Roles Quotes
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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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Every role that you play comes with its own set of challenges.
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You don't get roles like leading character in 'Christine' very often because people don't really like women on film to be unlikable. I think Christine is lovable, but I don't think she's likable. I think there's a fundamental difference. For me, those are the richest ones. Men have had a career of doing those kind of things.
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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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I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and shoulders - no one wants to do it again. I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds.
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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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Sometimes it gets a little uncomfortable to not do everything. That was my modus operandi for many years, but I just feel like I want to do challenging roles.
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I try to stay away from the L.A. scene as much as possible. I feel it helps me to better prepare for my roles if I am not too involved in that whole thing.
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I just try to play more and more difficult roles.
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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 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.
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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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Traumatized people are terrified to feel deeply. They are afraid to experience their emotions, because emotions lead to loss of control. In contrast, theater is about embodying emotions, giving voice to them, becoming rhythmically engaged, taking on and embodying different 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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I've always played different kinds of roles, and I probably played more vulnerable parts when I was really young.
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I play a huge variety of roles
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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.
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There are roles that are terrifying because they're large or you may feel that they're out of your line, but I'm never terrified once the actual work begins. Once you begin rehearsal, then it's small building blocks. It's solving little problems one at a time.
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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'd like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family's the most important thing to me right now.
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To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.
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I wish writing was a talent that I had. I've tried. Unfortunately, I'm just not talented in the writing department. But, if I was, I would just write complicated roles for women because there's a lack of them.
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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 usually feel like the role comes to you to sort of illuminate some piece of where you are in your life. I feel like I myself am a single woman and I'm childless - by choice - at this point, and I don't know what will happen.
