Roles Quotes
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So many (older) men and women are relegated to minor supporting roles, ... Christopher Walken. Look at him. He's a great actor and in a lot of films. But he's not starring in anything.
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I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies I see, and in the ones I am a part of.
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I like playing an array of different roles. From the fun, comedic roles to the serious roles. It's always fun to play the role that either closely represents your own personality or the role that is completely opposite of yourself.
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Of all the roles I've done on the stage, I'm partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.
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A thinker reverses roles and sees the perspectives of others.
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I'd love to play more challenging roles, characters that would stretch my comfort zone and imagination.
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I like roles that bring the unexpected. Roles that may challenge the way people think about things and perceive things. And I like roles that reflect a reality.
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Real equality in films is going to take time and will directly reflect our society. So ladies, please speak up at home, at work, at school, everywhere. As more women continue to find their place in Hollywood we have to keep pushing for more dynamic and strong women's roles.
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I don't think it's the court's perceived role to do some explaining of a political nature.
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I did some theatre. I had some smaller roles in a couple TV shows and films. I used to think I did a lot of acting, but my 'career' started when I started Homeland.
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My size is an asset to me. People write roles for me. If I was just another blond-haired, brown-eyed, 18-year-old actor, I'd be left unrecognized. People remember me.
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I'm looking forward to a future where there are roles of greater vulnerability and humor involved.
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I look for roles that show women as independent, informed, and free to make their own decisions.
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I've never seen a great actor do a major role that didn't cost a lot. They're sacrificial animals of a sort.
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It is the role of the poet to look at what is happening in the world and to know that quite other things are happening.
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Never give up. Just follow your dreams because this business can be so hard sometimes. It doesn't happen overnight where you get an audition or even a callback and get the role. It takes time.
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The media sells it and you live the role.
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Perhaps I have managed some sort of longevity because I haven't won the lead roles.
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If a person is right for a role, I don't care where they got their training.
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Hmm, limelight... No, I'm not Sienna Miller or Angelina Jolie. I'm very lucky and happy, but I still find it very difficult to get good scripts and good roles. It's really a jungle out there.
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I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish.
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I came in thinking about Bobby Ewing, but I love this Ray Krebbs role.
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I'm always just drawn to those roles that present one way and have many other things going on underneath. It's just more fun to play as an actor.
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I traveled and worked with amazing actors, like Andy Garcia, Alec Baldwin, Brendan Fraser, Forest Whitaker, Lee Pace. It was this great learning experience. And then, I started watching a lot of television. I was always in these foreign countries and I would get TV shows on DVD, and I started to realize that all of the amazing roles for women were on television. I was spoiled by Buffy because I thought that was the way it was everywhere, and it's not.
