Roles Quotes
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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 don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them!
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When a homemaking aunt scolds a niece for following her evangelistic passion instead of domestic pursuits, her reply is interesting. First, she clarifies that God's individual call on her doesn't condemn those in more conventional roles. Then, she says she can no more ignore the cry of the lost than her aunt can the cry of her child.
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It's quite hard to find a ballsy or complex character. So the roles I've taken are those. Lot's of people put me in the dark category.
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You don't get the good roles when you're beautiful.
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I'm always nervous taking on a period role because it's difficult to research - you can't observe it, go out and see it. But it's satisfying because eventually you think, 'I got there.
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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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You have to take an active role in making yourself happy. That's why I say happiness is a choice. Because you have to choose it.
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[Hillary Clinton] is hinted a little bit about what his Bill Clinton role might be, but just a little bit.
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I'm a great believer in luck and the extraordinary role that plays in all of our lives.
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With film roles, it just has to be a character either I haven't done before, or a role with somebody really interesting or with an interesting person or group of people.
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I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take.
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Each role has its own different challenges.
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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 don't think I could keep my position as a well-standing man in the world if I thought there were roles for men and women.
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I can't dance like Hrithik Roshan. I don't have the necessary glamour like some of the other actors do. They are able to sell themselves on that aspect. I do roles and films which are very realistic. So, in those films, if you don't get into the skin of it, they won't look convincing.
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In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets.
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I think their pasts are treated with a voice that sees their role as those of innocents. That's reflected in the past time sequences. They're less "written."
