I don't feel any need to play the role of the clown. In my private life I take a break from humor.
Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture.
After all my years of playing soldiers, and then of reading History, I have almost a mania to be in the East, to see fighting, and to serve.
It is always more fun to play a bad guy than to be yourself as you can create a character unlike your own and be someone you are not for a change.
What is sure is that technological change is accelerating in all directions and, like children playing in a fountain, consumers are reveling in the experience.
I hate to play the I-live-in-the-country card, but it really takes all of the 'pack the kids into the car and run from here to there' out of the equation.
My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you're constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories.
I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me.
My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.'
It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
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I always have music playing in my studio when I design. It really gets me in the mood and allows me to focus.
Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports.
The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries.
The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it.
As long as God lets me live, I want to do things that make a difference in the world besides play music.
I wish I could play the lead role in one movie, one great movie.
I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.
It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.
Even if the play is great, every day in theatre you have to question everything because the audience is new every day. I love that.
I enjoy playing other people. It's a great job and it's challenging. I couldn't do a desk job.
