They were stars on this stage, each playing to an audience of two.
Why write a song when no one can play the notes or understand the lyrics?
I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant.
I always looked really young for my age. And once I hit 23, 24 and 25, I was then allowed to play the cool 18-year-olds and stuff.
Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
I'm very close in age to my older brother, and we had a field at the end of the road where we could run around, climb trees, play football.
There's a movie called 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age,' where I'm playing the King of Spain. It's a small role, but it's really, really interesting, the way I constructed it.
Age is just a number. When I started, I never worried about how long I was going to play. I had very specific goals, and that's what I really chased.
I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release.
I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
I know virtually no one of my age who can remember a hug, or a smile from their father, or a 'Let's go play football.'
Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays.
From the time I won the Kansas City Match Play championship at age 14, I never wanted to be anything but a golfer.
I play football, and most football players are camera shy. We just want to be left alone; we just want to stick to what we do.
Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first.
I did one of the 'Amazing Stories.' That was the first time I got to play a character who was a dumb blonde. I actually channeled Judy Holliday.
I worked with Carl Perkins on a number of shows. Live shows. He just showed up and played. He just killed. Killed! Man... he was amazing!
The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody like Susan Kingsley or Kathy Bates who are better than your play.
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie.
If you can't take both sides, it means you can only play yourself.
