Roles Quotes

I didn't have to step up into a leadership role, ... I just had to be there and help out where I could. But this year I had to be more of the man.

Art has a prophetic role, denouncing the culture it lays bare.

MGM never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles, but cast me in programme pictures.

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.

I think the understanding of the role of markets has really helped advance the values of entrepreneurship. Its helped shape public policy discussions in a whole variety of ways.

What about good small roles for women? I've told my agent, if there are two great scenes in a film, I don't care, if it's something with that great edge to it.

For some reason, I like to put myself in situations where I don't even know how I ended up there. I never want to be complacent or comfortable in a role.

I've still not gotten my choice of the best roles in the world.

I actually prefer getting into roles that are the polar opposite of me; that's why I've done so many dark and dreary things.

It feels amazing to be a role model for people with and without disabilities.

I'd love to be able to play all different roles, whether it's Maureen in Rent or Maria in West Side Story. I would just love to be involved in this business forever.

It's a wonderful way to have a role on a series - you're not tied down totally and completely to a schedule.

I’m not trying to satisfy anybody but myself and the role that I’m playing.

I might play a lot of dramatic roles, but I'm really sort of silly.

The artist's role is to invent rhythms and forms to reveal a deeper apprehension of reality for the viewer.

I don"t feel like there are a tremendous amount of roles for the size I am.

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

Choosing a role is very difficult. There's no way to have a strategy.

Working with Gabby [Sidibe], I realized immediately that she was amazingly talented. I could tell just by the way she'd get into the role.

I'm just looking for interesting roles and giving acting the respect it deserves.

The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important roles to play for a young actor.

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role.

I am honored to have this role [of the moderator], but this evening belongs to the candidates and, just as important, to the American people.

It's been difficult to find roles that are independent, strong, and self-assured; I always say I can't play the princess. I'm not a pretty princess! I'm a tomboy.

I like to play smart, three-dimensional women. I also like to play roles where the women are a little crazy. I just have a feel for crazy people.

I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot of female roles uninteresting.

One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever roles are out there that people are willing to give to you.

I would switch roles with Madonna for a day. Or if Audrey Hepburn was still alive, Audrey Hepburn. I love Audrey Hepburn. She's one of my idols also.

I don't really consider myself a celebrity. I consider myself more of a role model.

In documentary, which is the only thing I'm really very familiar with, women are very easily relegated into a producer role.

My first acting role as a kid was on Freaks and Geeks.

I usually don't know how to fight hard for roles. I've certainly sent a passionate letter or two... which always leads nowhere.

As you get older, there are different types of roles in people's lives at certain ages.

I'm just trying to find a good project. Work with a good director, someone I really admire. Find a good role.

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role.

When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.

The essence of Keynesianism is its complete failure to conceive the role that saving and capital accumulation play in the improvement of economic conditions.

When a man has written a role for you that you admire, the expectations are higher.

I like to think I've done a lot of different kinds of roles, but obviously I have done quite a lot of comedies.

It's nice, though, getting older and being able to do different roles.

To be a role model is not something you choose, it is chosen for you and once it is you must accept the responsibility bestowed upon you

Every role that you accept makes you grow in some way. It's part of the creative process.

I would be happy to play any roles.

Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.

I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.

I want to work hard, and when good roles come along I don't want to pass them up.

The role of the human brain was to rationalize suffering.

I love doing every role I do!

I go for Mao Tse-tung much more than, than Nehru because I think that Nehru brought his country up in a beggar's role.

I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows.