Roles Quotes

We overthrew the feudal system in the 1600s, and the theocracy in the 1700s. But currently, corporations play similar roles in many of our lives, either directly or indirectly.

Instead of asking, 'What should a woman do—what is her role?' it would be far more helpful to ask, 'What is a woman—what is her design?' and, 'Why did God place Woman in our midst?

My role as CEO is to protect the company AND nurture it to grow.

The role of a leader is to serve his people. We absolutely must first serve the people who we want to lead. They must be able to rely on the leader as much as we hope to rely on them.

For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.

In the national security establishment, it is somewhat frowned upon for people to take extremely harsh partisan roles in campaigns.

I'm a personality - like a George Plimpton who effectively plays himself in a bunch of different roles, or a Paul Lynde-type character.

There are always roles that seem enticing that you can't do because of scheduling.

My role is to find strategic insights as to where design can have the most business impact. A designer can bring a viewpoint of not just aesthetics, but economics and usage.

I've played a lot of roles I haven't wanted to play, either because they needed someone in the theatre or because they couldn't do it without me 'cause they don't have anyone else the right age.

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

Americans have gotten to know Sarah Palin. They know that she's a role model to women and other - and reformers all over America. She's a reformer.

A lot of the times, roles are chosen for us.

Welcome to The Daily Show, I'm John Oliver. Jon Stewart is still not here. He is currently living out a live-action Lord of the Rings role-playing experience deep in the New Zealand wilderness.

Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is.

I'm too busy looking for the next role to do. I think about how to continue, to survive in the same vein. I like my career and my life as it is.

There have been many times when I've auditioned and I've actually won a different role in the same film.

I know at some point I would like to take on more dramatic roles.

We're all clichés, all following scripts that have been written and played out long before we landed the role.

My dream role is to play in a story of how the Joker became the Joker, and I would play the young Heath Ledger.

I love Tom Wilkinson and Tommy Lee Jones as well as Jessica Chastain. But the person I look up to most, not because I identify with her roles but because of who she is as a person, is Sissy Spacek.

I don't think I've lost a beat at all. Because of my physique and my look...I fit in the natural action-hero role.

In poetic thought, the role of the subconscious is played by euphony.

Actors can become very involved in a role, but for a director or producer, that's your life for many years.

With every single role, you're not going to get a role unless you invest your whole heart into it.

I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other.

All the things you can do to prepare for a role that free you, in the moment, are great. You have this muscle memory for things. You don't have to act it as much, once you've done it enough.

Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.

You can not make me pick between my roles! That is like making me pick between my children!

Landing a role now is not based on my looks - more on my acting ability.

If I was playing Carrie, I might have done differently but I felt like as my character. I mean, I'm definitely bringing myself to the role but I wanted to pay homage. I hope I did. We'll see.

I love to teach - that's my role.

Sometimes people think of actors as marionettes - everybody else makes the decisions for us - and, you know, really, making this decision [of which roles to take] is the only thing you lay claim to.

I'm really conflicted about my role as a front-person. I hate the attention.

Roles written for women are so much more complex on television. The film world is becoming quite flimsy for women.

The published record will show that many in Chicago have mixed feedback on the President's [Barack Obama] role as organizer.

I work out as little as I can for as much gain as I can. Yoga and a little bit of ballet -- only 30 or 40 minutes every other day. I keep supple for myself more than for roles.

That was one of the reasons I took the role [of Mayor Amanda Rosewater in Defiance] - to be a part of something groundbreaking interested me.

As an actor, I have to be fulfilled in the roles that I play; it has to be a journey for me to learn something or involve myself.

After college I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television gave me as a director.

After many of years of getting cast in sweet, angelic roles, I'm finally getting to play closer to my real life as a horrible person.

Actors are limited by their appearance and while it has cost me some roles, it has got me some very important roles too.

The advantage my looks gave me was that I wasn't limited to just playing Indian roles when I was abroad, and I've been abroad for almost twenty-five years.

I could play Arab roles, even German roles, Italian roles because I had that look.

Every artist's world is an individual experience and no one thing can prepare you. You have to go in and go where those roles lead you - just allow it to happen and follow your path.

I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.

If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.

Pretty girl and all. Asking. Gotta love that. Stuff of heroes. Don't get the role too often.

I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability. I don't know why. I know I can play these roles, but they're certainly not the only roles I can play.

I'm looking forward to a future where there are roles of greater vulnerability and humor involved.