Being from Florida and playing so many tournaments on that beach in Fort Lauderdale, I just want to be on that beach playing.
The sound has grown and sweetened over the years as well, and you can hear it on many of my recordings and, most likely, will see and hear me playing it if you come to a live show.
There's something safe about playing a character, but then it's like, 'Who am I underneath it all?'
I love playing to people and seeing them react.
I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.
There is nothing better than playing a scene with John Cleese or Maggie Smith. It's electric. But I don't think I'm the sort of person who needs to have an outer ego in order to produce something. I realised that through the travel programmes.
I like the idea of playing people outside of society. That's where I tend to be drawn.
I'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people.
I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out.
I can't believe I survived, not only my life, but I am still playing football 'cause half of those eight or nine years I don't even remember.
If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.
But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.
If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.
I believe playing for such a great club like United honours my father's memory, and the inspiration and drive he gave to me when I was young. I hope he is proud looking at me from the sky.
All four of the actors in 'You're the Worst,' we all have strong theater backgrounds. We all play off of each other in that way that you would in theater. You kind of are up for anything out of the blue happening and getting it on film, you know? We're all just open to playing.
Being in a band is far more than playing an instrument. It's surviving. It's getting an album together.
I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anatomy.'
If it seems like you are playing around and not practicing, that's when you know you really love it.
I've learnt new scales through playing different types of music, like Indian raga scales, gipsy scales and harmonically-based jazz scales.
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
I remember playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with them - I would think of a character and pretend to be someone else.
When Blur first started and we were playing Manchester the Hacienda was the place to go. That was where a lot of exciting stuff was happening and London was pretty dead.
My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.
We're all on a journey. The average American switches professions four times. I'm lucky to be in a business where I can change the character I am playing every couple of months.
Every now and then I'll do little things, a short story or something, that doesn't have any fantastical elements, but mostly I like the power of playing God and I like to imagine things.
I cannot spend my entire life going around the country playing 'You Enjoy Myself '.
If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall.
During Rahul Dravid's captaincy, Dhoni got the role of a finisher. He got out a couple of times playing a bad shot, and he was also reprimanded by Dravid during one instance. But from that instance, he completely changed his approach and became a very good finisher.
When I was a kid and I bought a record, I ripped that thing open, I wanted to know who was playing what, what studio it was cut at, who was the string arranger, who was the engineer.
The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.
Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up.
I don't think that a company should own a studio and the network, and program for their own network. It hurts the creativity - it is not a level playing field.
I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock.
I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country.
No it wasn't at the time cause you have to remember, I had been playing clubs since I was 13.
My creative workday starts with strong breakfast tea and a few minutes of journaling, both of which help me get my head in the story. So much of story-building for me involves immersing myself in the character and situation I'll be working on, just the way an actor does when playing a role.
