Playing Quotes

To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as rhyming.

I suppose because I have a good ear, I could pick out harmonies and learn by ear. I still think that you have to have an ear for music to really be able to feel and understand what you're playing. You can learn by watching and listening to other people.

Playing Karen was so satisfying that it almost cured my acting bug completely. Not that I had conquered the world of acting. It was just that I had something to prove to myself when I started Will & Grace. Now I feel like, okay, well, I've satisfied that.

I started playing golf when I was a kid, because across the street from where we lived there was a little nine-hole golf course where my father worked.

I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth.

If you told me I was going to live to 240, I would take 10 years off and try and act. I don't have that kind of time, so I'd much rather stick to playing guitar.

We must send the message that if you use illegal drugs, you will pay the ultimate price by not playing an entire season. And if you get caught again, you will be banished for life.

The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.

It's not any desire on my part to start playing dads, but it's a convention of drama. If you don't get the parts of young people going out to nightclubs, you have to play their fathers.

I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.

It was mind-blowing. It was a small place with 2,000 standing-up tickets. It's great to have your band back and working and playing again, people have been so generous.

The first show I ever did, singing and dancing, was 'Beauty and the Beast.' I was playing Gaston. Gaston has red tights, knee high boots, and it's very physical. I had headaches every day for two months.

The first time we performed as a duo, we had already been playing together in various situations.

We all say, 'You don't have to run around playing all these tournaments and trying to conquer the world like Dr. Evil.'

I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players.

So I think it was a good thing It was a little surreal watching Leo scream 'I'm not going to die today!' with our music playing - that was the last thing on my mind when I wrote the song.

Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.

You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president.

Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary.

If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.

I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.

One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care.

Playing in the National Football League, you're told, you know, where to be, when to be there, what to wear, how to be there. Being able to step away from that, I have an opportunity to look deeper into myself and look for what's real.

You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices.

You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero.