Play Quotes

I don't chart out the life histories of the people I play. If I did, I'd be in trouble. I work with my heart and my head, and naturally emotions follow.

Trouble is, I don't get to play a lot at the moment because I've just signed a contract where I've got to do 200 shows a year in pubs, so the golf's fallen away a bit.

That's what's so great about my job. I get paid to do what got me in trouble in grade school space out and play with my imaginary friends. In terms of Isaac, when the time's right.

When I started out, all I did was play my trombone.

God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.

The trite answer is that everything is true but none of it happened. It is emotionally true, but the events, the plotting, the narrative, isn't true of my life, though I've experienced most of the emotions experienced by the characters in the play.

I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.

I would love to play the Femme Fatale or an action role like Trinity in the Matrix or something like that. You know, a part with a lot of costume changes.

Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.

I always tried to play my hunches.

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.

I tried to play rugby but was never very good.

I've always just shown up and tried to figure out what's for lunch and am I going to get to play some racquetball that night.

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

I play piano and guitar. Acoustic guitar. I tried studying classical guitar when I was 16 but it got really hard. I could never play a lead to save my life.

My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing.

Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity.

When I did play, I tried to make the most of it.

I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I show up, you don't know what I'm gonna do. I like it that way. I've intentionally tried to do it that way. I think that's what's interesting.

It's good to play 100 per cent live - no tricks, no samples, no messing about.

That was the crossover line for us, to be able to play that many shows, sell them out real quick and have that tribe queue up outside and still be a mystery to everybody else.

The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire.

You know, I like to climb trees and ride bikes and play.

The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.

A lot of things happened when I left there, and to be fair they treated me really bad, and now I have to play against them so I don't have any feelings for them at all.

Challenge me. Treat me like a game of checkers and play me. That's all I'm asking, just play me. Treat me like Sega and play me.

We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important.

I'm open to play for anybody that would give me respect, treat me the right way, and actually going to make me feel comfortable.

Then to have your baby playing at the school you played at and having him play well is a special treat.

I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.