An actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama. We are taught to avoid trouble [so] actors don't realize they must go looking for i….

When I first met Benny Goodman he wouldn't talk about anything but clarinets, mouthpieces, reeds, etc. When I tried to change the subject, he said 'B….

It's absolutely physically demanding to play the role of Wolverine. There's a lot of action, and I try to do as much of it as I can because it's bett….

The thing that is always so surprising about plays written in another century is how remarkably elastic they are. When you listen to the way in which….

Art is an expression of who you are. Parts that I play are my sculptures..

The ability to play pretend is something that everyone has access to; you see little kids doing it..

Me and my band and crew have always lived by the code: 'Work hard, play harder.'.

You have to really respect what your kids are doing with their kids and how they're raising them. You can't push your way into areas where you should….

When I can do an acoustic set, I can sit down and sing. And then when I have a huge arena full of people, there's nothing like that. It's the coolest….

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note..

I don't wanna keep playing the same song over and over again. It's just thinking about "what's going to be the coolest thing to play on this particul….

The Greeks were the first boxers. Pugilism appears to have been one of the earliest distinctions in play and exercise that appeared between the Helle….

I've always been obsessed with drums. They fascinate me. Any other instrument - nothing. I play acoustic guitar a bit. But it's always been drums fir….

Whoever can't see the whole in every part plays at blind man's bluff. A wise man tastes the entire Tigris in every sip..

I started performing in high school. There was a pretty great drama department at my school, and that's when I started doing plays and musicals..

I can only play characters that I feel like are real people and in a complete way and in such a whole way that if I fake any aspect of it I will have….

I think Ryan Gosling is a really great actor who's meticulous about his work. And I'd love to have the guts that Johnny Depp has to actually go outsi….

Whatever part drink may play in the writer's life, it must play none in his or her work..

It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly..

If you string together a set of speeches expressive of character, and well finished in point and diction and thought, you will not produce the essent….

People really respond to the songs when I play them in concert. Every song comes from a different place emotionally or from a different headspace..