Roles Quotes

• Well, no. I was getting into trouble messing around with it for roles. So one night I went home, cut it down with a pair of scissors and then got in the bath and shaved it all off. I've never looked back.

  

  Richard O'Brien
  • Cutting
  • Roles
  • Wells

• We understand that athletes aren't necessarily role models, but we at least expect them to abide by the basic laws of the state.

  

  Tim Pawlenty
  • Athlete
  • States
  • Models

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

  

  Paul Sorvino
  • People
  • Want
  • Powerful

• I have got one of those faces that change every day: you can dress me up, make me look vampy and then make me look 12 years old. But don't all women do this thing? We all take on these roles.

  

  Geri Halliwell Spice Girls
  • Change
  • Roles
  • Dress

• I've played a lot of younger, more coming-of-age roles as well as roles that aren't such an imposing physical presence.

  

  Josh Keaton
  • Roles
  • Presence
  • Imposing

• I think acting is overrated. I'm not sure I enjoyed it. You never get to write your own roles. It's wonderful for some people, but I found it nerve-wracking. I was too busy worrying that no one would give me their words to speak.

  

  Nina Conti
  • Acting
  • Speak
  • Roles

• If love is a play, this play, as old as the world, fiasco or not, it is, all in all, the least bad thing that has so far been found. The roles are trite, I admit, but if the play had no value the whole universe wouldn’t know it by heart.

  

  Alfred de Musset
  • Heart
  • Play
  • Universe

• I used to write on my resume that I was shorter than I was because I thought it would inhibit my roles, and as soon as I embraced that I am a tall female, I started getting really fantastic roles and really didn't even worry about wearing heels.

  

  Heather Doerksen
  • Roles
  • Resume

• I thought it was a cool parallel. Being replaced by the young thing. I know that definitely happens in Hollywood. It's harder to find good roles, and suddenly there's new girls. I'm at that age I've been warned my whole life about.

  

  Winona Ryder
  • Life
  • Roles
  • Girls

• I was brought to this team to take on different roles and do whatever I needed to do to help win a championship. I understood that.

  

  Antoine Walker
  • Win
  • Roles
  • Championship

• I love all my roles.

  

  Ornella Muti
  • I Love
  • Roles

• Most of the roles that I go for are Americans, so the first thing I had to do was pin down the American accent - which is obviously in 'Blue Crush 2.'

  

  Sasha Jackson
  • American
  • Roles
  • Accent

• There weren't roles for females in comedies for a really long time.

  

  Sandra Bullock
  • Comedy
  • Roles
  • Female

• I'm drawn to roles that people don't think I'm right for.

  

  Austin Pendleton
  • Roles
  • Drawn
  • Right For

• The bigger the movies you're in, the chances are better at getting more diverse roles.

  

  Haaz Sleiman
  • Movies
  • Roles
  • Chances

• There are so many huge roles in the theatre: if you've got the option to play Hedda Gabler on stage, why wouldn't you choose that over a three-line part in a Hollywood film as somebody's maid or somebody's wife or somebody's best friend?

  

  Eve Best
  • Friend
  • Theatre
  • Stage

• In a very real sense, there are only two roles in organisations: customers and suppliers. Everybody functions simultaneously in both roles, whether inside or outside the organisation the essence of good business, therefore, is the quality of the relationship between customer and supplier.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Real
  • Essence
  • Function

• I won't be satisfied with only commercial roles.

  

  Raashi Khanna
  • Roles
  • Satisfied
  • Commercial

• Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too.

  

  Studs Terkel
  • Book
  • Religion
  • Roles

• It's often women who are writing leading roles for women. Most of the stuff that comes my way is not actually about women. I'm just asked to be a supporting player in a story about a man, and I, frankly, was not interested in doing that.

  

  Carrie Coon
  • Men
  • Writing
  • Player

• I think it's just growth, and development, timing. I've been fortunate to be around for a long time. Allowed me to get better as an actor. Allowed me to play better roles.

  

  Morris Chestnut
  • Actor
  • Development
  • Fortunate

• I was in love with this character of Ray Krebbs. I wanted the part badly. I had done several Western films in my career at that point and there wasn't much opportunity then to play Western roles on television at that time.

  

  Steve Kanaly
  • Character
  • Opportunity
  • Play

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

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Balance
  • Roles
  • Synergy

• The philosophy of being able as a woman to decide what you want and being unashamed about making it happen was new. Most successful businessmen are in that role. 'No' is never perceived as the end of the line. 'No' just means picking a new avenue.

  

  Sharon Stone
  • Mean
  • Successful
  • Lines

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