Roles Quotes

• I think it's great when dramatic actors do lighter, funny roles.

  

  Noureen DeWulf
  • Actor
  • Roles
  • Dramatic

• If I am meant to do a Bollywood film, I will get it. If not, I won't. I really don't differentiate between industries. As long as I get roles that give me a high, I enjoy it.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Bollywood
  • Industries
  • Differentiate

• My association with Playboy is great for getting the pretty girl roles but for anything more serious like hosting, not everyone likes that.

  

  Karen McDougal
  • Girl
  • Association
  • Playboy

• Mum asks why I am so often cast in adulterous roles. I think it must be because I am fairly flirty.

  

  Orla Brady
  • Roles
  • Flirty
  • Adulterous

• The state treasurer has authority to weigh in and take leadership roles on taxing and spending legislation.

  

  Walker Stapleton
  • Leadership
  • Authority
  • Roles

• It's a true testament to say that there are no small roles in Hollywood. People say, "Oh, I just said one line." or "I was walking in the background." Don't deny humble beginnings.

  

  Brely Evans
  • Hollywood
  • Beginnings
  • Testament

• There's something really incredible about watching what someone else does with a role that we know: the Hamlets or the Henry Vs or the Othellos or the Cleopatras that we've seen on stage.

  

  Kevin Spacey
  • Knows
  • Doe
  • Incredibles

• I feel like I've had a number of roles in suits, which is hilarious to the people who know me, because it couldn't be further from who I am and what I wear. I think that Aaron Sorkin is, to a certain extent, responsible.

  

  Clark Gregg
  • People
  • Hilarious
  • Aaron Sorkin

• I tend to turn down roles that are too much like me, what I think is most like me anyhow, because I'm me all the time and I'm sick of it.

  

  Campbell Scott
  • Time
  • Sick
  • Tend

• I try to do as many different roles as the system will allow me. That's the benefit of not being in a giant blockbuster where you're the lead and you get typecast in that kind of role. I am able to slip in or out of a lot of different parts.

  

  Patrick Wilson
  • Different
  • System
  • Blockbuster

• My roles in the '80s were, like, gender dysphoric. I wasn't pretty, I wasn't this, I wasn't that. And I am kind of butchy, you know. That's just my thing.

  

  Pamela Adlon
  • Gender
  • Dysphoric
  • Kind of butchy

• You have to start with the notion that you pick the actor who's going to embody the role, the best person that you can find. If you don't start with that then it sort of defies the whole purpose of trying to make the best film that you can make.

  

  Christopher Meledandri
  • Trying
  • Purpose
  • Film

• I love the physicality side of roles, I really do, And when I get to do my own stunts, it's that much cooler. I'll do anything the production safety people will let me.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Safety
  • Will
  • Production

• I had to gain weight until I looked like a seal so I could compete with the real whores who played the other roles. I was fat as a barrel.

  

  Victoria Abril
  • Real
  • Gain
  • Complete

• The Queens Of The Stone Age have teamed up with multimedia wizard brain Liam Lynch to make the video for 'Burn The Witch' , a home-made affair that's just in time for Halloween. For the band, playing both the roles of cast and crew paid ginormous dividends, in the form of a video that cuts the heads off all contemporaries.

  

  Josh Homme Queens of the Stone Age
  • Halloween
  • Contemporaries
  • Multimedia

• I would love a recurring role on '90210.' I would say yes to just about any role in acting that doesn't tarnish my image.

  

  Vinny Guadagnino
  • Acting
  • Roles
  • Recurring

• I feel very secure about the role of the actor in the future. They need us, because stories are about people.

  

  William H. Macy
  • People
  • Feels
  • Needs

• I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids at the Old Vic.

  

  Kevin Spacey
  • Work
  • Kids
  • Teacher

• O.K., we had women's lib in the '60s, the women fought for their roles, they're out there in the work force. Now let's talk about how they're dealing with things as human beings.

  

  Kathy Bates
  • Work
  • Women
  • Force

• No artiste wants to be boxed. We thrive on challenging roles, and they can come from anywhere. I consider myself blessed to be recognised as a pan-Indian actor. Yes, it means more hard work, prepping more for the roles, but I'm all for it.

  

  Aditi Rao Hydari
  • Actor
  • Roles
  • Hard Work

• To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.

  

  Rita Mae Brown
  • Love
  • Power
  • Play

• I've done a lot of things for a very young audience so far, such as The Sarah Jane Adventures. I'm tiny and petite and I look very young, so I tend to attract those kinds of roles.

  

  Yasmin Paige
  • Done
  • Looks
  • Adventure

• Yes, you want to do studio movies, but I also want to grow as an actor, and an actress like me is not going to get roles where you grow and evolve in a studio film. It's just not gonna happen.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Want
  • Movies
  • Actor

• I was a weird but definite kid, and there were essentially no gender roles for me to fit into.

  

  Pamela Dean
  • Weird
  • Kid
  • Gender

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