Play is as necessary to the perfect development of a child as sunshine is to the perfect development of a plant..

I wander around in corsets in my house all the time. I'm a lot girlier than the roles I play, but I don't believe there's anything wrong in this busi….

I've never worked with a co-author before [Alison McGhee]. Writing for me is a pretty scary thing, so it was a huge comfort to have someone in the ro….

So I really did stop and change what I saw I was about, and really try to put that principle into play as the center of everything - my friendships, ….

My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with that you would play wholeheartedly. If we disagree, I may not be doing my job co….

I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom. I mark only the happy hours, like the sundial, because otherwise I wou….

I ask a million questions, and I insist on having answers. I think that is what we have to do. I have to know what the director wants. Some are very ….

If you're going to play strength, you've got to marry that with a vulnerability and give your character some relatable qualities..

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules..

[Sometimes] I sit in front of my [gaming] console with my headphones on and I play. I love that. It's a nice form of escapism..

Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music..

I play piano and write better than I can sing..

I'm satisfied with the way I play, but I don't evaluate my performances. I worry about what I can contribute defensively. I don't need to score. A….

It's important to feel and to be connected to your emotions, whichever way they play out..

I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf..

Augusta National is a young man's golf course, and you really need a young man's nerves to play on it..

I think a lot of women innately know how to play their hand. I'm not a big one for the rules..

I have an accent, I'm limited, I have to play foreign parts - I would love to play American parts but I can't because I have an accent. You are more ….

I managed because of my mother. I managed because I'm strong. I managed the same way every other abuse survivor survives, you just do. So many people….

I smoked this joint and then it hit me. I thought, what you gotta do is play your own simply blues..

So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you..