Playing Quotes

• I think in terms of a career trajectory, it's good for people to be reminded that, in spite of seeing me a million times a day on a show for ten years playing the same character, I'm an actor, and actors like to play different people.

  

  Simon Helberg
  • Character
  • Years
  • Actor

• Most nervous I've ever been is probably the 2007 Walker Cup. I was a little boy playing with these 8 or 9 other guys that were the best amateurs in the country.

  

  Rickie Fowler
  • Nervous
  • Amateur
  • Walker

• When you're running around and playing, it's amazing ground for imagination, and that's really the biggest muscle you need for anything in the arts. I think it's probably the biggest training I've had.

  

  Josh Cooke
  • Imagination
  • Training
  • Playing

• It's the world's smallest violin, playing 'My Heart Pumps Purple Piss for You.'

  

  Eddie Dean
  • Playing
  • My Heart
  • VIolin

• It says we're coming along, playing together, playing well. It's an exciting moment for us, for this family, for the whole organization.

  

  Bob Sanders
  • Family
  • Organization
  • Playing

• Festivals are weird, you never know what to expect so it's a bit more nerve wracking then playing your own show.

  

  Frank Iero My Chemical Romance
  • Show
  • Expect
  • Festivals

• I could've kept playing, but football didn't define me.

  

  Jordan Rodgers
  • Football
  • Playing
  • Define

• I like playing with a live band and I've got my act and we're fine.

  

  Ringo Starr The Beatles
  • Act
  • Fine
  • Live band

• I have toyed with the idea of playing it straight. But, like I say, I really believe we are all out of our minds at some level.

  

  Johnny Depp
  • Idea
  • Playing

• Oh, we're playing nice now? Shall we have tea first? Brew up a nice pot of kiss-my-ass?

  

  Julie Kagawa
  • Playing
  • Tea
  • Pot

• When you walk on a court, clear your mind of everything unrelated to the goal of playing the match as well as you can.

  

  Stan Smith
  • Goal
  • Court
  • Match

• I'll just have to weigh it up and if I'm still playing well, training hard and enjoying my footy, then who knows.

  

  Andrew Johns
  • Training
  • Playing
  • Enjoying

• I have to say that sports is what kept me out of trouble. No matter the circumstances, my mom kept us playing sports. She worked hard to provide for us and even harder to make sure we always stayed active. Whether it was football or basketball, we were playing one sport or another year-round.

  

  Rashard Lewis
  • Always
  • Basketball
  • Circumstances

• We were working 'Good Teacher' up, and it became apparent to me that, as we were playing it, the song had a Hendrix, 'Crosstown Traffic' vibe and feel to it.

  

  Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Song
  • Playing
  • Hendrix

• Music is more Ray J. When you act, you're playing a different person. I like the music end, basically because it's me.

  

  Ray J
  • Music
  • Playing
  • Act

• I was playing like a rugby league player with 14 rugby players.

  

  Benji Marshall
  • Playing
  • Players
  • Rugby

• Normally the police like to turn up nice and early, preferably around 6 a.m., because not only are people liable to be actually at home but that early in the morning they’re rarely playing with a full deck. Today we were going in Sunday lunchtime because we weren’t looking for shock and awe but aiming for sinister and creepy instead.

  

  Ben Aaronovitch
  • Morning
  • Police
  • Aiming

• I think playing the way I played, and knowing the game the way I know it, I think I'm going to have a better idea as to what the mindset of each player was.

  

  Chris Pronger
  • Game
  • Way
  • Idea

• I've had a number of opportunities to hear Andrei Ryabov perform and I am amazed at the high level of creativity, technique and freshness in his playing.

  

  Gene Bertoncini
  • Opportunities
  • Perform
  • Amazed

• It's all about the music. For me, that's truly what I live for. Just music constantly. Always listening to, writing, or playing music. That's definitely me.

  

  Tommy Lee Mötley Crüe
  • Music
  • Listening
  • Playing

• Once you recognize that all documentaries are performance, it's not a matter of 'if' they should be performance. They are performance, and they are performance precisely where people are playing themselves.

  

  Joshua Oppenheimer
  • Playing
  • Performance
  • Documentaries

• I remember thinking, when I was playing Hedda Gabler, that several sequences of the play were utterly absurd.

  

  Cate Blanchett
  • Absurd
  • Sequences
  • Hedda Gabler

• I think a lot of the stuff I'm playing now is crap.

  

  John Peel
  • Stuff
  • Playing
  • Crap

• It's wonderful being a mother playing anyway.

  

  Evonne Goolagong Cawley
  • Mother
  • Playing
  • Wonderful

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