Roles Quotes

• 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.

  

  Bokeem Woodbine
  • Reality
  • Challenge
  • Reflect

• 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.

  

  Carrie Preston
  • Present
  • Other
  • Going On

• 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.

  

  Sarah Michelle Gellar
  • Country
  • Actors
  • Realizing

• I look for roles that show women as independent, informed, and free to make their own decisions.

  

  Nicole Kidman
  • Women
  • Free
  • Decisions

• When people were very concerned about the violence against women, I encouraged people to stick with it because it was going somewhere and there was a reason why. It's all a commentary on gender roles and women and having to be the damsel or to stay on the ranch or to stay at home.

  

  Evan Rachel Wood
  • Reason
  • Violence
  • Ranch

• Perhaps I have managed some sort of longevity because I haven't won the lead roles.

  

  Selma Blair
  • Roles
  • Longevity

• Argentina and Brasil are both extremely good south american teams who'll play a central role at the worldcup.

  

  Thomas Müller
  • Team
  • Roles
  • South

• There's an idea about who I am that's eternally projected onto me, and then I almost feel like I have to fulfill that role. Even when things come out of my mouth, I want to be sure I'm saying exactly what I mean.

  

  Kristen Stewart
  • Mean
  • Ideas
  • Feels

• Every role that you play comes with its own set of challenges.

  

  Mireille Enos
  • Challenges
  • Roles

• I've learned a lot from doing the sitcom. I've learned so much about comedic timing. For all the movies I've done, I've played so many different roles. I love both, but I guess in my career maybe I want to stick more to film.

  

  Kaitlyn Dever
  • Different
  • Done
  • Career

• You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

  

  Viola Davis
  • Winning
  • Roles
  • Emmys

• I love making movies, and being in any that I can be in. I'd like to be in those giant movies, as the fifth or sixth lead, and have three or four killer scenes. You don't have the responsibility of the entire movie being on you. I like those roles. I'm shooting for the middle.

  

  Bill Burr
  • Responsibility
  • Scene
  • Middle

• I haven't always played nice guys. In 'Gremlins,' I was a conceited, pompous braggart, and I was a redneck chauvinist in the TV movie 'A Matter of Sex.' But I really prefer sympathetic roles.

  

  Judge Reinhold
  • Played
  • Prefer
  • Sympathetic

• 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.'

  

  Boman Irani
  • Actor
  • Comic
  • Relief

• I don't think there's anymore chocolate boy left in me... Like, if I do the roles on the screen that border on romance, it will be age-appropriate.

  

  R. Madhavan
  • Roles
  • Romance
  • Chocolate Boy

• The role at the DCCC as well as the role of chief deputy whip - I wouldn't be where I am in those spots if it were not for the speaker's approval.

  

  Joseph Crowley
  • Approval
  • Speakers
  • Chiefs

• The U.S. has become a defacto one-party state, with the legislative branch permanently controlled by an incumbent's party and every president exploiting his role as Commander-in-Chief to expand on the imperial prerogatives of his office.

  

  Andrew Bacevich
  • Party
  • President
  • Office

• When you're a musician and you go out onstage, and you're someone who loves attention, you are going to become a role model to some extent.

  

  Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill
  • Attention
  • Musician
  • Models

• Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear. And I beg them not to imitate me, because I'm not a good actor.

  

  Sergio Leone
  • Sometimes
  • Actors
  • Clear

• Although we can't control which roles are assigned to us, it must be our business to act our given role as best we possibly can and to refrain from complaining about it. Where ever you find yourself and in whatever circumstances, give an impeccable performance.

  

  Epictetus
  • Business
  • Circumstances
  • Roles

• I am very happy that I am getting to play such layered and demanding characters. I feel blessed that directors are trusting me with such roles.

  

  Vicky Kaushal
  • Characters
  • Directors
  • Trusting

• Creating my own roles, as an actor, is great. You're so at the mercy of other people, and you're waiting for a job. That's just a horrible way to live, so I just decided to take matters into my own hands, find my own projects, and create them myself, and then do other stuff that people might throw my way as well.

  

  Catherine Bell
  • Create
  • Own
  • Creating

• the one thing I've observed over the years is the best way to get an actor to not want to play a certain role is to offer it to them. That makes them say, "Well, maybe it's not that good. These guys don't want me to do this..."

  

  Wes Anderson
  • Play
  • Actors
  • Certain

• Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average American [should be] content with their humble role in life, because they're not tempted to think about any other role.

  

  William Torrey Harris
  • School
  • Humble
  • Historical

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