Roles Quotes

I never want to be a role model.

I feel like I'm playing more of a role walking down the red carpet than when I'm playing an ordinary woman covered in sweat.

I wander around in corsets in my house all the time. I'm a lot girlier than the roles I play, but I don't believe there's anything wrong in this business for being typecast.

A director recommended me for the role on 'Soap.' They said, 'She plays heavy roles, murderesses and the like.' He said, 'On stage, she could be very very funny.

I feel like there's this weird thing that as a feminist band you get put in this role as ambassadors.

For whatever reason I tend to get roles that are more damaged.

The best role is always ahead.

The roles that I am attracted to are women who try to do something about their lives, and not a woman who waits for some circumstance or man to come rescue her. I have no interest in that.

The roles that are written for women as they grow older in theater are much richer and much more powerful.

I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered

I read Stephen King a lot and I've actually played two roles. Delores Claiborne is my favorite, I think, of any film that I've done.

O.K., we had women's lib in the '60s, the women fought for their roles, they're out there in the work force. Now let's talk about how they're dealing with things as human beings.

I have always had this secret fantasy of being a Bourne girl or Bond girl, and I've never even gotten called in on one of those roles.

If people want a role model, they can have Miley Cyrus.

Even on the greatest teams, there's always one role player.

I'm a little more comfortable in that role. I love being in the studio.

Being a role model, you just got to watch what you do.

I try to do different roles and try to immerse myself deeply and see what they need to be that's different than the last one.

Sometimes I think people are famous because they're themselves and they do a role and you see them do it.

Yeah, I do feel badly sometimes, not for whose coming up and getting roles I'm not right for anymore but the people I compete with, who range from Uma Thurman on up.

I love saying dialogue and creating a full character more than just being physical. But I always end up doing physical stuff in my roles.

I know the relationship will be the same, so I'm not worried about it. It's called "The Kellyanne Role." And so somebody said that recently, so I like that, and I know what that means.

My first major role was in a play called Through the Leaves.

To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying the role of time in human life.

I want to be the best role model I can be for my family.

I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.

I know a dramatic role is going to happen, but you just got to be patient, you know? It's going to happen when it's supposed to happen. I'm not rushing it. I'm not trying to make it happen tomorrow.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

There's something really incredible about watching what someone else does with a role that we know: the Hamlets or the Henry Vs or the Othellos or the Cleopatras that we've seen on stage.

Without women taking an active role in Afghan society, rebuilding Afghanistan is going to be very difficult.

More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model.

It would be naive to imagine we have solved all our income security problems simply because the roles of the federal and provincial governments in the area of skills training have been clarified.

Women are foils to men. It is hard for women to take a lead role even in NGOs for political resistance.

I don't think roles help you resolve your issues. I just think they're good markers.

I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.

As for dream roles, they usually just speak to you. I just crave complex characters.

Like every actor, you get notorious for maybe one role and then get offered a lot of similar roles.

My role is to make sure we're moving in the right direction, getting points, rebounds, steals, assists and providing leadership.

I would never play any role in anything that involves the United Nations for obvious reasons.

I value men and I don't necessarily want to adopt the man's role, but I do want to see women's humanity honored and respected.

The fundamentals of what I'll do to prepare for a role don't really change. They evolve as you work with more actors and you pick up more tricks.

I don't apply [being a role model] to the choices I make. I feel like a role model is not necessarily someone you want to imitate, just someone you admire.

Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty.

I wanted to get away from having a minister who pretends to be a certain type of role model. I don't want my life to serve as an example for anyone.

I've tried to take the opportunity to be as positive a person as I can be, as positive role model as I can be.

Every actor wants to be everybody - play all the roles.

I love playing a role where I think I'm right and then you learn you're not.

Whether it be in a small movie or a big movie, I would always be attracted to this role.

The producers had seen "In a World..." and that's where they found me out and consequently sought me out for this role [in Man up].

I graduated in '94 from Yale and New York Undercover was my first gig on TV. I was really all over the place with roles, which is what I wanted to do.