I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I just want to play until I think I don't feel good - and if I can still do it. If I can't do it, I don't think I'll keep going once I don't feel I'm playing the way I want to.
The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time.
When I make a bad play, it frustrates the heck out of me, even in practice.
That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.
What I don't want to do is just play for the sake of playing.
What you do, is you gradually become more and more experienced, and more and more realistic about dramatic tolerance, i.e. about how long the play should be.
I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.
You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.
I just wanted to play as long as I could. When you stop playing, you're not going to get it back. When you don't enjoy it, that's the time to pack it in.
When I do a play, it's like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.