Having trouble with ArrayList

Hey guys,
I’v got an interface named Entity.
In a separate class I am trying to make an array list of “Entity”, here is my code for it.

 Player player1 = new Player();
	public static ArrayList<Entity> entities = new ArrayList <Entity>();
	entities.add( player1);

on line 3 I keep getting an error that on the period that says “misplaced construct” and another error on line 3 where it says player1 that reads “variable decorator id expected after this token”

I’m pretty stuck here and any help would be greatly appreciated (: