My agent was ambitious for me. But going out and chasing it? No, I'd rather work in my vegetable garden or play with my kid. I guess I'm kind of boring.
If I'm nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it's playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.
For films, the process is that you work consistently and constantly for 3-4 months and then leave; whereas for a play, you prepare for about a month and then continue performing it for 5 to 6 months.
I can work my butt off and create an album that's wonderful, but if it's never played and never given the outlet, it won't succeed.
If you look at my body of work, my characters drastically vary, and so I typically don't play the same role. It makes me feel reborn with each role.
What I think is wonderful is that women are not just avengers or victims in films. They are people. They are characters. It's so refreshing. They're playing different kinds of characters, and they aren't being typecast.
One feels relieved these days when a play is not like television.
If you just play really hard, he says, nothing else matters.
Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul.
There are those who have suggested that the tendency of a cat to play with its prey is a merciful one...
Or was he saying, "Hi! Wanna play?" And I did. Of course I did.
Free will isn’t always about choice; often weakness plays the game
Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities.
It’s kind of like a Zen thing. Like playing the piano, or being a centipede in Heaven.
We're deaf men working as musicians; we play the music but we can't hear it.
Boys play with death as though it were a game, cutting their teeth on daggers.
The maturity of man—that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play
Don’t play with damaged goods, you will only hurt yourself.
I have played on many teams throughout my career, and I know when a team has the tools, and the right positive attitude towards winning.
It's a question of keeping one's eyes and ears open and watching how other people play the game. They're watching me too, to see what my attitude is like.
The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones.
