"Most people that do play nowadays hit really hard. It was good to get someone that hit really hard early on."
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"I was having an out-of-body experience, it was so hot. I felt I was watching someone play in a blue dress, and it wasn't me."
"I've almost lost several times but come through that. Being able to play your way through the tournament is really able to help."
"In a world of free, everyone can play."
"I believe that all creativity and consciousness is born in the quality of play, as opposed to work, in the quickened intuitional spontaneity that I see as a constant through all my own existences, and in the experience of those I know."
"You are free to smile in the midst of massive tests and challenges, knowing that you have chosen to play this game, and that you have dominion over all the appearances of earth."
"Play a new game, not the older game but faster."
"Faced with the opportunity to become the category of one, we almost always hesitate, almost always compromise, almost always dumb it down to play it a little bit safer"
"If the game is designed for you to lose, don't play that game. Play a different one."
"If you don't know how it works, find out. If you're not sure if it will work, try it. If it doesn't make sense, play with it until it does. If it's not broken, break it. If it might not be true, find out."
"We need to care enough to connect, to put ourselves at emotional risk and play one note worth hearing."
"I love the role that men play in our lives."
"It always disappoints me when I go to a concert and they don't play my favorite song, or at least one of their biggest hits."
"I hope to be known as a chameleon actress, as someone who can play any part out there, and someone who can transform herself into any kind of character there is."
"I want to do a little bit of everything. I want to play a good, strong female character."
"Whenever I play something, everybody just thinks that's who I am."
"My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up."
"I want to play for a championship team. I want to win a championship."
"Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play."
"I'm going to play with physics, whenever I want to, without worrying about any importance whatsoever."