Anything you are shows up in your music - jazz is whatever you are, playing yourself, being yourself, letting your thoughts come… — Mary Lou Williams Copy Share Image
Every character I get to play has some element of who I am, but there's no fun in playing yourself. At least,… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
“While you’re playing yourself out in lonesome dissipation in front of a pinball machine, someone else might be reading through Proust. Still… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
If you got somebody who will go through thick & thin and hold it down for you, don't ever play them. You'll… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love empowering women. I think it's crazy: if you ever try to belittle women, you're playing yourself - I ride with… — SZA Copy Share Image
You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself... and when you reach your limits, that is real joy. — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
There are nights when you can feel stale because you've fallen into a pattern by touring too much, but it's easy to… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
The player always ends up played. When u attempt to play the 1 who actually cares about u, u're actually playing yourself — Bismark Frimpong Copy Share Image
If you got somebody who will ride through thick & thin and hold it down for you, don't ever play them. You'll… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Stop hiding! Stop holding yourself back and playing yourself down! Stop worrying about how you look and what people are saying. Stop… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Displaying yourself as sexy doesn't do anything to increase sexual self-knowledge or pleasure. — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share Image
It's one of the main things that I love about my job. You are never playing yourself, so I really love that… — Sasha Jackson Copy Share Image
Sometimes perception is almost more important than the skill level of an actor. And if you give too much away, you have… — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, 'Oh, you're playing yourself.' I guess it's kind of a compliment. Or… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
Sometimes the work can get in the way and you give a less-good performance, and sometimes it doesn't and you can really… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
You're never really playing yourself. You're always acting. It's an illusion that you're really playing yourself. The only time I'm playing myself… — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
I've played myself before this ["Brent Spiner"] - and I've played myself since, for that matter - and playing yourself one of… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
Sometimes your characters in films do things that you wouldn't do. You're not playing yourself all the time. — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
It's a werewolf movie with Christina Ricci, and it was a chance to work with some good people. But playing yourself is… — Scott Baio Copy Share Image
The player always ends up played. When you attempt to play the one who actually cares about you, you're actually playing yourself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image