But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.
I'm kind of one of these guys who wants to play everything once before it's all over.
My playing started to develop through the Miles Davis stuff I was listening to.
When I was playing with Bob Dylan in, like, 1966, I was, like, 20 years old.
You don't really know a song until you play it live.
Sometimes I think the playing field is certainly not even. You know, it's just not.
Every actor hopes that the character that they're playing continues to be a challenge throughout their tenure of their show.
Play More, Pray More; Get More, Give More... Live More!!!-RVM
I was never taken to a play or concert or church. Yet I was a show-off, a dreamer, a storyteller.
I was an usher at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. You had to watch whatever play they had on 40 times.
I always play every game like my back is against the wall, that this could be it.
Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.
When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon.
I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.
I want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien.
I think a lot of actors are overly concerned about being well liked in the parts they play.
My dream role would be to play a femme fatale in a Quentin Tarantino movie.
I'm a video game fan. I played them before I became an actress.
There is always pressure playing a real living person and even pressure developing a character from scratch.
The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.
Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.
