Role Adjustment Quotes

Depending on how we start the season, I can play center or wing... It doesn't matter to me.

It's exciting to play someone who is a bit tougher than I am. I liked feeling those adjustments.

You do your best but I think I'm going to try and get back in as a batsman first, spinner second.

In my time at Milan, the club played with a 4-3-1-2 formation, and I was the player behind the two strikers. At Real, I play behind three. There is a greater defensive obligation, but I try to work around the area.

I am used to being a winger, but if a manager wants me to adapt to a new position, then I will have to - and I don't mind.

A keeper has to adjust his game to the team. If the team moves further up, he has to do the same. It's nothing I've invented.

It's always hard, after you've been in command, to take a lesser role.

If I need to help my team and play a different position for that game because somebody is hurt or they want to give a day off to somebody, I'll do it.

I can't expect to be playing the lead and romancing heroines, so I'll do what I'm best suited for and I'm doing that happily.

Presidents have to learn how to adapt. Every president comes into the job; it's different than they expect. They must adapt.

If you want me to play second, I need time to get ready to play second. If you want me to play short, I need time.

When you have a child you're no longer the star of the movie.

You have to adjust to what your team needs and what you're able to do.

Throughout your career, you will always be asked to play slightly different positions here and there, and obviously, the needs of the team come first, so if you need to fill in at a different position, you'll be expected to do that.

I got cast in [Punisher: War Zone] and showed up in Montreal two days before the film started, and they said, "We need you to do a New York accent." And I was, like, "What?! Why didn't you tell me this, oh, I don't know, two weeks ago, when you cast me?".

Actually I think it's better for me to come off the bench, because for them first couple of minutes when that first five is in there, you can see the little things and what you need to do when you get in there.

I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.

Maybe I'll have a different role in the NBA than college.

The first couple of weeks of filming were quite tricky for me to find my feet with the character [Maigret], which wasn't helped by the story that we were telling.

If you discover that a role isn't complex, you can speak to somebody about it and they'll help you push it when you're on set.

All of a sudden I got a call the night of the first time we were filming and they're like, "Terry, we made a mistake. We need you to be you. You're not a joke with these guys and you're not mousy, you're very aggressive. Now it just so happens that you're going through these things, but we need you to be more physical in your role."

As captain you're involved immensely. You get worked up, you get carried away. It slowly dies down once you're a player. You realise you've to take the back seat.

How can I change me to suit the script?

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!

I just try and play where the manager puts me as well as possible.