"I love Buster Keaton and I love physical comedy when it's done in an emotionally understated way. I just like to play it, and I need the attention."
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"If you take a lie and allow your desire for the truth, you'll end up with some truth - not fact, but something that gets you closer to the truth. That's what we want. When we go to a play, we need to be assured that the experience we're having."
"I do think the position I play is a powerful position."
"I actually don't play any new video games except 'Call of Duty.' I'm addicted to 'Call of Duty.' It's the only game I need."
"Defense is something I take pride in. I feel it's just as important as offense. They should have RBIs for defensive plays."
"If they watch me play, people will say I'm not into it or whatever. That's okay. I kind of like it. People don't know how much work I'm putting into it. They don't need to know."
"To come out in the music business, you only really get one shot. A lot of people get to play small gigs first, and build up that way, without anyone really seeing them."
"Its always been fun for me to play a variety of parts, and over the years, Ive been lucky with the things Ive been asked to do."
"Peter Martin’s artistry is nothing short of extraordinary. To sing with him is sublime – to listen to him play is a transcendent experience."
"I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a lovefest with me and my audience. It's how I get my rocks off."
"I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it."
"You are the song of every bird, you are the poet's every word, every artist's picture, every writer's play."
"Do I play tennis? Man, I had one of the baddest overhead rights of anyone. Bam!"
"Who should play the lead role in a film about me? Dunno. Danny De Vito? Jeff Goldblum? Meryl Streep? Someone of that kind."
"This is nothin for the radio... but they'll still play it though"
"Most people spend their lives on their endeavors, and I get the privilege to have been doing this since I was five. I get to go play and have fun and entertain people."
"It's funny when people ask an actor what they want to play next, because you don't get to decide what you play. I don't know. I can only say this: I don't want to and have no interest in playing a plastic surgeon. That's for sure. I'm open to anything else."
"Now that you've got me right down to it, the only thing I didn't like about The Barrets of Wimplole Street was the play."
"I want to make guys put the ball in play. If I give up ten hits, then I give up ten hits. But I want to work on making them earn it."
"If we're gonna win, we have to play up to and beyond our potential."