When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly..

It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him..

Normally I play dads, good guys, and little animals..

One current reaction to change in families, for example, is the proposal for more "education for parenthood," on the theory that this training will n….

I've had trouble with criticism, I guess. It's hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read ….

Is a gay play a play that has sex with other plays?.

I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it's a - knock wood - hit, the checks c….

The poet…is the man of metaphor: while the philosopher is interested only in the truth of meaning, beyond even signs and names, and the sophist manip….

Peter Martin’s artistry is nothing short of extraordinary. To sing with him is sublime – to listen to him play is a transcendent experience..

But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and ….

My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how ….

I'm struck by the fact that by and large equity capital doesn't play a big role in new financing; it's either bonds or internal financing but not rea….

It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for 'The Girl in the Cafe,' as I'd worked with everyone in the room on 'State Of Play.'.

I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to ….

You need three things in the theatre - the play, the actors and the audience, and each must give something..

Forget about sex. Just play first. Dance, sing, read to each other, breathe together - communicate. Don't count on sex to be the door to intimacy. It….

As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself..

One-third of your plays are special teams, so to block a punt and get good field position out of it and score was big..

I play popular songs. This is not some obscure, unusual music. This is popular music..

I just feel that no matter what comes in a career - and mine has been all over the map - you must stay at the table, pick up the cards you're dealt a….

A great many quite good plays could be performed with rhythmic howls in the place of dialogue and lose almost nothing by the change..