Play Quotes

I would say I'm pretty much the exact same as the stereotypical American kid. I mean I'm really lazy, I play a lot of video games, I like girls. I like, you know, the violence and action type thing.

I never thought acting would be my life. I only started doing it because I needed something to occupy my weekends after I dislocated my knee and couldn't play sport.

It's such a challenge to play a good guy - it's hard to be believable.

I was meant to play the bad guy, for always and ever.

I think the play actually became bigger than me. No pun intended.

The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me.

Good genetics are a start, but I have to go to the gym, look after my skin, and drink lots of water. It's my job to take care of myself and my body. Happiness plays a big part in your appearance too.

If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.

Growing up, me and my brother, we were kind of exact opposites. We were completely yin and yang. He was more rough and tumble, and I just wanted to play with my girlfriends.

I'd like to do a play, but I can't find the right thing. I don't want it to be a starring role. I just want to play a really interesting character.

I've always said I prefer theater, but there's only ever been one play that I really loved doing, and that was The Seagull.

I want to play the fake child on 'To Catch A Predator.' No, wait! I want to play the Leaf Man!

Even though I love fashion, I prefer people to fashion. Fashion is to make the person comfortable in her body, it’s not something very serious, you get to play.

I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano.

I have a very strong work ethic, and I'm very grateful for that. But I think there was a moment when I realized, "Oh, I can play a little as well."

My tendency as an actor is, when there's a certain energy, I feel a challenge to match it, to come up to that plate and play on the same level.

I think the scariest thing to me is to think that somebody would only associate me with one character and that that's all that I would get to play.

I think I can play in the big leagues 10 or 15 years. But more important to me is winning-win, make the playoffs.

I play because I know I can play the game, so it's their decision whether or not they want to keep me or they wanna trade me. Whatever decision they make, I will understand it.

Whenever we play a really good game, everybody's going to be a hero, and the good part about it is nobody's trying to be a hero.

We have a lot of young players and some veteran players who make you feel good and give you a lot of tips. They always want to make sure you're ready to play.

It's not easy to play your best for 40 weeks. It happens every year, I don't play well in Rome or Hamburg -- I don't know why -- but then I play well after that.

A lot of people said to me, 'Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!'

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.

Just getting to wake up and play somebody else for an entire day is just an amazing thing.

I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win.

I don't put pressure on myself. When I put pressure on myself, then I just play bad. When I play bad, my team plays bad.

I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game.

I'd love to play a full-out rocking chick.

I like to play video games like 'Rock Band' and 'Guitar Hero.'

I always preferred working with somebody so I could look into their eyeballs and play tennis.

Some people have their marriages annulled, which means they never existed. Boy, talk about denial! What do you say when people see your wedding album? 'Oh that was just some play I was in.

After 30 years of television, I want to play more than I used to.

A brilliant treatment of the history of Purgatory in England and its survivals and echoes throughout Shakespeare's plays, above all Hamlet.

I think it's crucial to live, play and work passionately. I'm inspired by my husband, my son and the sense of possibility in the world.

Childhood’s work is learning, and it is in his play...that the child works at his job.

I play the same album over and over until the people in my house are ready to kill me.

I think hypochondria always plays a part in the healthcare landscape.

After Sleater-Kinney broke up in 2006 I had very little desire to play music. It took well over three years before picking up a guitar meant anything to me other than an exercise.

I have no desire to play music unless I need music.

I feel like I am a celebrity for no reason, like people are resentful I didn't have to play bars for 10 years to get a record deal.

People say, "How come you play bad guys so much?" And I say, "Well, have you seen many Asian good-guy roles?"

I didn't want to play a mediocre villain. I wanted to go full-on.

I get to play with great friends and a great crew, every day, blowing stuff up and saying evil lines. You can't complain about that.

It makes it easier to play evil and to act evil to people that you really like. You have a feeling about them, so you know what the opposite is.

I play a huge variety of roles

Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff.

I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything.

When you're playing festivals, you only get a half-hour. It's like a meat market. You don't get to be artistic. You don't get to play music. It's called a showcase for a reason.

It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes.