“I take it so seriously as far as meditation, notes, visualization, preparation, everything. I take it a lot more serious than a lot of people that play this sport. I'm obsessed with the game that I play.” PeoplePlayGamesSportsMeditationSeriousNotesPreparationObsessedMmaVisualization Author:Jon Jones
“I think it's my job to like any character I play - to understand and appreciate a character, to look at the world as much as possible from their point of view. I don't look at it just technically: learn the lines, figure out what gestures I want to bring and play, and that's it. I like to learn as much as I can about the person, and see what happens.” ThinkingWorldWantLooksPersonsI CanPlayCharacterHappensJobsLinesViewsFiguresAppreciatePoint Of ViewGestures Author:Viggo Mortensen
“Being a mom, I love to play with my kids and have fun with them, but I also love fashion. My mom and both of my grandmothers have always been into fashion, so it's been around us our whole lives.” PlayWholeKidsFunFashionMomMy MomWhole LifeHaving FunGrandmotherMy GrandmotherBeing A MomLove Fashion Author:Kourtney Kardashian
“I like the old school heavy metal bands like AC/DC and Aeromith. I like that type of music. As the director, I tried to influence the type of music the bands in the movie would play.” PlaySchoolInfluenceTypeBandDirectorsHeavyMetalsOld SchoolHeavy MetalMetal Band Author:Dolph Lundgren
“Being blind is as simple as closing your eyes. The blind don't act any different than you or I. You never see a blind person going around saying, 'I'm blind.' So if you want to play blind just close your eyes and keep them closed and fare thee well.” IfsWantWellsPersonsDifferentPlayEyeSimpleBlindTheeClosingClosing Your EyesBlind Person Author:Morgan Freeman
“I've always said I prefer theater, but there's only ever been one play that I really loved doing, and that was The Seagull.” SaidPlayTheaterSeagull Author:Carey Mulligan
“I've never done coke or anything, and I've never played a character who has, so I don't know whether I would actually try coke if I had to play a character who took coke.” IfsKnowsTryingDonePlayCharacterCoke Author:Carey Mulligan
“I don't think I want to play title roles. I don't want to be the face on the poster. I don't want that pressure of having the success riding on my shoulders. I just want to play the most interesting parts. I actually think it's incredibly rare to get an interesting female character that is the lead in a film. Usually the character parts are so much more interesting to play.” ThinkingWantPlayCharacterFilmFacesInterestingRolesFemalePressureShouldersTitlesRidingMost InterestingPostersFemale CharactersLead In Author:Carey Mulligan
“I don't understand the actor that chooses to play the same role in everything all the time.” PlayActorsRoles Author:Guy Pearce
“I've learned from the past that it's important to recharge and get time in-between jobs, and if I can't get time in-between jobs then when I know I've got some time coming up at the end of a job, really try and take advantage of that. And do very mundane things at home and putter in the garden and spend time with family and make music and, you know, play with the dogs. Just get back to being me.” IfsKnowsTryingI CanImportantEndsPlayHomeJobsPastDogAdvantageGardenI've LearnedGet BackEnd TimesSpend TimeMundaneBeing Me Author:Guy Pearce
“The Olympic Charter says winter sports must be played on snow or ice, so the Chess Federation says they'll play with ice pieces. The Olympic charter also says sports must be sports.” PlaySportsPiecesWinterChessSnowIceCharterFederation Author:Peter Sagal
“Creating video games is an especially important act. To me, video games are something I both play and create, so they're "special." If I lost one half, the balance would crumble. I need to be able to both play and create games.” IfsNeedsImportantPlayAbleGamesLostHalfSpecialBalanceCreatingVideoOne HalfLost Ones Author:Hidetaka Suehiro
“I did some professional radio acting as a teenager, and I essentially put myself through college with radio acting in Montreal. When I graduated, I got jobs in professional theatres, repertory, and stock theatres in Canada for a couple of years. And then I went to Stratford, Ontario, where I spent three years with a Shakespeare company. We took a classical play from Stratford to New York City, and I got some good notices there and essentially stayed and did live television. And that brings you to the beginning of filming.” YearsPlayJobsThreeActingCitiesCompanyNew YorkTelevisionCollegeCoupleRadioTheatreTeenagerCanadaNew York CityThree YearsMontrealOntarioLive Television Author:William Shatner
“Even one word, or certainly one sentence, should be able to describe the basic characteristic that the scene has, or the character has, or the story has. And then you begin to detail that one spine, and you have offshoots from that spine, and it becomes more and more complex, but all of it stems from that one-word, one-line theme, which can give the character, the scene, or the play its uniqueness.” GivingShouldPlayCharacterStoriesAbleLinesSceneComplexesDetailsSentencesCharacteristicsThemeUniquenessStemOne WordSpineOne LineOne Sentence Author:William Shatner
“I go to the favelas in Brazil. It's the same in the South Side of Chicago. It's the same, or just more violent. We're trying to get them to stop selling dope. You see kids with AK-47s, and nine-year-olds with nine millimeters. You know, they don't play. They make us look like nuns.” KnowsTryingYearsLooksPlayKidsSidesSouthNineViolentSellingChicagoDopeBrazilNunNine YearsFavelas Author:Quincy Jones
“It's fun for me to couple emotion with comedy. I think it helps comedy. I think a lot of times American comedies don't play on emotion too much.” ThinkingPlayHelpingFunEmotionComedyToo MuchCouple Author:Zach Galifianakis
“Anything has a rhythm to it, comedy or drama. There has to be a musicality to it. And everybody can't play the same instrument, ideally. But I think that we all have the same comedic tendencies, and that's why it works. We all sort of agree with what's funny.” ThinkingPlayComedyDramaAgreeInstrumentsTendenciesRhythmComedicMusicality Author:Bradley Cooper
“I've often wanted to play the victim, or somebody who makes terrible choices. I would love to play the alcoholic mother who horribly lets down her children. That's a great morally imperiled role.” ChildrenPlayWantedMotherChoicesRolesTerribleVictimAlcoholicsLet Down Author:Lucy Lawless
“It's never very useful to see your character as a villain. You have to play them the way they see themselves.” WayPlayCharacterVillain Author:Lucy Lawless
“Very often, I'm part of the deception because the way I play things is that I want you to be able to look back and go, "Oh, my god, I didn't see that at the time, but now it all makes sense," and you want to watch it a second time with the benefit of hindsight.” WayWantLooksPlayAbleWatchesBenefitsDeceptionMake SenseI Want YouHindsight Author:Lucy Lawless
“I'm quite excited to not play a Xena type character - it's probably closer to me than any character I've ever played.” PlayCharacterTypeExcited Author:Nick Offerman
“I like to play women who are not strong at all, because, there's certainly plenty of myself that is no kind of a warrior.” KindPlayStrongWarriorPlentyNot Strong Author:Nick Offerman
“It's tough to be an actor and it's tough to portray a real person, and it's tough to play two people adding up to one person.” PeoplePersonsTwoRealPlayActorsToughReal Person Author:Oren Moverman
“Now you know you're going to have to play music for the label, you know you're going to have to get an opinion from the manager. Now, I'm so much more conscious and it bothers me. I try to find my way back to writing without being too analytical or not thinking about whether this is good or is it bad.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingTryingPlayOpinionConsciousManagersMy WayLabelsBother Author:Yukimi Nagano
“I'd like to continue to play until I drop dead on stage or something.” PlayStage Author:Todd Rundgren
“Аs long as I've got an audience out there to play for, I'm going to continue to play. I have at least enough people that I can go out on the road for 10, 11 weeks at a time.” PeopleLongI CanEnoughPlayAudienceWeek Author:Todd Rundgren
“Part of why I was attracted to the idea of owning a gun was self-defense, and part of it was that I've been fascinated by guns since I was a little kid, and I want to play with them. It seems like a lot of fun.” WantLittlesIdeasSelfPlaySeemsKidsFunGunDefenseFascinatedLittle KidSelf Defense Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“I saw Waiting for Godot when I was 17 in rep with a then unknown actor called Peter O'Toole playing Vladimir. I remember leaving the theatre promising myself that one day I would have a go at this play and then pretty much forgot it for 50 years.” YearsPlayRememberActorsWaitingSawsOne DayLeavingTheatrePeterGodotWaiting For Godot Author:Patrick Stewart
“I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it for an audience. The more the merrier. I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.” WantLongDifferentPlayFilmActorsHouseActingAudienceMaterialsTvsEmptySeriesIntentionTheatreDistinctionTv SeriesBlockbusterEmpty HousesMore The Merrier Author:Ian Mckellen
“I never learned to play properly either, I was a little bit too lazy for that, but as long I could express myself in a way that had sound, I was happy.” WayLittlesLongPlayBitsSoundLittle BitLazy Author:Tove Styrke
“I don't know any songs. People have asked me to play a song, and I say, "I don't know anything."” PeopleKnowsPlaySong Author:Charlie Day
“I fell into writing plays by accident. But the reason I write plays is that it's the only thing I'm any good at.” WritingReasonPlayAccidents Author:David Hare
“I don't think of my plays as steamy places where people display huge amounts of emotions. The feeling is underneath, which in my experience is where most feeling is. I don't myself spend my life shouting in rooms, and I don't really believe things in which people do spend their time in total hysteria.” PeopleThinkingBelievePlayFeelingsRoomsEmotionHugeAmountDisplayShoutingHysteria Author:David Hare
“You don’t think when you play music, you just try to play and be in it. It is the same for me when the writing is going really well. It’s the same kind of feeling. I’m just in it. It’s not the words, it’s not the sentences, I’m not aware of it. Then it’s good.” ThinkingWritingTryingWellsKindPlayFeelingsSentences Author:Karl Ove Knausgard
“It's inevitable that you will die, so the only question is when. The great thrillers are the moments that play and tease with the question, "When will it be?"” PlayMomentsDiesInevitableThrillersTease Author:David Hare
“A long time ago, I made a promise to myself: "Okay, you know what? I'm going to play music, and hopefully I'll make enough money that I can go back to school. Once I make enough money to put myself through school, that's what I'm going to do."” KnowsLongMadeI CanEnoughPlaySchoolPromiseLong TimeOkayHopefullyLong Time Ago Author:Dave Grohl
“The great thing about acting is the longer you do it, the more you realize that all those realities are inside you. No matter how crazy they are, you can pretend that they are a part of you. The great thing about this job is you get to play with every aspect of your id and who you are.” MatterPlayRealityJobsRealizingActingCrazyAspectWho You AreGreat Things Author:Matthew Lillard
“Villains are not fun for me to play, as such. But caricature-ish, intense behaviors that are based on real human traits are interesting. That makes an interesting story.” HumansRealPlayStoriesFunInterestingBehaviorIntenseVillainTraitsCaricaturesReal HumanInteresting Stories Author:Sharlto Copley
“I'm not a theater rat, so I never got a theatrical agent and did a play. I came really close though.” PlayTheaterAgentsRatsTheatrical Author:Courtney Love
“I used to play until 4 o'clock in the morning.My dad would go nuts - he'd scream and say the cops are gonna come and break our instruments.” PlayUsedBreakMorningDadInstrumentsMy DadClockNutsScreamCop Author:Kamasi Washington
“In The Greens Are Gone, I play a character that's bipolar, so that was a big step and quite a challenge.” PlayCharacterBigsChallengesStepsGoneBipolar Author:Kaitlyn Dever
“I do write. I actually do want to start my music as well. My sister and I are starting a band. I've been playing a guitar for nine years, and she plays piano, and we sing together. We're going to start up something soon. I mostly am writing songs right now actually, but I would love to write a script someday.” WantWritingYearsWellsPlayTogetherSongRight NowBandGuitarStartingScriptsNinePianoSomedayMy SisterWriting SongsNine Years Author:Kaitlyn Dever
“My goal from the very beginning was just to write good songs that don't require any production to be felt or understood. I wanted to be able to sit in a room with a guitar and play the song from beginning to end and have it be as impactful as if you heard the studio version with all the bells and whistles.” IfsWritingEndsPlayAbleWantedSongFeltGoalRoomsHeardUnderstoodGuitarProductionsStudiosVersionsBells Author:Madonna Ciccone
“When I was first writing, I used to sit at the piano and play songs - I'd write one or two a night. It was my hobby. At some point, it then became a process that was mainly done within the context of the studio, and writing became part of the recording process.” WritingFirstsTwoDonePlayUsedNightSongProcessStudiosPianoHobbies Author:Kate Bush
“Many people's unhappiness is rooted in the habitual role they play. While our family role may have made sense growing up, it often wreaks havoc in our adult lives.” PeopleMayMadePlayRolesGrowing UpGrowingAdultsOur FamilyUnhappinessRootedHabitualHavoc Author:Lauren Mackler
“I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.” PeopleIfsChildrenDoePlayMightNightParentPlansHandleSchedulesEasterGreat PeopleParadesBonnetsNativity Author:Victoria Beckham
“I have 4 kids already, I don’t need anymore. I’m a single parent. I’m taking them through Europe and make them play funny instruments.” NeedsPlayKidsParentEuropeInstrumentsSingle Parent Author:Ville Valo
“My first lessons lasted two weeks and it was Jingle Bells. It didn't make any sense at all. I wanted to know how to play like Hendrix.” KnowsFirstsTwoPlayWantedKnow HowWeekLessonsBellsTwo WeeksHendrixJinglesJingle Bells Author:Joe