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Play Quotes

Playing a part, a game, or a song - in their own words.

This set covers 'play' in its many senses: an athlete separating their job from a coach's, an actor naming a dream role, and a musician recalling an anxiety dream about forgetting lyrics onstage. Fans of team dynamics and competition can also check out Game quotes.

There is a little bit of me infused in every character I play.

Quotes by Laz Alonso

I don't do a lot of editing post-shoot, but I use Lightroom to play with contrast and texture and to remove dust.

Quotes by Laurent Baheux

I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point.

Quotes by Laurence Fox

'Richard III' is a really difficult play to film - it's involved, often obscure. I felt it absolutely necessary to do more simplification than I've ever done before.

Quotes by Laurence Olivier

That's the joy of getting to be an actor - getting to play all kinds of different roles and showing so many different sides of yourself.

Quotes by Laura Osnes

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

Quotes by Laura Linney

I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

Quotes by Laura Carmichael

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

Quotes by Laura Carmichael

It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.

Quotes by Laura Carmichael

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation without a plan is like tennis without tennis balls.

Quotes by Lars von Trier

I would love to do a Broadway play. I would love to do big screen also, motion picture.

Quotes by LaToya London

When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.

Quotes by Larry MacPhail

When I was 26, I got offered the Connecticut job, but the ABA started, and I thought I could still play.

Quotes by Larry Brown

I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.

Quotes by Larry Brown

I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.

Quotes by Larry Brown

I did suffer a lot since karting, with my size and everything, not really having a clue what to do when I started karting. So I suffered in every category: F4, F3, F2. Not so much F2 but I've had...

Quotes by Lando Norris

I would actually like to play Bobby Brown. To me, he was just the King of R&B at one point.

Quotes by Lance Gross

'Pigeonholed' isn't the right word, because I feel like I've had a very wide range of characters that I've been allowed to play.

Quotes by Lance Reddick

Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.

Quotes by Lalu Prasad Yadav

No teams have asked me to play wide receiver.

Quotes by Lamar Jackson

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes say about playing sports?
One quote captures a simple, no-nonsense attitude toward the game: "Coaches coach, and players play." It's about trusting your role and doing your job on the field. For more sports-minded lines, see our Football page.
Is there a quote about acting ambitions?
Yes - one quote describes a common goal for performers: "I think that's every actor's dream, actually: to play lead parts."
Does the collection include any funny performance-anxiety quotes?
There's a memorable one about stage-fright dreams: "I had a dream I was onstage naked and I forgot how to play the songs" - a relatable nightmare for any performer. Browse more in our Game section.
What does the collection say about choosing roles?
One quote is refreshingly honest: "I do like to play the darker characters; I don't really know why." For more short, straightforward lines, see our Just page.
Are any of these quotes about sticking to your role?
Yes - the idea of staying in your lane comes through clearly: "Coaches coach, and players play." It's a good reminder to focus on what you do best. Explore more in our Always collection.

Several entries lean toward performance and character work rather than sport, showing how differently the word applies across professions. Related browsing includes Football quotes for the sports side and Just quotes for shorter, plainspoken lines.