I think the first role I ever played was Mr. Bumble in a production of ‘Oliver.’

A great deal of unnecessarily bad golf is played in this world.

Carol Burnett, who played Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’, is as funny as it gets.

I’m a runner from sports. I’ve been a runner, but I wasn’t a cross-country runner or anything like that. I played a lot of soccer growing up.

I played in the Premier League for Blackpool and earned the right to go to a club like Liverpool.

My first paid role was my first job out of drama school, which was ‘Just William.’ It was a BBC TV show. I played Ethel.

I’ve played in a lot of big matches and you learn from them.

The mystique associated with the bomb, the role that scientists played in it, and its general importance could not fail to impress even a six-year old.

I know, it’s true. I’ve played these tortured teenagers. I can’t wait to shed that image.

I’ve written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played.

I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. By ten I was playing competitively.

I’ve certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you’re not supposed to make people laugh.

When I played with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings in Vegas, the guys used to go, ‘Dick, cut it out, man! You’re moving around too much on this stage. You’re making us look bad!’

I played lots of fantasy games. I would create these worlds, and I would believe in them.

I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never...

Piper insisted she had to be out of breath when we played this one scene, so she ran around the block. Thank God she wasn’t doing a crucifixtion scene; we would have had to nail...

At night I dream about going to where I played when I was still young.

Man, if they played the commercials for ‘Murderball’ as much as they do for ‘Hustle & Flow,’ ‘Murderball’ would blow up!

I couldn’t get my album played over the so-called smooth jazz stations. Jazz stations would not play it. You don’t always know who you’re making that soul connection with.

People don’t realize that they’re being played by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, but more so by the Democratic Party because the Democratic Party does not want another party in there.

I don’t know if you could take a whole 90 minutes and say that was the best game we ever played.

For most of my career, I’ve played roles that were written for other actresses.

The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by...

Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar: that wet, splashy sound.

Surrender had played out for good with me.

I have played for 15 years and it has been a dream.

….finally I see that it’s never been me, just a blanket that keeps you warm. Easily tossed alongwhen something flashier or someone prettier comes along. Your heart I held so carefully, I see, this was...

I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn’t take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.

But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?

I’ve played a lot of mothers in my movies.

Don Chew is the owner of the Orange County Badminton Club, the location where I train. He played badminton when he was young and always had the passion for it. He never made it at...

I had a moment – and I don’t know if it was funny, necessarily, but I realized the effect I could have on people – when I was doing a production of ‘The Little Prince,’...

I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.

It’s aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.

My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut.

I’d love to get played on the radio, but it just doesn’t happen.

I played a lot of real normal, straight sessions.

I’ve played the wicked mothers; I’ve played the serial-killer-type mothers now. They have to have an edge on them. They can’t just be everyday moms, because I never thought of myself as an everyday person...

I’ve never played an attorney, and I’d like to do so on a show like ‘The Practice’ or ‘Law & Order.’

We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States.

Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.

I don’t think I’m like any of the characters I’ve played – they’re all really far from who I am.

I played a lot of character parts in school.

When we played softball, I’d steal second base, feel guilty and go back.

I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We’re similar but there’s nobody in my lane doing what I’m doing.

I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I’ve played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards.

But I also think it’s up to the fan base to call in the radio stations and demand that the more mature artists be played as well.

Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.

There are bands that I am friends with, who will invite me up on stage. Like Les Savy Fav, who have had me on stage, and I have played on their record. There are a...

Well, it’s always nice to know the fans didn’t forget what you did when you played in the NHL.