I remember playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with them - I would think of a character and pretend to be someone else.
Never having played Chess before, it was most interesting to be playing the game with no pieces in front of me. But I still knew how to stroke my hair when I won.
You know when you've found a part that you want to play. You know it because the part takes you over. It sits in the script waiting for you to play him.
The game of baseball is better when the Dodgers are playing well, just like when the Yankees are playing well, or the Cubs, the Phillies, the big-name teams.
When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing.
When I used to play nightclubs, you had to play Top 40 or favorite oldies that maybe people could relate to.
You have to remember the band played from 1960 to 1965, every night. You get into a rut playing nightclubs every night, and you didn't want to run it into the ground.
I think it's fun playing a part that lots of other people have played, in a way.
My biggest challenge will be to play the totally submissive woman. It takes a toll on you when you play someone who's far removed from your personality.
There are a few roles I want to play, but mostly I just want to keep doing a play every now and then, watch kids grow and eat cookies and drink tea.
To go from playing Jack Startz in 'Behind the Candelabra' to playing JFK in the same year, I have now operated at the far ends of my range as an actor.
The point in me playing with Prince was to let a lot of people know that I can play trap. I don't think people know that.
I wasn't a competitor. I would play outside with my friends, but not really anything like ballet or soccer. I tried to play soccer, and it went badly.
When my mind plays tricks on me I can deal. But when my mind plays tricks on my mind I can not tell what's real
It was actually a relief for me to play an actor who was scared, who didn't know where everything was, who didn't know what buttons to push, and for me to be able to play all that.
I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
When it comes down to it, I always played hard for my teammates and I played hard for my coaches no matter who it was, ownership.
If I could play any superhero... my favorite superhero is Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield is wonderful at doing it to the point that I don't think I should play it.
I play with a lot of guys who say they're a five handicap, and they shoot 110. And then you play with guys who say they are a 20 and they shoot 75.
Don't play everything (or every time); let some things go by… What you don't play can be more important than what you do.
I think when you play 'Psychonauts,' you are kind of playing inside of my head.
