Play Quotes

That's why basketball was so good, because I didn't really need you or anyone else to play it. It would be better if we played four-on-four or five-on-five, but I could go out there alone.

I've walked out of films. But for every film I've ever walked out of, I've probably walked out of 500 plays.

It's definitely an influence, I mean how can you not say you are influenced to play rock.

Donald Trump is going to remain completely focused on American citizens and people who are here legally, and how we get this country working for people who play by the rules.

I'm going to bring my best efforts and do my very best every day to support our new president's [Donald Trump] agenda and to hopefully play some small role in making America great again.

I'm going to bring my best efforts and do my very best every day to support our new president's agenda and to hopefully play some small role in making America great again.

We've got to give a quality effort every day and play better.

We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder.

That's why you bring in a veteran player. You never know when a player goes down, a guy's got to step up and play.

Wanna play a joke on your chiropractor? The next time he starts working on you, go limp and soil yourself.

It doesn't matter if you're play-pretending crying or play-pretending laughing, you're still play-pretending.

It's fun to play somebody who has no boundaries or rules. There's no book you can read on how to play a witch, so you just create a version. It's really great!

When it's a comedy or drama or horror or romance, it's all the same. You want to be honest with the character. You want to play truthfully and you want to be genuine with your character.

The novel is a territory where one does not make assertions; it is a territory of play and of hypotheses.

Drummers - sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.

If you have a tone like mine that is recognizable. No matter what I play, when you hear my tone you can tell it's me.

Catch Harry Belafonte. He's got a helluva rhythm section.And so have the Pointer Sisters. And that little guy with Sammy Clayton. He plays the whole show with 40 members.

Somebody, my daughter or my wife, gave me a music box for Christmas. It plays "My Funny Valentine" on celeste, you know? So I had Bobby [Irving] just play "Jean Pierre" with the changes on celeste.

I can hear what I want [people] to play. If you don't hear what you want someone to play, then you can't tell 'em.

I've actually had a melody on my guitar since the day I learned how to play it, back when I was 7. And for some reason I can't add lyrics to it.

"I want to stay alive in pretty much 90% of my movies. Slaughtering isn't exactly what I'm going for, but I will play edgy for sure."

You have to have sympathy for the villain. Even the most disgusting ones, you have to find something to connect with. I try to put as much of myself in every single character that I play.

I try to find something in everyone that I play - even the most heinous ones. You have to find something that is real and vulnerable about everything that you play.

That’s the one nice thing about being a dork about men: you can sometimes play it off as restrained and classy.

All women love Colin Firth: Mr. Darcy, Mark Darcy, George VI—at this point he could play the Craigslist Killer and people would be like, 'Oh my God, the Craigslist Killer has the most boyish smile!

This is extremely challenging when you sound like a 12-year-old girl, and you decide your first personal endeavor is to play, like, a - like, a very macho dude.

I taught myself how to play guitar - pretty badly, but I knew enough about music to start to figure it out.

I really believe in the characters I play.

Never tempt fate. It plays for keeps.

When you're going to play with dead things, do it during the daylight.

There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop.

I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it.

I've been acting for a while, but theater is pretty different. I've never been in a play.

My end goal in the piano is to play Scott Joplin's 'Maple Leaf Rag.

I started performing in high school. There was a pretty great drama department at my school, and that's when I started doing plays and musicals.

You have to play the cards you are dealt and if it has made it harder, it doesn't matter, you still have to get the deal done.

Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope the other kids play nice and that she makes friends.

Fathers always play mahagurus to their children, and I am no exception.

I joined Facebook purely so I could play online Scrabble. You have eight tiles instead of seven, so you tend to have higher scores. I'm somewhere between 400 and 500.

When I dj at big venues I try to play tracks that I would want to hear if I were e'd up in a field with 50,000 other people.

I honestly haven't thought much about what to play and where, perhaps i should...it seems like most musicians are better at that than I am.

Novels are make-believe and play for adults.

I like the idea of an open, international London that thrives on attracting hard-working, talented people but has the confidence to tell them they must play by the same rules as everyone else.

I think a lot of actors are overly concerned about being well liked in the parts they play.

In politics, arts / no issue's dramatic / nor will 'play' till its heart's / simplified to fanatic.

Don't think that you can just rely on natural talent because there are going to be times when you get a little tired and that's when your skills come into play to help you make look easy.

By being able to play different styles I can get more work. I also learn so much from each of those experiences. It keeps everything from getting stale.

I love a hard-hit ball, a diving-play situation where you realize afterward there was no thinking involved. It was 100 percent reaction.

The College World Series, that's the end-all deal as a college player. To get a chance to play in the World Series and win it, that was surreal.

Give me something interesting to play and I'm happy.