I auditioned for 'West Side Story' just like everybody else, and I nearly had a heart attack, because I hadn't danced in about - oh, I don't know, about 15 years.
It is good to make my comeback in Jamaica after not playing for so long.
How often does one get to have a 20-year hiatus of a character and then come back as an adult?
When I rejoined AC/DC in 1994 I hadn't played for about eight years.
If I have a long period of time away from acting, I tend to write.
It's been over 15 years since I toured... over 12 years since I did any recording under my own name. I never really intended to take that long of a hiatus.
It's tough to leave your work - which is your life - for a longish period.
I started riding bikes when I was really young, but I stopped when I was 19 because my mother asked me to, so I stopped riding for 35 years and now I'm just addicted. It is my only addiction.
I like to go back to Chinese film-making from time to time. I don't think I can make Chinese films back to back; it's such a big effort. I'd have to take a very long break.
A long break can cause long-term damage to a player's technique. It can be dangerous for a snooker player to go 2-3 months without even touching a cue.
I haven't done a book for about 3 or 4 years now.
I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long.
I was tired of the same saas-bahu family dramas that I was being offered, so I took a long break.
I haven't really had a major role in film for about 12 years. But I never stopped working in the theater. I do stuff back to back.
Sometimes you just gotta get in front of the camera because sometimes you have a long break between things, or you're auditioning and maybe nothing's really happening.
I think as golfers, whenever you've had a long period off, you always sort of plan for a bit of rust. Not necessarily how you hit it, but just how you go about playing golf.
