When I do a play, it's like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
When you do a play, you do it for a couple months, and it just gets in your bones. You can learn about somebody that way.
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.
I'm fortunate: I can play as long as I want to play. There's no coach or trainer who is going to say to me that I'm dropped or sacked, it's time to move on. I can play as long as I want to play.
When we watch a play under the standard circumstances, we've lost volition and time is passing. A still play feels like an existential threat.
I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do.
Play so that you may be serious.
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.
I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.
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.