Quotes about Roles

Random Roles? Oh, I saw Virginia Madsen do this the other day! You see? I'm paying attention! Votes: 3

Roles written for women are so much more complex on television. The film world is becoming quite flimsy for women. Votes: 3

TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film. Votes: 2

Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role. Votes: 2

Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life. Votes: 2

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference. Votes: 2

I surely know that there is no role in life more essential and more eternal than that of motherhood. Votes: 2

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king. Votes: 2

Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction. Votes: 2

Doing something for yourself like running, and using it to test yourself, will only make you feel better about your career or your family role. Votes: 2

A team is not a bunch of people with job titles, but a congregation of individuals, each of whom has a role that is understood by other members. Votes: 2

I am keen on helping Indian bowlers but I am not seeking a full-time role. But yes I am really keen on helping out pace bowlers across the world, Votes: 2

Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace. Votes: 2

As the heated debate continues, it will be important that nonproliferation experts play a critical role in the discourse. Science-based statements, not snarky sound bites, should be the weapons of choice. Votes: 2

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country. Votes: 2

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent. Votes: 2

Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. I believe a strong America must - and will - lead the future. Votes: 2

The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message. Votes: 2

I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just a long narrative form. What you use that long narrative form for can be very different. Votes: 2

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. Votes: 2

The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear. Votes: 2

As a Jew, it is my historic responsibility to defend the Jewish people. I feel this responsibility for the survival of the Jewish people. We're not going to accept any decision by anybody else about security of the State of Israel. It is our role and only our role. Votes: 2

It's really hard to get stories made that are about women. Not just women being obsessed with men, or supporting men. And it's really hard to get men to be a part of films that are about women in a leading role. I'm really interested in how we can adjust that. Votes: 2

The proper role of government is exactly what John Stuart Mill said in the middle of the nineteenth century in On Liberty. The proper role of government is to prevent other people from harming an individual. Government, he said, never has any right to interfere with an individual for that individual's own good. Votes: 2

If you're a woman, it's almost impossible to establish a relationship. You're too much for everybody. It's too much. The woman always has to play this role of being fragile and dependent. And if you're not, they're fascinated by you, but only for a little while. And then they want to change you and crush you. And then they leave. Votes: 2

I realized that people had an unreal image of me, that somehow I was a god on Mount Olympus. I decided that if I were going to make use of my role as a Supreme Court Justice, it would be to inspire people to realize that, first, I was just like them and second, if I could do it, so could they. Votes: 2

I was never a pretty girl, so I wasn't the one to get the boy. I used to cast myself as a good sport. Sometimes I wonder if I do that too much with roles I play, because if I'm absolutely truthful, I quite like being the best friend, or the supporting role, and actually I ought to gear-change and make myself the leading role. Votes: 2

I like to originate new roles and characters for musical theater. Votes: 1

People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice. Votes: 1

I have done all kinds of roles, but Tony Montana's role in 'Scarface' is something I would love to play. Votes: 1

I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me. Votes: 1

I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles. Votes: 1

The essence of my work, and of me, is the softer side of a strong woman, and that goes into a number of different roles. Votes: 1

People are incapable of stereotyping you; you stereotype yourself because you're the one who accepts roles that put you in this rut or in this stereotype. Votes: 1

I don't want to be in a position where I'm playing roles I'm comfortable with and making money, but doing it without feeling like I'm growing. Votes: 1

I always get offered the pretty, popular girl roles, but I want to do something dark, really challenge myself and get out of my comfort level. Votes: 1

I guess I'm attracted to these off beat roles because my life has been a bit abnormal. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled. Votes: 1

Once I got married and had kids, I moved away from romantic roles, because it seemed wrong to have my three-year-old wondering why Daddy was kissing someone else. Votes: 1

I've had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn't get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an even better role. Votes: 1

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization. Votes: 1

Actors do tend to get pigeonholed. People want to know who you are so they can put you in a box. It's lovely to be known for such diametrically opposite roles. Votes: 1

Every actress has to face the facts there are younger, more beautiful girls right behind you. Once you've gone beyond the vanity of the business, you'll take on the tough roles. Votes: 1

I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman. Votes: 1

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged. Votes: 1

Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress. Votes: 1

I've been quite lucky in that I've managed to tick off a few of my dream roles, really. Beyond that, you wait for the next script to come in that will have the dream role that you don't know exists yet, I suppose. Votes: 1

So as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve. I want to work with people that frighten me and excite me, and characters that I don't believe I'm the best person for the part but I'm still gonna try anyway. Those are my favorite roles. Votes: 1

The roles of art, morality, religion, political faith, science itself are not to repair organic exhaustion nor to provide sound functioning of the organs. All this supraphysical life is built and expanded not because of the demands of the cosmic environment but because of the demands of the social environment. Votes: 1

I like to do new things, so I always take on roles that I feel will keep me on my toes. I never want to pigeon myself, so I always like to surprise myself. I believe in versatility and so I would play anything as long as it was a challenge. Votes: 1

Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament. Votes: 1

We've never thought too deeply about the roles things like forgetting or partisanship or inefficiency or ambiguity or hypocrisy play in our political or social life. It's been impossible to get rid of them, so we took them for granted, and we kind of thought, naively, that they're always the enemy. Votes: 1

I don't think I ever expected anything like an Oscar ever, to tell you the truth. That is not my motivation when I do these roles. I really am motivated by being able to work with great people and create a body of work that I can look back and be proud of. Votes: 1

The way I look at - speaking as a woman - I understand what it means to be a daughter, and to be a wife, and to be a mother, and also to be a career woman. The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset. Votes: 1

I love playing odd roles. Votes: 0

I choose my roles carefully. Votes: 0

I'm always attracted to anti-hero roles. Votes: 0

I've had some physically challenging roles. Votes: 0

I choose roles that are not me. Votes: 0

I want to have roles in English. Votes: 0

I play a huge variety of roles. Votes: 0

Some roles have been with me forever Votes: 0

I play a huge variety of roles Votes: 0

I've refused roles because they're too simplistic. Votes: 0

I haven't only been offered Hasidic roles. Votes: 0

Women are responsible for creating their own roles. Votes: 0

In planning an attack, persons have various roles. Votes: 0

Women are responsible for creating their own roles Votes: 0

Experience matters for some roles and not others. Votes: 0

I'm 51 now, so there are less roles available. Votes: 0

There just arent that many Jesus roles around. Votes: 0

I'm always trying to look for different roles. Votes: 0

I have never been interested in specific roles. Votes: 0

There are not many good roles for women. Votes: 0

I would be happy to play any roles. Votes: 0

I had two roles for which I compromised. Votes: 0

Not all roles you do can be chocolate sweet. Votes: 0

Music has as many roles as people make it. Votes: 0

You become megastars when superstars start reprising your roles. Votes: 0

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny Votes: 0

When dogs fulfill their roles they are ecstatically happy. Votes: 0

I'm wildly impressed with the diversity of gay roles. Votes: 0

I try to avoid typecasting by doing different roles. Votes: 0

You don't get the good roles when you're beautiful. Votes: 0

I played teen roles until high definition came out. Votes: 0

I do so many roles, I can't be typecast. Votes: 0

Who are we beyond the roles that we play? Votes: 0

When dogs fulfill their roles they are ecstatically happy." Votes: 0

I don't choose roles. I go where I'm wanted. Votes: 0

I like roles that people don't recognize me in. Votes: 0

I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles. Votes: 0

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about. Votes: 0

I love roles where I have to transform myself. Votes: 0

As an actress I take roles I find interesting. Votes: 0

I find it hard to do small roles sometimes. Votes: 0

I definitely would like to do some more dramatic roles. Votes: 0

I want to constantly be surprising people with different roles. Votes: 0

A thinker reverses roles and sees the perspectives of others. Votes: 0

Actors don’t retire. They just get offered fewer roles. Votes: 0

I can't do victim roles - it makes me sick. Votes: 0

I'll ask you if you can play some speaking roles. Votes: 0

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new. Votes: 0

Female roles in comedies are usually quite silly, I think. Votes: 0

I've stayed away from sexy roles. It's never interested me. Votes: 0

There are not many roles where women are really active. Votes: 0

I get to do interesting roles and make a living. Votes: 0

A lot of the times, roles are chosen for us. Votes: 0

It's hard to win awards if there are no roles. Votes: 0

I'm blessed to have cool roles in these big movies. Votes: 0

I want to do all roles. The skys the limit. Votes: 0

What I'm normally associated with are darker, more brooding roles. Votes: 0

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age. Votes: 0

I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles. Votes: 0

I just try to play more and more difficult roles. Votes: 0

Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed. Votes: 0

But it is not conscious strategy to go for unconventional roles. Votes: 0

Certainly, old age is often incompatible with certain roles and responsibilities. Votes: 0

people share a common nature but are trained in gender roles. Votes: 0

I like dark, dramatic roles; they're just really powerful and real. Votes: 0

I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity. Votes: 0

I always look for reality. I look for plain truthful roles. Votes: 0

Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles. Votes: 0

It's weird when you get roles that coincide with your life. Votes: 0

I can't complain about the roles that have come my way. Votes: 0

It is not easy to age in harmony with one's roles. Votes: 0

I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role. Votes: 0

Every actor wants to be everybody - play all the roles. Votes: 0

Well, my favorite roles so far are Lucas and Lost Boys. Votes: 0

I don't pick my roles by genre; that's kind of silly. Votes: 0

I don't have any sort of calculus in choosing film roles. Votes: 0

I'm attracted to roles where I don't have to wear makeup. Votes: 0

I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them! Votes: 0

I longed to break out of the system and do different roles. Votes: 0

I like a lot of Tom Cruise's roles, he's this action hero. Votes: 0

I've made a career of taking roles that other actresses didn't want. Votes: 0

What attracts me specifically to roles is the heart of the character. Votes: 0

There weren't roles for females in comedies for a really long time. Votes: 0

Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother. Votes: 0

I've rarely played glamorous roles. I don't mind looking plain on camera. Votes: 0

I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles. Votes: 0

Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles. Votes: 0

I try to make all of my roles likeable in some way. Votes: 0

I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other. Votes: 0

I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish, Votes: 0

2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw. Votes: 0

It's nice, though, getting older and being able to do different roles. Votes: 0

For whatever reason I tend to get roles that are more damaged. Votes: 0

For every role you get, there are five roles that you don't. Votes: 0

I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered. Votes: 0

I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered Votes: 0

I've done different conventions and had smaller roles in different sci-fi things. Votes: 0

I always feel that the best roles are written for white guys. Votes: 0

You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there. Votes: 0

Before 'Animal Kingdom,' I wasn't particularly thought of in villainous roles. Votes: 0

I'm good with all my roles, I've never had a bad role. Votes: 0

Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment. Votes: 0

Let's start creating better roles that accurately depict people we know so closely. Votes: 0

If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be. Votes: 0

One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs. Votes: 0

I want roles that challenge people to question where they are in life. Votes: 0

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance. Votes: 0

The best roles have risks... and those are the parts I'm interested in. Votes: 0

I'm just looking for interesting roles and giving acting the respect it deserves. Votes: 0

The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films. Votes: 0

Beauty was never really my trip. Maybe those roles are attracted to me? Votes: 0

I've only ever done out-and-out serious roles. I've played, like, five serial killers. Votes: 0

God uses prisons to train people for future roles of leadership or martyrdom. Votes: 0

Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies. Votes: 0

It's hard to prove yourself when the substance isn't there in certain roles. Votes: 0

A successful self-publisher must fill three roles: Author, Publisher, and Entrepreneur"”or APE. Votes: 0

Women in leadership roles can help restore balance and wholeness to our communities. Votes: 0

I don't really have any dream roles. It's just things, which come up. Votes: 0

Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy. Votes: 0

More power to the people who get to choose their roles. I don't. Votes: 0

I don't think I do that much to prepare for roles in general. Votes: 0

I think I have a lot to offer doing supporting roles as well. Votes: 0

When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles. Votes: 0

Emasculation does seem to be a theme in the roles that I choose. Votes: 0

I love making films, but the best roles are hard to come by. Votes: 0

I am drawn to roles that are strong, intelligent, and a little edgy. Votes: 0

I most often land up taking up the roles that I most detest. Votes: 0

Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles. Votes: 0

I love taking on roles that I haven't yet done in my career. Votes: 0

Every man plays many roles. So far, I have played father the best. Votes: 0

I had to do two roles in two days, I'm in a hairflux. Votes: 0

There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed. Votes: 0

I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown. Votes: 0

I like to disappear in my roles because I don't have an assistant. Votes: 0

I know at some point I would like to take on more dramatic roles. Votes: 0

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters. Votes: 0

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses. Votes: 0

It's true that I'm drawn to unusual stories. Normal roles don't really attract me. Votes: 0

My sexual nature is irrelevant. I'm an actor, I play roles, fragments of myself. Votes: 0

I'm always being asked to play roles or characters that I don't really resemble. Votes: 0

I like to play roles different from myself so I can hide behind them. Votes: 0

I've spent all my life playing roles that illustrious people have played before me. Votes: 0

I got into acting for the different scenarios and roles and meeting different people. Votes: 0

I'm naturally athletic, and I think playing strong, female roles just kind of happened. Votes: 0

I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person. Votes: 0

It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom. Votes: 0

There's no time in life to do all the roles I'd like to play. Votes: 0

It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women. Votes: 0

I want to be an actor who always tries the best regardless of roles. Votes: 0

I would love to play more nerd roles, as well as action hero roles. Votes: 0

I like the way that different people recognise me for the roles I done. Votes: 0

I might play a lot of dramatic roles, but I'm really sort of silly. Votes: 0

I overhaul myself for my roles. Sooner or later, I will get my due. Votes: 0

But when I think of superchicks, I think of the roles, not the variety. Votes: 0

I like the way that different people recognise me for the roles I done Votes: 0

I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am. Votes: 0

It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women Votes: 0

My first four roles were all nice guys, Raggedy Man being one of them. Votes: 0

If people liked seeing me in loverboy roles, I don't intend to break that. Votes: 0

When I was younger and more tortured, I wanted to suffer in my roles. Votes: 0

I can't worry about whether roles will be there for me when I'm older. Votes: 0

It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women. Votes: 0

The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film. Votes: 0

The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play. Votes: 0

Not a lot of people make that transition from child actor to bigger, better roles. Votes: 0

I don't want to play only Latin women. I want to have roles in English. Votes: 0

I get offered a lot of black roles, because apparently I don't look Latino enough. Votes: 0

I could play Arab roles, even German roles, Italian roles because I had that look. Votes: 0

I find myself more and more interested only in roles which move the world forward. Votes: 0

You know sometimes it's not the bigger roles that give you the most satisfaction, yeah? Votes: 0

People, unprotected by their roles, become isolated in beauty and intellect and illness and confusion. Votes: 0

There's enough of a willingness in the West to do sympathetic movies about Arab roles. Votes: 0

Perhaps I have managed some sort of longevity because I haven't won the lead roles. Votes: 0

I know I can't play funny roles in movies. I tried, and it didn't work. Votes: 0

I don't think roles help you resolve your issues. I just think they're good markers. Votes: 0

As for dream roles, they usually just speak to you. I just crave complex characters. Votes: 0

Television allowed me to kick the Hollywood habit of typing an actor in certain roles. Votes: 0

I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence. Votes: 0

I get offered a lot of black roles, because apparently I dont look Latino enough. Votes: 0

There's a certain comfort in being in supporting roles because it's not all on you. Votes: 0

I don't really give much thought to the roles that I'd ideally love to play. Votes: 0

Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother. Votes: 0

Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that. Votes: 0

I really like trying to find the roles that are actually really meaningful to me. Votes: 0

Of all the roles I've done on the stage, I'm partial to Cyrano de Bergerac. Votes: 0

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal. Votes: 0

I like to play different types roles, but I'd like to do a comedy next. Votes: 0

I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging. Votes: 0

There is so much freedom I enjoy in theatre. In films, the roles are limited. Votes: 0

I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me. Votes: 0

You don't pass up roles that give you the opportunity to stretch and to grow. Votes: 0

There is no question that the older you get, the fewer good roles there are. Votes: 0

There are a million roles I haven't played yet that I would love to play! Votes: 0

I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality. Votes: 0

As you get older, there are different types of roles in people's lives at certain ages. Votes: 0

My job is to play many different roles with all sorts of different backgrounds and orientations. Votes: 0

At about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers Votes: 0

As soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles. Votes: 0

I'm attracted to strong female roles: females that aren't necessarily defined by their relationships with men. Votes: 0

I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles. Votes: 0

I single handedly revolutionised women's roles in the WWE, before me all women were eye candy. Votes: 0

I'd love to play more challenging roles, characters that would stretch my comfort zone and imagination. Votes: 0

I'm way more attracted to character stuff and darker roles. It's just my personality, I guess. Votes: 0

At about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers. Votes: 0

I want to get away from the high school thing and do other types of roles. Votes: 0

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles. Votes: 0

After 9/11 and the impending actors' strike of a few years ago, roles dried up for everyone. Votes: 0

Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too. Votes: 0

Some roles require a building from the foundation up; it really doesn't come to you easily. Votes: 0

Theater actors like to change character roles. They don't like to always do the same thing. Votes: 0

There are not that many roles in comedies that are completely driven by a young actress. Votes: 0

The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it's unfortunate there isn't more color-blind casting. Votes: 0

I wouldn't say I'm drawn to dark roles, and it's not like I pick and choose. Votes: 0

Having been Scully for such a long time, I have to prove myself in other roles. Votes: 0

I never wanted to be an actress who complained about the lack of roles for women. Votes: 0

Newness inspires me. New opportunities. New places. New experiences. Learning new things, new skills. New roles! Votes: 0

I'm looking forward to a future where there are roles of greater vulnerability and humor involved. Votes: 0

We don't consider the roles that we're taking in making the world the way it is. Votes: 0

You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them. Votes: 0

But no, I don't think I'm particularly drawn to the period roles or the medieval roles. Votes: 0

Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles. Votes: 0

Why people pick me for the roles that they do is a bit of a mystery. Votes: 0

But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character. Votes: 0

I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women. Votes: 0

Leaders empower individuals by building trust and coaching competence in their job roles and networking skills. Votes: 0

Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along. Votes: 0

I need something different [roles], always something just slightly different, that pushes you and challenges you. Votes: 0

I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles. Votes: 0

I think I've always just been kinda geeky and got to play some mildly appealing roles. Votes: 0

Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them. Votes: 0

I've been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I've later regretted. Votes: 0

Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood. Votes: 0

I love different roles, just getting into it, something that's the complete opposite of who I am. Votes: 0

Women have traditionally took secondary roles to men. I want to be the boss not the secretary. Votes: 0

I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at. Votes: 0

We have a problem now with parents stealing their kids' CDs, so the roles have been reversed. Votes: 0

I look for roles that show women as independent, informed, and free to make their own decisions. Votes: 0

I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades. Votes: 0

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men. Votes: 0

We have a problem now with parents stealing their kids' CDs, so the roles have been reversed. Votes: 0

I need to make sure that I'm taking roles that I feel like I can communicate through. Votes: 0

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately. Votes: 0

Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships. Votes: 0

I have said to my agents, 'I want to work. I want to play character roles.' Votes: 0

I don"t feel like there are a tremendous amount of roles for the size I am. Votes: 0

No one's calling me for lawyer roles. I still have a lot to do to prove myself. Votes: 0

The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important roles to play for a young actor. Votes: 0

I avoid roles that might send me down a road where I might end up being typecast. Votes: 0

Love is leading. People think it has to be two different roles but it is the same. Votes: 0

I know I'm responsible for not having got the kind of roles that I'd have liked to. Votes: 0

My goal is to just keep playing roles that are different from the roles I've played before. Votes: 0

I'm not George Clooney, so I can't just pick and choose. I take roles where they occur. Votes: 0

I really want to play interesting roles, but you want to work, so it's a balancing game. Votes: 0

There's a crowd of people harbored in each person There are so many roles that we play. Votes: 0

I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited. Votes: 0

When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting ... It's a challenge. Votes: 0

It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles. Votes: 0

There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right. Votes: 0

I'm pretty sure a lot of directors would be thrilled to cast age appropriate roles. I am. Votes: 0

I've been blessed to have done different roles, but I don't think people see me as funny. Votes: 0

I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles. Votes: 0

God is using your present circumstances to make you more useful for later roles in His unfolding story. Votes: 0

In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks. Votes: 0

I've always wanted to do all kinds of roles, dramatic roles and comedic roles, all kinds of roles. Votes: 0

I can't keep myself from playing roles. The emotionless decadent, looking for diversion from boredom, is a favorite. Votes: 0

I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed Votes: 0

I love roles where I am required to prepare physically. And it's fun putting on weight and eating. Votes: 0

The more comedic roles come easier to me though because I see myself as a silly, easy-going person. Votes: 0

I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed. Votes: 0

I don't ever get the great looking lawyer roles because I've got a thick neck from playing football. Votes: 0

I've been lucky enough to play many different roles from darker characters to family orientated shows to comedy. Votes: 0

I don't think there are that many awesome roles out there, whether we're talking about movies or TV. Votes: 0

I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really alive. Votes: 0

I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh. Votes: 0

Lifestyles and sex roles are passed from parents to children as inexorably as blue eyes or small feet. Votes: 0

In western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories. Votes: 0

I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time. Votes: 0

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life. Votes: 0

Society created the prison in its own image; will history, with its penchant for paradox, reverse those roles? Votes: 0

A lot of straight actors are actively searching for gay roles because it is something different to do. Votes: 0

Certain roles are more challenging than others, but I haven't come across one yet that I can't tackle. Votes: 0

I guess I've always been drawn to roles that have smart characters commenting on what's happening around them. Votes: 0

You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. Votes: 0

For nearly eight decades, I've had the great fortune of playing thousands of roles before millions of people. Votes: 0

I want roles without anger and feistiness. I want to show weakness and sadness, some love, some happiness. Votes: 0

It's interesting when you go out into the world and see which of your roles have affected people. Votes: 0

I admire Brad Pitt. He hasn't just done leading-man hunky roles; he's done a lot of edgier things. Votes: 0

I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles. Votes: 0

I hope to have some more cracks at some wonderful roles before I go to the Great Beyond. Votes: 0

I speak to my agent about great roles, and he's like, 'They are all going to Will Smith. Votes: 0

The last couple of roles I missed out on went to Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Biel and Olivia Wilde. Votes: 0

If I only get to play Malaysian roles, there wouldn't be very many roles for me to play. Votes: 0

People see me in powerful roles. That's what people want to see. That's what I want to do. Votes: 0

You go up for hundreds, thousands of roles, and you get told no, no, no, so many times. Votes: 0

I love character roles. I'm happier in them. I look for roles that have some kind of complexity. Votes: 0

I think there are roles there; we just have to choose them. We have to fight for them. Votes: 0

I don't know what the future holds. I just try to do roles that I haven't done before. Votes: 0

I liked acting early on, and I really liked roles that were meaningful to me, and 'Baywatch' was. Votes: 0

I feel that in order to truly be an actor, you have to differentiate yourself and your roles. Votes: 0

What you aim for, as an actor, is to be able to play a range of different roles. Votes: 0

You can not make me pick between my roles! That is like making me pick between my children! Votes: 0

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. Votes: 0

I've always done roles that really appealed to me on a gut level and which I found inspiring. Votes: 0

We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get. Votes: 0

I want to work hard, and when good roles come along I don't want to pass them up. Votes: 0

Actually, my favourite roles have been in theatre, but on TV, my faves were Slap Maxwell and Larry Sanders. Votes: 0

The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset. Votes: 0

I tend to land roles that are somewhat villainous for some reason. Usually, people blame it on the accent. Votes: 0

We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp. Votes: 0

You look at people like Gena Rowlands, but she had [John] Cassavetes to write these amazing roles for her. Votes: 0

Just because we are women doesn't mean the only roles we can play are that of the finger-shaking girlfriend. Votes: 0

I speak to my agent about great roles, and he's like, 'They are all going to Will Smith.' Votes: 0

You couldn't even write me a paper about the roles you would dream of playing in modern musical theatre. Votes: 0

Our society and institutions are built to push men and women into different roles. We need to change that. Votes: 0

It's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit. Votes: 0

There are a couple of roles I haven't played that I want to. I would love to play Shiloh. Votes: 0

I've always played different kinds of roles, and I probably played more vulnerable parts when I was really young. Votes: 0

Most people's personalities and roles are locked by the time they're nine or 10. I think there's something to that. Votes: 0

I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts. Votes: 0

I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts Votes: 0

Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me. Votes: 0

One of the things you hope you've done as a playwright is create roles that can sustain different interpretations. Votes: 0

One of the interesting things is, the most gifted people, the biggest people, have no problem taking small roles. Votes: 0

A lot of the time, in the past, I have played the pretty blonde in a lot of roles. Votes: 0

The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you're in this heavy headspace all the time. Votes: 0

The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process. Votes: 0

I have no specific ideas in mind of what I will or won't do; it's all about the roles. Votes: 0

The roles... the deep roles that I've gotten to play have turned my course. They've changed my life experience. Votes: 0

I had to learn how to modulate my performances and interpretations of these roles in auditions for the camera. Votes: 0

Boyhood proves that there's still good roles for women over 40, as long as you get hired when you're under 40. Votes: 0

I'm never offered any sort of roles. I need to audition in a typically lengthy process to receive roles. Votes: 0

Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take. Votes: 0

Start-up teams are always in flux, so, like all start-ups, we're always talking to candidates for various key roles. Votes: 0

If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life. Votes: 0

All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men. Votes: 0

I'm going to create my own opportunities. If I can't find the roles I want, I'll just make them. Votes: 0

My life and work are not separate. I just have more roles than other people. And I have photographs. Votes: 0

Like every actor, you get notorious for maybe one role and then get offered a lot of similar roles. Votes: 0

Three bloody roles, Scrum has, and only three. If you can't get that right, don't call it Scrum, OK? Votes: 0

My objective was to have as varied a selection of roles as possible. It probably did hurt my career. Votes: 0

Assuming roles is something that simply won't work for me, since I don't have a style. None at all. Votes: 0

We did many of our own stunts. We had our hands full. In fact, the roles were physically demanding. Votes: 0

To be an actor you need four things: energy, concentration, a lot of luck and, of course, good roles. Votes: 0

If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles. Votes: 0

I know actors who have had to turn down good roles because they just don't pay enough. It's hard. Votes: 0

I always did plays, I got the comedic roles in college ... or, uh, the ones that would get naked. Votes: 0

I usually do get to play the very sweet, charming roles... but I'm not an obvious kind of villain. Votes: 0

It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son. Votes: 0

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago. Votes: 0

I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people. Votes: 0

Thats the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles. Votes: 0

I started getting more in tune with who I am by doing roles or even just being around people. Votes: 0

The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older. Votes: 0

I put a lot of faith in dreams. I know that big movie roles and opportunities are going to happen. Votes: 0

The roles that are written for women as they grow older in theater are much richer and much more powerful. Votes: 0

I've been told I'm too good looking for certain roles, but that's okay, it just motivates me to go deeper. Votes: 0

Human society as a whole is a vast brainwashing machine whose semantic rules and sex roles create a social robot. Votes: 0

At drama school, I always picked the really evil roles. It's a great way to deal with your everyday emotions. Votes: 0

One of the author's most ancient roles is to call the community to account for its hypocrisies and bad faith ... Votes: 0

I created 'The Guild' because nobody was offering me the roles I thought I could do best at in Hollywood. Votes: 0

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films Votes: 0

In any film, there are 10 male roles for 1 female role, especially in the action films. They're heavy with the guys. Votes: 0

It's a blessing to be given a variety of roles to what I call an iconic action actor like myself. Votes: 0

All the roles are for boys. The girls' roles are either small or all the same. There's just nothing interesting. Votes: 0

I come from a huge theater background. The whole action and stunt world just came as the roles were available. Votes: 0

I've always found a cornucopia of roles open to me. Wait--did I just say cornucopia? I think I meant plethora. Votes: 0

I have to save the parts of my soul that are left for the good roles and the true love. Votes: 0

So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you. Votes: 0

I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam. Votes: 0

I don't like to be disparaging about my past roles. That's the only taboo that I don't like to cross. Votes: 0

As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't. Votes: 0

I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that. Votes: 0

I've been told I'm too good looking for certain roles, but that's okay. It just motivates me to go deeper. Votes: 0

I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing. Votes: 0

The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldnt get any roles other than as somebody dark. Votes: 0

I just don't think of myself as an actor much at all, so I don't lust after any particular roles. Votes: 0

I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles. Votes: 0

I was so spoiled in a way. I worked very hard, but there was just a wealth of great roles. Votes: 0

What I want to do is play roles as a black man, instead of playing black man's roles. You know? Votes: 0

I don't want to play sex roles any more. I'm tired of being known as the girl with the shape. Votes: 0

I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend. Votes: 0

I don't use my writing career as a vehicle to get me acting work or to write roles for myself. Votes: 0

I'm attracted to those kinds of roles that could be good or could be bad, and you just don't know. Votes: 0

MGM never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles, but cast me in programme pictures. Votes: 0

If by chance people would still offer me roles, I'd still like to do them. But if not, that's OK. Votes: 0

The three roles that I have always admired are Valjean, Phantom and Jesus and I've enjoyed them all so much. Votes: 0

As a country and as a world, we are not comfortable with women in leadership roles. We call little girls bossy. Votes: 0

As we create synergy among the roles of our lives, there's more of us to put into the time we have. Votes: 0

People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding. Votes: 0

I know that my look is more 'toothpaste model' as opposed to artsy, which sucks because I can play those roles. Votes: 0

Her parents had basically abdicated their roles as guardians and she was building a bomb. In order to kill a poodle. Votes: 0

There's still a bit of a problem, in that so many leading English roles are taken by American or French actresses. Votes: 0

I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me Votes: 0

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list. Votes: 0

I get better roles in television. I'm not going to do a lesser role just to be in a feature film. Votes: 0

Quite often I play roles that require quite a degree of emotional exposure, and they can be very difficult to do. Votes: 0

I don't sit around complaining about the lack of good roles. I will play Raj 85 times and still make him different. Votes: 0

I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles. Votes: 0

There is a sense of call to take leadership roles. You're serving people and submitting to God as best you can. Votes: 0

My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character. Votes: 0

These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played. Votes: 0

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about. Life is too short to do things that you're not happy with. Votes: 0

I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films. Votes: 0

It was great to play an ex-marine cockney thug. All my roles are as different as the colours of the rainbow. Votes: 0

I'm always looking to do different roles and play around a little bit. That's always the fun part of my job. Votes: 0

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films. Votes: 0

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West. Votes: 0

Even though these days I'm very selective about what roles I want to do, I will do Stargate anytime they call. Votes: 0

My roles are in some way like children to me. You don't ever really want to scrape one off your shoe. Votes: 0

People say, "How come you play bad guys so much?" And I say, "Well, have you seen many Asian good-guy roles?" Votes: 0

There are some roles you just don't say 'no' to. Those compass points: you get them so rarely as an actress. Votes: 0

When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn't want to play. Votes: 0

We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies. Votes: 0

I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out. Votes: 0

I have to be careful not to do so many comedy airhead roles from now on. I've turned down a couple already. Votes: 0

Maybe because Im a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth. Votes: 0

Maybe because I'm a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth. Votes: 0

I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out. Votes: 0

I didn't want to get stuck in pretty, public school roles, or I knew I'd end up as some sort of caricature. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now. Votes: 0

It was certainly a good death scene. I'm endlessly perishing in roles but it's a wonderful thing to be asked to do. Votes: 0

I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person. Votes: 0

Of course men play roles, but women play roles too, blanker ones. They have, in the play of life, fewer good lines. Votes: 0

M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures. Votes: 0

I started writing In Darkness out of a frustration of the quality of roles that I was reading in scripts for women. Votes: 0

I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles. Votes: 0

I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough. Votes: 0

My love is for acting not money, so I only take on roles that I find challenging, in stories I find interesting. Votes: 0

If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time. Votes: 0

I was lucky enough to have a plethora of types of roles before and during the horror movie part of my career. Votes: 0

The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it. Votes: 0

I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that. Votes: 0

I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy. Votes: 0

I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting. Votes: 0

In my life and in my career, I really love to play different roles. I never want to play the same role twice. Votes: 0

I like to think I've done a lot of different kinds of roles, but obviously I have done quite a lot of comedies. Votes: 0

There are so many roles on TV that I don't covet. I see them, and I'm glad I don't have to play them. Votes: 0

The moment you say, 'I want to do a role,' the story suffers. I don't set priorities in terms of roles or scripts. Votes: 0

I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a creative process. Votes: 0

Any acting roles will be few and far between until my kids are older and by then, who knows what I'll want to do? Votes: 0

Good roles are hard to come by, and whether they're a few lines or a lead, you snap 'em up when they come along Votes: 0

I came here knowing nobody. I worked clubs as a singer and even the doors a few times before I landed some TV roles. Votes: 0

I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it. Votes: 0

In the end, we are not the roles we play. We are the light that animates every soul in the dance we call life. Votes: 0

I'd rather do a lot of movies than a TV series and do a lot of different roles than be stuck in one TV thing. Votes: 0

I want to be strong enough to cope with the roles, but I don't want to be cast as the guy that takes his shirt off. Votes: 0