“Well, I don't play heroes obviously. I never played the guy who gets the girl. It might be interesting to do a part where I was a father in a functional family.” WellsPlayMightGuyGirlFatherInterestingHero Author:Christopher Walken
“There's a screen direction in the script for the pilot where it says, 'Jim Harper, mid-20s, enters,' and it said something to the effect of: 'He's confident without being cocky. He has no idea that he could be considered attractive, because he saw All The President's Men when he was thirteen and never looked up.' It was just a great little gem of a screen direction, and I felt immediately from just that, that I had a good idea of how to play this guy.” MenLittlesSaidIdeasPlayGuyFeltPresidentSawsEffectsScriptsScreensNo IdeaAttractiveGood IdeasPilotsThis GuyThirteenGemsCockyHarperBeing Cocky Author:John Gallagher, Jr.
“Once I decide to take on a role it's because I find that guy to be really interesting to watch and very compelling to play. And from that point on I can no longer judge him. I can only take on his point of view in order to play him effectively. And his point of view is often not mine.” I CanPlayGuyOrderInterestingViewsRolesWatchesMinesJudgingPoint Of ViewCompellingThat GuyReally Interesting Author:Ronald Perelman
“In theater, there's a lot of discipline involved in doing eight shows a week for a year and a half. It's nice to be able to bring some of that bag of tools with you over to the film world, where you don't have the rehearsal, you don't have an audience. You don't have a month of rehearsal to examine these words, and you meet the guy who's going to play your brother the morning that you shoot the scene. So you need a bag of tools.” WorldNeedsYearsPlayShowsAbleFilmGuyHalfMorningAudienceNiceWeekBrotherMonthsDisciplineInvolvedSceneToolsTheaterEightBagsRehearsalYour Brother Author:William Sadler
“I honestly believe, and I've said it many times, that the universal stems from the specific and I can't walk around with a performance and ask everyone how they feel about it, but if noble is an opinion that people have I'll accept that. I've been asked many times why I don't play bad guys, or heavies, and I would do it, absolutely, in a second, just haven't been offered any so... if anybody has a script out there tonight I'm more than willing.” PeopleIfsFeelsBelieveSaidI CanPlayGuyAsksWalksAcceptingOpinionHavensWillingPerformancesUniversalScriptsNobleHonestlyTonightStemBad Guys Author:Denzel Washington
“I was never great, but I was a good [basketball] player, and I could play seriously. Now I'm like one of these old guys who's running around, and the guys I play with, who are all a lot younger, they sort of pity me and sympathize with me. They tolerate me, but we all know that I'm the weak link on the court. And I don't like being the weak link.” KnowsPlayRunningGuyPlayerWeakCourtPityLinksTolerateOld Guys Author:Barack Obama
“I'm trying to earn everything given to me. I play hard and I want guys to remember that when they play the Magic they have to face Dwight Howard. And when you face him you have to get after it.” WantTryingHardPlayRememberFacesGuyGivenMagicPlay HardDwightI Want A Guy Author:Dwight Howard
“All you have to do is play better than the other guy and things go well. If you don't play better than the other players then somebody takes your place. Now a lot of guys, in this day and time with the transient nature of the sport, as soon as the competition gets too good, they want out.” IfsWantWellsPlayGuySportsPlayerCompetitionThis DayOther GuysTransient Author:Bill Parcells
“I was motivated by the fact that I wasn't happy with my play in this series and felt accountable to the guys. That's enough motivation to want to play well.” WantWellsEnoughPlayFactsMotivationGuyFeltSeriesMotivated Author:Ray Emery
“And i know better, not to be friends with boys with girlfriends, oh I know better than that, i know better. you'll play the victim, and i'll be the bad guy, but i know better than that, no i know better.” KnowsPlayGuyBoysVictimGirlfriendBad GuysDecisiveness Author:Meiko
“I want to retire in New York, let's be quite frank. I think a lot of people jumped the gun when I said I wanted to be a free agent. And yeah, I want people to come to play in New York. I want them to want to play in New York. I want New York to be that place where guys want to come play.” PeopleThinkingWantSaidPlayWantedGuyNew YorkGunYeahAgentsRetiringFrankFree Agents Author:Carmelo Anthony
“Fame is fleeting. That stuff comes and goes. You know, as soon as I play poorly ... you won't be doing this interview--you'll be interviewing the next guy.” KnowsPlayGuyNextStuffFameInterviewsFleetingComes And Goes Author:Tony Romo
“When I play for the people, every time I play for my audience they are hypnotized, seen. These guys know the potential of the music.” PeopleKnowsPlayGuyAudience Author:Peter Tosh
“I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates.” PeopleWantSaidI CanPlayHelpingGuyWinningStarsStuffWaitingTeamAnd LoveSelfishLeagueNbaCompetitorsTeammateBeing SelfishAll Stars Author:Shabazz Muhammad
“You just can't imagine the kind of guy he was without seeing him play. He was a circus, a play, a movie, all rolled into one.” KindPlayGuyImagineSeeingYankeesCircusNew York Yankees Author:Lefty Gomez
“As far as I'm concerned, this guy should never play football again. The answer you normally get after a tackle like that is 'he is not the type of guy who does that.' It's like a guy who kills one time in his life - it's enough. You have a dead person. This tackle is absolutely horrendous.” ShouldPersonsDoeEnoughPlayGuyAnswersFootballTypeConcernedManagersSoccerOne TimeThis GuyChairmanType Of Guy Author:Arsene Wenger
“We got to stop people. We go ahead and we score 100 points every night, but we give up more. Our whole thing was, we know we can score, and we have to start having some kind of fun on the defensive end. Everybody want to play offense. Not too many people want to play defense. Defense is ego, pride, and that's the way we've been coming out, just taking the challenge. Man-on-man first, and having each other's back when a guy gets beat.” PeopleKnowsMenWayWantGivingFirstsKindEndsPlayWholeNightGuyFunSportsChallengesPrideEgoGiving UpBeatsDefenseScoreComing OutEvery NightOffenseBack When Author:Allen Iverson
“I think Chris Paul is a great player. He is very unselfish and plays very hard, so he would be a guy if he plays. I think his hand is still questionable, though. I hear they are talking about resting him that weekend. I'm excited to play with all the guys. Marvin Williams is starting to play well, and Salim Stoudamire, I think he should be there.” IfsThinkingShouldWellsStillsHardPlayHandsWould BeGuySportsTalkingPlayerStartingExcitedWeekendUnselfishQuestionableMarvin Author:Andrew Bogut
“Number two, we're going to play with a lot of effort. Our guys are going to be in such good shape that fatigue is not going to be a problem. We're going to play with full effort from snap to whistle on every play the entire game.” TwoPlayProblemGuyGamesSportsNumbersEffortShapesFatigueSnaps Author:Steve Spurrier
“There are some guys out here that can really play golf, but it has not been their focus for that long.” LongPlayGuySportsFocusGolf Author:Trent Dilfer
“You know what happens to guys? There's what I call the individual time of their career, and the team time of their career. This is the team time. You don't care about all the other stuff. You just want to live in one place, and watch your kids grow up and go to the same school. You say, 'Hey, maybe I'd better play well and be a good enough guy that they keep me.'” KnowsWantWellsEnoughPlayHappensCareKidsSchoolGuyIndividualGrowsStuffCareersWatchesGrowing UpTeamDon't CareHeyGood EnoughNhl Author:Mike Babcock
“After a play in the field Casey would turn (to the players on the bench) and say 'What did he do wrong?' or 'You're better than that guy.' Either way, he'd keep them from getting stale.” WayPlayGuyTurnsPlayerFieldsBaseballThat GuyBenchesStale Author:Mickey Mantle
“Casey didn't easily forgive a guy who got doubled up on a hit-and-run play. He didn't see any reason why the runner couldn't take a quick glance back toward the plate to make sure the ball was hit safely.” ReasonPlayRunningGuyBaseballBallsForgivingReason WhyPlatesRunnersGlances Author:Mickey Mantle
“I told our guys they must not have cable because Antoine Walker knows how to play, Derek Anderson can play, Shandon Anderson knows how to play, and Gary Payton knows how play.” KnowsPlayGuyWinningKnow HowBasketballCablesWalkersGary Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I think we have arrived at the stage where we are making it too complicated. I know guys who can't play two rounds before running to their teachers.” ThinkingKnowsTwoPlayRunningGuyTeacherStageGolfRoundsComplicated Author:Vijay Singh
“What Mr. Loughner knows is that he has the full support of a major political party in this country ... he knows that ... the Democrat party is attempting to find anybody but him to blame. He knows if he plays his cards right, he's just a victim. ... This guy clearly understands he's getting all the attention and he understands he's got a political party doing everything it can, plus a local sheriff doing everything that they can to make sure he's not convicted of murder -- but something lesser.” IfsKnowsCountryPlayPoliticalGuyPartyAttentionSupportStupidMajorsMurderVictimBlameDemocratLocalsCardsPlusPolitical PartiesThis GuyAttemptingHatefulSheriffs Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Talk to the guys that ain't doing nothing, don't talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.” WantPlayGuyBasketballEightDoing NothingTalk To MeLakersDon't Talk To Me Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I got to playing villains-I don't know how. I think it's like anything else, in the movies in particular that if you establish yourself as something and you're lucky enough to keep getting hired. You know, there are guys who play the guy who gets the girl, guys who are the best friend of that guy, there's the funny guy, the villain.” IfsThinkingKnowsEnoughPlayGuyGirlKnow HowParticularLuckyVillainThat GuyFunny Guy Author:Christopher Walken
“Don't play an attitude; don't play a guy who's negative. Play a guy who's not trying to sell anybody on anything, he's just saying how it is and if you want to come by what he's thinking, you're welcome. If you do not, then do not.” IfsThinkingWantTryingPlayGuyAttitudeNegativeSellsWelcomeJust SayingYou Re Welcome Author:Matthew McConaughey
“Normally I play dads, good guys, and little animals.” LittlesPlayGuyAnimalDadGood Guy Author:Frank Welker