Pastoral Resources

Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation.

And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play.

I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.

If music be the food of love, play on.

I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.

It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him.

It's fun to play the character and then watch him later.

I don't follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, 'Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.' I just like being myself.

I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.

There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.

If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.

So I just play the character, I play the lines.

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member.

I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.

For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.

The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets.