Roles Quotes

My agent didn't want me on Disney because I'm older. But honestly, I'm not ready for older roles yet, or even the things older girls do. I am still young.

I've been a soldier, I've been a bunch of little girls, all sorts of roles that I would not have been able to be with on camera context because I just don't look the part.

I feel like I'm always being challenged by my voice acting roles, for multiple different reasons. I still get nervous every time I book a gig.

I've always wanted to do all kinds of roles, dramatic roles and comedic roles, all kinds of roles.

I obviously bring all of my insecurities along with me to any role that I tackle.

I'm drawn to roles that people don't think I'm right for.

There are so many directors that I want to work with, but I can't tell you that there's one role. If I knew it, I would write it for myself.

The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote.

Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models.

As I've matured, the roles are a bit more layered and representative of where I am today as an older person with more responsibilities, perspective and hopefully not too many regrets.

When I work with filmmakers today, I'm really an advocate for the women's roles that I see, to make them as layered and as deep as possible. I think many of them are underwritten.

Superhero roles seem to be popular. I'd like to see more female superheroes. How about a grandmother superhero? I'd pay good money to see that.

I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or they create a plot by being kidnapped or dying.

[Democrats] are trying on every front to increase the role of government.

I knew her work very well and I knew that if she offered me a role in her movie, it wouldn't be something stupid. So I agreed to do the film before I read the script.

My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.

When you're creating new roles out of scratch in my opinion working with the actors is a great asset. You can learn a lot from that.

In New York I was always offered the hot, sexy roles. But in L.A. I was offered the plain, dowdy roles. It says a lot about the difference between the coasts

A manager can't act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.

The idea of "making art for art's sake" makes no sense for me. Each area of my life, all the roles I play, influences the others.

As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life.

Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.

Even in cerebral roles that are seemingly intelligent and nothing else, I think it's so important to wrap your characterization in a physical form as well.

There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets in a year. It's not something to be completely daunted by.

Some roles have been with me forever

I've been fortunate in my career to have performed in revivals of great musicals and to have originated roles in musicals that have in turn been revived. And I'm not dead!

Instantly available without continuous presence is probably the best role a mother can play.

I am drawn to roles that are strong, intelligent, and a little edgy. With Complications, I navigate my character Samantha Ellison through some really emotionally challenging times.

The role of any exceptional facilitator or consultant is to work themselves out of a job.

When I wrote I took on the role of the despondent and difficult to understand person. Whereas in life, I was easy to understand, to the point of being simple-minded maybe.

I would never put on 20 kilos and mess up my system because a role demands it. Hindi cinema doesn't offer you roles that get you an Oscar, anyway. Tom Hanks can do it in Hollywood; not us.

I am a role model, definitely and I definitely support women.

The governor has a role in terms of declaring a state of emergency.

In film roles, I play a lot of heavies and a lot of bad guys, so I tend to be the jokester and the good-time Charlie on the set.

Among the roles Ive played on stage, television and in films were politicos as diverse as Abe Lincoln, Juan Peron, Herman Goering, George Wallace and both Roosevelts.

It had things that it could do and which I thought were worthwhile: one would be South Africa, of course. And, as I said, I assumed a leadership role within the Commonwealth on that.

[ Elizabeth II] has immersed herself, in the sense [that] she can speak intelligently about any and all members of the Commonwealth and she has played a role.

Id have to fight for an Australian role over an American actor, and I already have to do that overseas, so why would I have to do it back at home?

I just love to work and spend time with my family. And that's the reason I don't look at the length of the role, but what it has to offer me.

I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.

The moment you say, 'I want to do a role,' the story suffers. I don't set priorities in terms of roles or scripts.

Whatever role we were in our family of birth, we take on this persona and in your 20s and 30s in particular, you end up thinking that's you and that isn't necessarily you.

I don't prepare for my roles. I don't watch movies to get inspired. I don't dig deep. I'll never be that type of actor, and I doubt that I ever will be.

I loved playing a dramatic role. There's a side of me a lot of people don't know, and when I do dramatic roles, it just all comes out.

Ive seen an increasing willingness to hire Canadians for lead roles that shoot up here. When I started, they would always just fly in L.A. people to do the lead roles.

It's a true testament to say that there are no small roles in Hollywood. People say, "Oh, I just said one line." or "I was walking in the background." Don't deny humble beginnings.

We should all know this: that listening, not talking, is the gifted and great role, and the imaginative role.

The best roles have risks... and those are the parts I'm interested in.

[Out To Sea] began a relationship I had with [director] Martha Coolidge for a few years that was wonderful, and she certainly cast me in the best roles I've ever had in film.

[Fan In Lobby from Stardust Memories] that was just after The Dain Curse. My other big uncredited role from back then.