon.

Technique! The very word is like a shriek of outraged Art. It is the idiot name given to effort by those who are too weak, too weary, or too dull to play the game. The mighty have no theory of technique.

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.

I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.

If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.

If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.

Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot is coming from.

There's probably a lot of people wondering if I can play.

Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world.

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

Inherit the Wind is a wonderful play, and I was in the original with Paul Muni.

It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing for the Lions. I consider the Lions' players, coaches, staff, management and fans my family. I leave on good terms with everyone in the organization.

Brooklyn was the most wonderful city a man could play in, and the fans there were the most loyal there were.

To play a role where you get to reveal intellectual change is wonderful.

We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is.

If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you play with them Mozart, Debussy, Mendelssohn, they have a wonderful light feeling for that.

How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to.

There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.

I got to play a real D-bag lawyer, and comb my hair really awfully and kiss Emma Stone, so it was a really wonderful day on set.

Getting to meet people that I've admired my entire life, and getting to meet them in such a way where they're coming in to play completely different characters than I had ever seen them do is just wonderful.

I'm very happy to sing whatever I'm singing. I've always enjoyed any role I've been given at a certain time. They've all been favourites, they've all been wonderful pieces to play.

It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture.

I've often wondered about people that come to the profession late in life. I've wanted to be an actor since the first grade. I watched a play being performed by the third grade class, and it was... magic.

Oh, I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.

Most of my songs are about Jesus. Most of my songs are about the idea that there is salvation, and that there is a Savior. But I won't mention his name in a song just to get a cheap play.

If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that.

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

I won't play a teenager.

I'll play what you want or I won't play at all.