Roles Quotes

I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things. So, I guess that when I walk into a room, I bring all those things to a role, and I've always just simply seen myself as an actor.

I just hope this [Emmy] is now a part of the status quo that women of color are included in the narratives that continue to write lead roles for us.

You absolutely feel, as a black actress, that you've got to ride the wave because there's just so few roles. I hate to play that card, but it's the truth. There's not a lot of roles.

My favorite older movie of all-time is "Scarface." Al Pacino played that role so well. It's a longer movie, but I like it.

My favorite newer movie is "Training Day." Denzel Washington is, to me, one of the greatest actors ever. The way he gets into those roles is ridiculous.

It is true that the role of the state in the Russian economy may be too big today, but from the fiscal standpoint, it is not always practical to do this in a falling market.

Sometimes actors come in, you record them, and they do their role.

When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers and makes it easier for society to commit them to combat.

Options allow a woman to tailor her role to her personality, but if a man expects to provide well, he expects to wear a suit, not to wear what suits him.

The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.

I usually set aside a lot of time in advance of a movie with important roles for kids to search, but when you have great ones, they can be a real ace in the hole.

There are not that many roles in comedies that are completely driven by a young actress.

I'm getting bigger roles, and I'm on location more, and I have a wife and family. I'd rather work less, and I've started to implement that. It was either that or my wife would break my heart.

I feel very secure about the role of the actor in the future. They need us, because stories are about people.

Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.

You look at people like Gena Rowlands, but she had [John] Cassavetes to write these amazing roles for her.

I was so spoiled in a way. I worked very hard, but there was just a wealth of great roles.

Annika's my role model, and I wish in the future I could be like her.

I've done a lot of things for a very young audience so far, such as The Sarah Jane Adventures. I'm tiny and petite and I look very young, so I tend to attract those kinds of roles.

When I was 12, I did my first sort of speaking role. But I wouldn't say I had a passion for it from the start. It developed as I started to become a bit more mature.

When a role seems fun it's easy to play. It kind of comes organically.

I had to learn how to modulate my performances and interpretations of these roles in auditions for the camera.

I never exploited my father’s role in helping Jews avoid the concentration camps...

What I see increasingly is that companies are playing political roles. We should actually have our research and our laws map that.

I'm pretty sure a lot of directors would be thrilled to cast age appropriate roles. I am.

I don't think a lot of people are like, "I'm just quirky!" Or if they are, it's a stage they're going through as they figure out who they are. I never felt like I was choosing roles that were quirky.

I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.

I always choose roles that are, you know, hopefully different from the last role. I don't wanna do the same thing over and over again because that's, well, first of all that's no fun.

I've never pursued a role. I always hear stories about actors going after parts and I'm, like, 'How do they do that?' It seems so weird. It seems like a total myth or something.

I don't think there are that many awesome roles out there, whether we're talking about movies or TV.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

O God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the marketplace.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone.

Are we not all actors playing parts in another person's play?

The impeccable roles of a good responsible mother should at all times be applauded.

Men die in battle women die in childbirth.

Every individual has a role to play for the betterment of our nation.

If it has to be done, take the responsibility to do it.

Playing roles in any relationship is false and will inevitably lead to the relationship's collapse. Noone can be any one thing all the time.

Despite all of the social advances in women’s rights and the push for gender equality in the workplace, it seems like modern men still want a woman that they can take care of at home.

Every one of us has been called to be an actor in the drama of life and everyone has a role to play as well.

What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage, " [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.

You ride as a man, fight as a man, and you think as a man-""I think as a human being, " she retorted hotly. "Men don't think any differently from women- they just make more noise about being able to.

Then he started his period.One week in bed.Two doctors in.Three painkillers four times a day.And later a letter to the powers-that-bedemanding full-paid menstrual leave twelve weeks per year.

It's my choice to be beautiful. It's my choice to be ugly. And it's my choice to decided what those words actually mean.

A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything.

Women will one day rule the world, and when they do, their brains will be so finely tuned from all the years of quiet that I anticipate they will be far superior rulers to men.

I like a bit of spunk in a lady

she'd played mother and wives. Women in narratives were always defined by their relations.