“Theres a great sense of achievement, testosterone, fun, being able to live out your masculinity when you play an action role or an action-adventure or a real tough-guy role.” RealPlayAbleActionGuyFunRolesAdventureAchievementToughMasculinityTestosteroneTough Guy Author:Gerard Butler
“There is something, yeah, I mean traditionally it's more fun to play bad guys than it is good guys and when you're playing a bad guy, yeah, the fun in it is to see how scary you can be, how horrible you can be. And it's surprising what you come up with.” MeanPlayGuyFunYeahCome UpScaryHorribleSurprisingBad GuysGood Guy Author:Bill Nighy
“There's good action stars. I'm a bad-guy action star. What disappoints me is when you all of a sudden you get a good action star and then he wants to play a comedy with kids, you know? That upsets me, and that's not being true to your fans.” KnowsWantPlayKidsActionGuyStarsComedyFansBeing TrueUpsetBad GuysDisappointGood Actions Author:Vinnie Jones
“I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of all, who would think that Larry the Cable Guy would go to Harlem to play basketball? And I was received like a rock star. It was amazing! There were people everywhere. There were guys walking by yelling, Git r done!” PeopleThinkingFirstsDonePlayGuyStarsRocksWalkingBasketballParksRock StarCablesYellingLarryHarlem Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“I'd rather be B.B. King. That's the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other ... I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.” WayTryingPlayGuyKingsHeavyGet AwayMetalsHeavy Metal Author:B. B. King
“We have a guy from Switzerland who is just playing the game in a way I haven't seen anyone - and I mean anyone - play before. How fortunate we are to be able to see that. If he stays healthy and motivated - and the wonderful feel he has stays with him - he is the kind of guy who can overtake the greatest.” IfsWayFeelsKindMeanPlayAbleGuyGamesWonderfulHavensHealthyFortunateMotivatedSwitzerland Author:Boris Becker
“I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions of Shakespeare for English classes. And, believe me, I got a fair amount of looks from the guys on the team. 'You're in theater but you can play football?'” BelieveLooksLittlesPlayGuyTermClassTeamFootballAmountBasketballFairsSeasonsTheaterVersionsBelieve In MeEnglish Class Author:Dennis Haysbert
“I play because I have fun. The vets of this team, I just wanted to say thanks to them. You guys mean so much to me. I can have a terrible day and walk in the gym and have Hasheem smile at me. That will change my day.” InspirationalMeanI CanPlayWantedGuyFunWalksTeamTerribleBasketballThanksHaving FunGymVetsMvpTerrible Day Author:Kevin Durant
“A guy like Malcolm who makes that type of quick, instinctive plays, that's one of his strong suits. I don't think it surprised any of us players because that's what his skill set is.” ThinkingPlayGuyStrongPlayerTypeSkillsSuitsNflMvp Author:Tom Brady
“You don't have to be best friends as basketball players but I do believe in chemistry. I think it makes everything different if a team is really together and they're all on that same page. They might not like each other, per se, but if you're on the same page and the chemistry is there, you can play great basketball. You can go back to teams like Detroit, the Bad Boys. Those guys had great chemistry, that's why they won.” IfsThinkingBelieveDifferentPlayMightTogetherGuyBoysPlayerTeamBasketballPagesChemistryDetroitBasketball PlayerBad BoyGreat Basketball Author:Dwight Howard
“New England has two factors to get them ready to play. They've consistently been, if not the best, the second best team all year and they're playing confidently. And a lot of those guys were on field when they lost to LA. They'll take motivation in that.” IfsYearsTwoPlayMotivationGuyLostTeamFieldsReadyEnglandFactorsConsistentlyNew EnglandBest TeamSecond Best Author:Landon Donovan
“I'm a Gibson guy. I play anything from Hummingbirds to J200s.” PlayGuyHummingbirds Author:Corey Taylor
“It's just part of whatever motivates guys and whatever they say. Ultimately it comes down to how well you play. What I've learned over the years, a lot of guys talk. What you need to do is go out there and play, back it up. They've been able to back it up, so that's why it works for them. Hopefully we can go out there and do our talking on the field.” NeedsYearsWellsPlayAbleGuyTalkingFieldsHopefullyI've Learned Author:Tom Brady
“I'm John Lee Hooker in the sense that he was a blues man and he played blues his whole life. I'm a rock guy and I'm going to play rock music my whole life.” MenPlayWholeGuyRocksWhole LifeRock Music Author:Sammy Hagar
“We've been able to handle any team that you guys put in front of us. We've had confidence since day one. ... We feel like any team we play against, we've got what it takes to put ourselves in a position to win.” FeelsPlayAbleGuyWinningTeamFrontsPositionHandleChampionshipNba Championships Author:Tristan Thompson
“My whole mantra is, "Go big or go home." I don't want to just play a guy who dresses up. I want to play the person who threw down.” WantPersonsPlayWholeHomeBigsGuyDressesMantras Author:Ron Perlman
“A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'” SaidPlayGuyAsksBlackBirdAsk MeFrighteningLarryBlack Guys Author:Magic Johnson
“My plays are for the kind of black people who relate to funk music, to Parliament-Funkadelic. When those guys get out of a spaceship - the idea that black people are from outer space, theres a poetic truth to that. We are this vast people.” PeopleKindIdeasPlayGuyBlackSpaceRelatePoeticBlack PeopleParliamentSpaceshipsOuter SpaceFunk Author:Suzan-Lori Parks
“I'll never make another Hardy picture . . . I'm fed up with these dopey, insipid parts. How long can a guy play a jerk kid? I'm 27 years old. I've been divorced once and separated from my second wife. I have two boys of my own. I spent almost two years in the army. It's time Judge Hardy went out and bought me a double-breasted suit.” YearsLongTwoPlayKidsGuyMy OwnBoysWifeJudgingArmySuitsTwo YearsFedsDivorcedJerkFed UpHardyInsipid Author:Mickey Rooney
“You play a couple of shows, and these label guys come - and they leave halfway through a show. Then the phone calls just stop. And your heart is broken.” HeartPlayShowsGuyBrokenCouplePhonesLabelsHalfwayPhone Calls Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.” KindPlayRunningGuySportsPicksBaseballCirclesSkatingPick Me Author:Scott Hamilton
“I always liked the steel guitar. I also love the guys that play the bottleneck. But I could never do it; I never made it do what I want. So every time I would pick up the guitar, I'd shake my hand and trill it a bit. For some strange reason my ears would say to me that sounds similar to what those guys were doing. I can't pick up the guitar now without doing it. So that's how I got into making my sound. It was nothing pretty. Just trying to please myself. I heard that sound.” WantTryingMadeI CanReasonPlayHandsGuyBitsSoundHeardStrangePleasePicksEarsGuitarMade ItShakesSteelBottlenecksTrill Author:B. B. King
“You need to try to find a way to humanize your villains. Genuine villains, in real life, still have mothers and daughters and sisters, and they fall in love. They don't walk around with a big sign saying, "Bad guy," on their head. They think they're good guys. If you can play that, I think it makes it more interesting.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsTryingStillsRealPlayBigsMotherGuyFallWalksInterestingDaughterFalling In LoveReal LifeGenuineVillainBad GuysGood GuyMother And DaughterSign Sayings Author:Mark Strong
“I like to play complex characters and the duality, and trying to reach for the light, it's more interesting really. I've gotten to play so many types of guys and I just try to find the humanity in each one of them the best I can.” TryingI CanPlayCharacterLightGuyHumanityInterestingTypeComplexesDualityType Of GuyComplex Characters Author:Forest Whitaker
“Masculinity varies from time to time and place to place. But it doesn't exist just in the mind of a single guy: it is shared withthe other guys. It is a code of conduct that requires men to maintain masculine postures and attitudes (however they are defined) at all times and in all places. Masculinity includes the symbols, uniforms, chants, and plays that make this the boys' team rather than the girls' team.” MenMindPlayGuyGirlAttitudeBoysTeamAll TimeSymbolsDefinedCodeUniformsMasculinityMasculineVaryOther GuysPostureSingle Guy Author:Frank Pittman
“In time, after a dozen years of centering their lives around the games boys play with one another, the boys' bodies change and that changes everything else. But the memories are not erased of that safest time in the lives of men, when their prime concern was playing games with guys who just wanted to be their friendly competitors. Life never again gets so simple.” MenYearsPlayBodyWantedGuyGamesMemoriesSimpleBoysConcernFriendlyPrimeDozenCompetitorsPlaying GamesCenteringBody Change Author:Frank Pittman
“And even if we win, if we win, HAH! Even if we win! Even if we play so far above our heads that our noses bleed for a week to ten days; even if God in Heaven above comes down and points his hand at our side of the field; even if every man woman and child held hands together and prayed for us to win, it just wouldn't matter because all the really good looking girls would still go out with the guys from Mohawk because they've got all the money! It just doesn't matter if we win or we lose. IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER! It just doesn't matter! It just doesn't matter!” IfsMenChildrenStillsMatterPlayHandsTogetherGuyGirlWinningHeavenSidesLosesWeekFieldsTenDown AndEvery ManNosesLooking GoodMen WomenMeatballsHands TogetherMohawks Author:Bill Murray
“I'm sure there have been guys who didn't realize they had a concussion and just kept playing. It's a violent game. The head injuries are the most dangerous to play with. We're trained to play no matter what. If you can run, and you're able to focus and know your responsibilities, you're usually out there playing. You wouldn't have enough players if no one played hurt. Especially if you're, like, on special teams, you're going to do everything you can to stay in the game.” IfsKnowsHas BeensMatterEnoughPlayRunningAbleGuyGamesRealizingHurtResponsibilityFocusPlayerTeamSpecialDangerousNo Matter WhatViolentNflInjuryWhat IfConcussionsHead InjuriesSpecial Teams Author:Mike Brown
“Have we become a cupcake league? We already have better helmets and gear. Wonder how the old school players feel about this. Not in the back of minds when talking about 18 game season so let's play football please... Even guys using shoulders to hit are getting flagged for helmet-to-helmet. Defense is getting sloppy because guys are avoiding fines and will get worse if suspending comes into play.” IfsFeelsMindPlaySchoolGuyGamesTalkingWonderPlayerFootballFinePleaseSeasonsDefenseShouldersLeagueAvoidingGearsOld SchoolHelmetSloppyCupcakesTacklingNfl Players Author:Phillip Daniels
“I did a film when I was about 30; it's a coming of age story called 'Gas Food Lodging,' and I'm so proud of that little independent film. I play this young English geologist, and he's such a simple, loving kind of guy. Doesn't talk too much. He's just a quiet guy, and he gets the girl.” KindLittlesPlayStoriesAgeFilmYoungGuyGirlSimpleToo MuchProudQuietIndependentGasComing Of AgeIndependent FilmGeologist Author:Robert Knepper
“I sit at home and read books. I watch movies. I watch television. I go and play golf. I don't go to nightclubs. I don't go out to dinner that often. I'm not a big party guy.” BookPlayHomeBigsGuyPartyWatchesTelevisionGolfDinnerNightclubsWatch Movie Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“Whatever the best scripts are and you just want to play roles that you can really sink your teeth into. That's always the goal no matter if it's a good guy or a bad guy, or a comedy, or a drama. It doesn't matter, you just want something that's substantial you can sink your teeth into and that you haven't done before, something that's really going to challenge you.” IfsWantMatterDonePlayGuyGoalChallengesRolesComedyHavensDramaScriptsTeethBad GuysWant SomethingGood Guy Author:Stanley Tucci
“I think every guy and girl would love to get to play Superman, at some point in their life.” ThinkingPlayGuyGirl Author:Matt Bomer
“With every character you play, as these guys will tell you, there's a part of you goes into that in terms of the ingredients of making this stew. There's most definitely a part of me in Captain Jack and now, fortunately or unfortunately, there's a great part of Captain Jack in me as well. Basically, I can't shake him. He won't leave me alone. He just sort of keeps showing up at odd times.” WellsI CanPlayCharacterGuyTermOddShakesIngredientsCaptainsLeaving MeMe AloneShowing UpLeave Me AloneStewCaptain Jack Author:Johnny Depp
“It's great to be able to play the bad guy role because you always get a lot to do, but I'm always looking at the why. How does a person get to that particular point? It's those little cogs in the wheel that make it interesting for me to play. Ultimately, I hope for the audience to be engaged with it because it is going to take a turn.” LittlesPersonsDoePlayAbleGuyTurnsInterestingRolesAudienceParticularEngagedWheelsBad GuysCogs Author:Jimmy Smits
“When I was in high school, I was the guy directing plays after class. I started my first theater company at 19, and my second theater company at 21. I've always been a guy who doesn't do well with the passive nature of being an actor.” FirstsWellsPlaySchoolGuyActorsCompanyClassHigh SchoolTheaterPassive Author:Matthew Lillard
“I'm a big guy so I have to keep my muscles loose. So I do a lot of stretching before the game. I'll do about 10-15 minutes of yoga just to loosen up my body, get warm and get ready to play.” PlayBodyBigsGuyGamesMinutesReadyYogaWarmMusclesStretchingBig Guys Author:DeAndre Jordan