Roles Quotes

Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.

We're gonna get some time to sit down individually with each player and see what their role is.

I never examined my role in male culture, in hyper masculinity. I never examined it, nobody ever called me on it.

I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.

Chano Pozo created the role of the conga soloist in the modern band, somewhat th way Coleman Hawkins created the solo tenor sax.

What do I do now?” “I don’t know. Fade away, perhaps. Or find another role.

I don't like to be disparaging about my past roles. That's the only taboo that I don't like to cross.

I always drastically changed my look for each role. It's gotten a little tedious in real life, also, because there's no hiding.

It's nice to be given a role where you can really find the strength from within, as a woman, and to be heard.

A lot of the time, in the past, I have played the pretty blonde in a lot of roles.

I get told I'm too good-looking for a lot of roles. They don't write roles people would think I'm supposed to play as often as they used to - the rom-com pretty-boy storylines.

When we met, my agenda was "Get Elle Fanning." I believe Elle's was "Get the role." But we didn't know that.

It's very, very rare to find five roles in one piece where we'd all jump at the chance to play any of them.

Being a mentor is something that's new for me but a role that I take very seriously.

It can really vary from movie to movie what the producer's role is and there are all kinds of producers. There are line producers who do a lot of the nuts and bolts work on the set.

After every movie, you get offered the role that you just did in the last movie.

I don't like piracy but if anybody's concerned about piracy, why don't they pay attention to our role in it?

I happen to agree with the anti-dictatorship policies, but I don't think it's the role of General Electric to support them or oppose them. They do of course, but I don't agree with that.

I don't think I'm egotistical, and I know what my limits are: I'm a black guy who's probably losing his hair. But I'm happy to play roles that I'm given, and I'm happy to play roles that I write.

God has no role to play in politics except to make sure politicians go where they belong. To hell.

My first lead role was probably 'Party Girl' in 1994.

I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.

You've got to respond to that and of course thinking through the role of a left party in the modern world, in the modern economy and society and having a policy response to that.

You get a role like this in a big action movie [like Jack Reacher] and you can go one of two ways: you can paint in broad strokes, which happens a lot in action films, or you can get very detailed.

I change myself a lot. Some roles you don't want to be big, bulky, muscle-y guy and some roles you want to be a lean, marathon-runner physical type. And some roles you just don't want to be in shape.

I'm not a role model. I'm an aberation. A statistical anomoly. Following in my footsteps is about the dumbest thing you could ever do.

I’m not much a role model in terms of hair care, though.

All of my role models, whether it was the disciples, or John the Baptist or Arthur Rimbaud, slept under the stars.

I'm not the number-one guy here ... if it translates to winning, I don't mind taking a step back as far as roles.

Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along.

If I get good parts, if I get interesting roles that I can relate to and identify with and bring something to - then I'm happy.

I think there's always a role for Congress under every instance in every administration to conduct oversight of the executive branch.

People see me in powerful roles. That's what people want to see. That's what I want to do.

Evil had to manifest itself and fulfill its role, so that ultimately Good could prevail. [...] Evil needs to manifest itself, for them to understand the value of Good.

But it is Bella, not the supernaturals she falls in with, who is the true horror show here, at least as a female role model.

I'm just looking for a kind of project that will have a decent role and is something that I'll really enjoy doing. There are a lot more opportunities in television.

I have food every day on the table, I have a family, friends, health - all the things without which it wouldn't matter how many roles I get to play.

A lot of people remember me from Star Trek. They've all forgotten all the other things I've done. I was so identified with the role.

I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades.

If it's a good role, I'm happy to play it.

My first film role was a reporter. It's funny, because my father was a news reporter. I always thought there was something strange about that.

Being able to play a role where you're there almost every day and you're just in it... I remember it was a whirlwind, but it was a lot of fun.

Acting is about covering up traces of who you are and just being the character. I think it's easier to accept people in roles if you don't know a lot about them.

I just pick the best roles that are left over, and they usually aren't the heterosexual, leading-man, non-drug-addict parts. And once you get into doing them, people know you do them.

If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something that you didn't think you could do.

For Rembrandt, reality is role-playing.... Everyone is portrayed in relation to a social hierarchy.

My father was a television director and I always knew I wanted to be in the industry but I had thought my role was behind the camera as opposed to in front.

The state has an active role to play in ensuring that there is equilibrium between the constituent parts of the economy, the consumers and the producers.

To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like everybody else.

The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator.