Quotes About Play

I feel that a film or a play presenting homosexuality does not necessarily have to come with a message for the audience. It is a way of life, everyone should be treated equally.

The highs of having a big family were that there was always someone to play with and you get loads of birthday presents. The lows were sharing the bathroom.

I don't play golf with presidents.

'Frasier' was a classy gig. I didn't for one minute think it was less prestigious or artistic than doing a play.

I overcame a big struggle and was able to play in the most prestigious league in the world - something that kids dream of - and play for a long time.

I remember playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with them - I would think of a character and pretend to be someone else.

I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor.

I spent a lot of time on film sets with my dad at work, and as a kid, that's a very appealing thing, to watch grownups get to play dress-up and pretend that they're different people - and then get paid for it!

Sometimes you think about the job that we, as actors, do. I take it very seriously, and I care very much about it, but I'm paid to make believe. When you're a kid, you go to your friend's house, and it's, 'Let's pretend we're both cowboys!' Without belittling it, that's basically what I do - I tell stories.

Pretend was a big part of my childhood.

I mean, it's fine when you're a kid and someone runs into the playground and goes, 'I've got this great game of pretend,' and you play... As an actor, getting to play, getting to use your imagination and be childish - it is weird but it's wonderful.

Movies are this thing that came into my life, and it still feels pretend in some way. I kind of do this thing, and I never really accepted this idea that I'm a film actor. That's what I do. I feel like I'm a theater actor that started doing films. Most people have never seen me in a play. They're fun, though.

What kid doesn't want to pretend they're James Bond?

I was always a 'let's pretend' kind of kid.

A period piece is a great opportunity for an actress. I love acting because I love to pretend, and when you're doing a period piece, then even the time you're in is pretend, so there's that much more to play with.

One Christmas, I wrote a nativity play. But nobody turned up on the day of the performance apart from my brother and my cousins, so I just read the whole script onstage and made my brother pretend to be one of the animals at the inn.

Some people just want to make up the funny things and play pretend.

Adults don't have the opportunity to pretend anymore.

Doing animation is closer to pretending than anything else you get to do. It's much more like when you're a kid putting on a character.

I remember pretending to be the characters in the movies when I was a little kid.

I mean, I feel like I've been pretending I was a werewolf since I was a little kid.

It's amazing how many things you can do when you're just pretending.

Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult.

Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid to be on a set, pretending to be other people is fun.