Roles Quotes

My life and work are not separate. I just have more roles than other people. And I have photographs.

The intellectual is an individual with a specific public role in society that cannot be reduced simply to . . a faceless professional.

The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

My role is to think about tennis and to help Serena Williams be the best she can be and do what she wants to achieve.

As the captain, I was going to be having the dominant role in most of the episodes, and that was appealing. I wasn't interested in coming to Hollywood to sit around.

There is nothing I love more than my role as a mom.

Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role.

The revolutionary's role is to liberate, and to be liberated, with the people--not to win them over.

I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role.

If there is an exotic woman it's always a terrorist role.

I'm always glad to be offered roles, but wouldn't take any role as this could do you more harm than good, but I've been at what they call 'on the top' as far as being known for twenty years.

Savings will not make you rich. Only canny investments do that. The role of savings is to keep you from becoming poor.

The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it's unfortunate there isn't more color-blind casting.

I was never any good in the school theatrical productions. I always got a role like the March Hare.

To change bad habits, we must study the habits of successful role models.

I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts

But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

Canada has always been a strong supporter of Chinas accession to the WTO... We look forward to playing a constructive role in helping complete Chinas accession.

I couldn't imagine what Fox thought they were doing, contemplating such a jagged protagonist for a prime-time drama. I only knew that I wanted the role very much.

The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.

I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it.

I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.

I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned

Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against - I have to try to make roles happen for me that aren't written black.

It is to TV that I owe my freedom from bondage of the Latin lover roles. Television came along and gave me parts to chew on. It gave me wings as an actor.

God is playing a role in all religions and that Christians are more united than they sometimes think.

I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.

It still hasn't sunk in that I'm going to be in Coronation Street. Everything about the role is brilliant and I'm working with some great people.

I think were struggling with trying to redefine various positions at this point in history. To allow freedom for women, freedom for men, freedom from those sharply defined gender roles.

I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity.

Research is one of the Nation's very greatest resources and the role of the Federal Government in supporting and stimulating it needs to reexamined.

Today's global landscape is increasingly interconnected. China and the Middle East play critical roles towards international peace and security.

I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history

I want to spark ideas and conversations and inspire people to take active roles in their communities, relationships and their well-being.

So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.

I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies.

One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models

It wasn't my intention in going after this part but I suppose now I do. The adult roles are a lot meatier - you're not always just the daughter or the girlfriend or whatever.

I'm attracted to roles where I don't have to wear makeup.

This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story - and perhaps into a prayer.

The role of the schoolmaster is to collect little plastic lumps of human dough from private households and shape them on the social kneading board.

Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.

My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it.

What is charm then? The free giving of a grace, the spending of something given by nature in her role of spendthrift ... something extra, superfluous, unnecessary, essentially a power thrown away.

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

The Constitution limits the role of government. The Constitution enumerates the freedoms of the people and enforces those freedoms against government, making sure government cannot encroach.

For the Archivist, this role is a result of his obligation to preserve and assure timely and maximum access to our governmental records in the evolving historic saga of the American people.

I love taking on roles that I haven't yet done in my career.

My sexual nature is irrelevant. I'm an actor, I play roles, fragments of myself.