Playing Quotes

I grew up playing field hockey and lacrosse - prep school sport - and I was terrible at them.

I was playing this horrible part. I didn't didn't want to play it because the character was an awful racist. But I'm glad I did it because I met Sidney Poitier.

I love playing odd roles.

I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to.

If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman.

For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move the man legally, or to move the King.

Same job, whether it's comedy or drama. Regardless of the weight of the role, I feel like the job is always kind of the same. Who is this person? What's this guy here, and how is he playing with this thing, and what's he trying to say? And what's the volley with all these other people around him?

How can you get tired of playing golf?

In my fantasies, I always wanted to play the ingenue, but in reality, in my bones, I am so used to playing the grandmother that I don't feel safe or even sure that I can do it.

I love playing Junior; he's so fun... Under it all, he's a good guy, just a little bit spoiled.

I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.

David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor's instincts, since after all, it's the actors playing the character.

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.

If you don't like the way the Atlanta Braves are playing then you don't like baseball.

I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or throwing the football with my friends. I'm super-active in that sense.

If I stayed in this game for individual achievements, I don't think I'd still be playing.

I love playing moms. It's a lot easier than being a mom, I hear.

How ironic, to be my last game that I ever played would be against Dan in a Super Bowl. The thing I always was afraid of was playing in a Super Bowl when it was raining. I can't throw a wet ball.

Let me explain something about guitar playing. Everyone's got their own character, and that's the thing that's amazed me about guitar playing since the day I first picked it up. Everyone's approach to what can come out of six strings is different from another person, but it's all valid.

Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.

It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra.

I'm very used to playing the tomboy or the sarcastic cynic. That's my go-to. Playing the vulnerable of a real girl that's in real womanlike situations, where it's romanticized, I'm a little nervous about it.

As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar.

I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.

My current project is my band, Population 1. We are writing, rehearsing and playing in Los Angeles.

You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.

My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus - there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball.

I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing drums. There didn't seem to be a way forward being fascinated by a piece of history.

When playing a role, I would feel more comfortable, as you're given a prescribed way of behaving. So, both Facebook and theatre provide contrived settings that provide the illusion of social interaction.