A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I'm very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.
With a play, for me, there's no time to sit back on it. You're living on your instincts. And every night there are subtle changes and adjustments, because what's in front of you is a living, breathing audience.
I spent a lot of time lifting my drums into a van, playing to ten people night after night. I can't complain about anything now. That stuff was heavy.
When you play, it's like you know that there are people out there who are hearing it for the first time, and I think that's really important.
I was what they call a pool hustler. That's absolutely true. For long periods of time I got by, barely skimmed by, just playing pool.
In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday.
I take my time to get into the mindset of the character and say my lines. I really have to be the person that I am playing.
Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.
I'll cheerfully confess to spending a lot of time playing completely disgusting computer games that have no redeeming social value.
For a long time I did not want to do television because I did not want to get stuck playing the same person. I wanted the ongoing challenge of a variety of roles.
I'm a vagabond. I have a suitcase that is ready to go at a moment's notice. The thought of being in one place for a long time, or playing one character for a long time, is terrifying for me.
Between 'Avengers,' 'JLA/Avengers,' and 'Trinity,' I've gotten down and dirty in the big universes and had a hell of a time playing in those sandboxes.
There are only so many hours you can sit on the bus and watch TV or play basketball or whatever we do to pass the time before we go out onstage.
I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role.
Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary.
The first time my parents found out I was acting was when a friend told them they had just come back from a play I was in.
First time I ever played a bad guy. I didn't want to do it. I got stuck in bad guys for 13 years after that.
A question I get asked a lot is 'What is it like to play the straight guy all the time?' And I'm totally okay with it.
The Knicks left me open a lot of times the last time we played them, and I was just making sure I took the shots that were there.
Officially I'm not playing any more. I've stopped. My time is up. Everything has been a lot of fun.
If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.
