Specifically, we talked about making the character of the prince not so charming, at least in the beginning, and I’m playing around with the preconceptions attached to a character. That’s really what intrigued me as...

Excellent content is available online to everyone. I like it because it’s a flattening of the playing field.

I’m substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They’re...

My forte is playing drunks down the ages. When my agent rings me about a role, I don’t ask what the part is, but what century it’s in.

My big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in ‘Horton Hears a Who.’

I’m playing dark history. It’s beyond black. I’m dealing with the dark things of the cosmos.

Yes I still enjoy playing him. He’s the best person to play isn’t he?

To meet my goals, I couldn’t let up when I was playing tennis.

Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.

At some point I was hanging around with the Butchies – a band I ended up playing with a lot – and it just brought out this thing in me… and it felt very different...

WhatsApp provides phone-number-based messaging, and people asked, ‘Isn’t that what SMS is?’ Yes, but SMS is expensive, antiquated, and what WhatsApp did was modernize and level that playing field. For example, in Europe, if France...

What I am doing is not acting. I am playing myself.

Money should not direct you to what to do and what not to do; the giver of the money is responsible for playing that role.

I got tired of playing other people’s songs.

There’s something interesting about playing live; you’re in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial.

There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

I was used to playing misled youth, rough-and-tumble guys. It was nice to get back to a big-hearted, warm and gentle soul, a guy who is destined for something a lot larger than he ever...

The thing about women playing boys is that we’re not going to age, and we’re not going to go through puberty in the middle of a long-running series.

It’s important that athletes can compete on a level playing field. And youngsters coming into the sport can know that if they are working hard and training hard, they’ll see a true reflection of where...

Life is like playing a guitar and meditation is like music. Small session of rehearsals daily won’t show much but would make you ROCK in the long run.

I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.

The only reason I don’t like playing in the World Series is I can’t watch myself play.

I’m tired of playing the brat.

There’s always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there; it’s just important that you know how to handle expectations.

In the soul of a lover, it is always spring where flowers of ecstasy are always blooming. Music of love is always playing.

It’s always performing for me. I write and I record so I can perform. It all ties to that. I’ve done it since I was a little kid. That’s my absolute rush, is playing for...

The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we’re playing you either like it or you dislike it. If you dislike it, you probably don’t know why. By the same...

I’m not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula.

I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.

My thing is, I like playing guys who have a really interesting internal monologue.

I grew up in New York City in the ’80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable television wasn’t as broad. I would listen to the radio, hear cars pass...

In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there’s this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can’t believe a movie’s done this!

When you work on anything, you want to find the range of impulses – which ones get portrayed is another question, but you want to have that complexity and that fullness, even if you’re playing...

I have this burgeoning reputation for playing a scumbag.

When I discovered European filmmakers, it affected me so deeply. It redefined what cinema could be. I mean, ‘Blow-Up’ ends with a dead body and mimes playing tennis. What?

I’m a big fan of cultural music, and that’s how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is not conventionally American.

Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire landscapes with nothing.

I want to feel like I’m doing something creative and trying different things, putting different hats on and playing. I don’t know what’s the point otherwise; otherwise, it’s just a job. You punch a time...

I like to do things in which I’m playing someone else entirely.

I think that the World Cup is a big factor for this increased interest. I don’t believe all of this is a result of just myself but also because of the others who are playing...

Personally, I’ve found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else’s area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area.

I think it’s important to never play ‘crazy’ – you have to know what kind of crazy you’re playing.

I’ll never quit playing country music, or at least acknowledging it, always, as the cornerstone of what I am.

I enjoy working on new, different types of characters. Playing a range is what excites me.

II know very, very little about the ukulele, but I actually grew up playing the viola from 4th grade through high school.

If you don’t like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?

Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn’t pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone.

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.

The day we stop playing will be the day we stop learning.

I am completely grateful and pleased for the attention and the recognition I’ve received for playing the roles that I’ve played.