Roles Quotes
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My faith has cost me a lot of money. Because I do creative roles, and I guess someone could think of me as, I could play bawdy, I could play rough around the edges. And so they think, 'Oh, she'll do this. It'll be so funny.' And I'm like, 'I'm not doing that.'
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There are others who take up that liberating role. I have no time to spend for that.
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I'm not one of those actors who's very good at having a list of roles that I want to play someday - which is bad, because I really need to do it. I have people in theaters ask me what I want to do and I don't have an answer!
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People see me in powerful roles. That's what people want to see. That's what I want to do.
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I feel lucky that I've managed to get the roles I've wanted.
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I won't be satisfied with only commercial roles.
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I remember I was like five or six years old; I played the devil. That was my first role.
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I'm a character actress. It doesn't mean I can't do leading roles; I don't think of myself as a leading lady.
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It's hard to win awards if there are no roles.
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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.
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I don't want to limit myself. I want to keep doing all sorts of roles. I guess what lies behind this urge is the conviction that movies have changed my life. And certain performances have inspired me to try to be someone different.
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The bigger the movies you're in, the chances are better at getting more diverse roles.
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I don't necessarily wait for that massive leading role. I want to keep the juices flowing.
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When you put a group of actors together who get along, and we have since day one, they don't become like their roles. What tends to happen is their age disappears and they all deal with each other as friends.
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I play a huge variety of roles
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I'm an actor, and I don't look at myself as providing comic relief. I have done diverse and dark roles such as a psycho, murderer, and others in films such as 'Don', 'Eklavya' and '3 Idiots.'
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When you choose to do a role, I think you can either be that person or have the potential of being that person.
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It's funny because when I first met with Carmen, she said, "Have you ever thought about doing TV?" And I was like, "No, not really, but I'd audition for TV." And she said, "That's where the roles are for women now. That's where you can go and get a really great part."
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We understand that athletes aren't necessarily role models, but we at least expect them to abide by the basic laws of the state.
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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.
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I am not an actress who only wants to do lead roles.
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My values are non-negotiable. And if it means not getting a role, it means not getting a role.
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I give everything to my work, and I like complex roles, characters that aren't obvious. I've been very lucky so far, and I'm dreaming of working with directors like Jane Campion, Susanne Bier and the Dardennes. But the gods will decide.
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I don't think guys inherently don't want to clean. I think the roles are most definitely changing, but I think in a good relationship, it's never been defined as 'a lady does this and a guy does this.' I think, in most working, healthy relationships, everybody does a little bit of everything.
