Roles Quotes - Page 29

A person is either himself or not himself; is either rooted in his existence or is a fabrication; has either found his humanhood or is still playing with masks and roles and status symbols. And nobody is more aware of this difference (although unconsciously) than a child. Only an authentic person can evoke a good response in the core of the other person; only person is resonant to person.

It would have been very easy for me to put on a little tight skirt and go out and try what I always call the Barbie doll roles.

Although the many virtues that courtesans possessed were employed to defy circumstances, the role they played depended on the same circumstances over which they triumphed- conditions which to, fortunately for modern women, no longer exist.

The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances.

Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.

I have consciously not taken the role of a gangster, which has been offered to me far too many times.

The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.

The role of a retired person is no longer to possess one.

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people.

But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character.

I was very soft. I gained a lot of weight with my second child and was very on the couch. And [my manager] said, "You know, this is a softer role [in Misteress]. She is a softer character. She's a lesbian that's always the passive half of the relationship."

I don't think you should do things in your personal life differently because you're a role model.

My role model is my dad.

I'd like now and into the future to play a bigger role not only in Wisconsin and the Midwest, but nationally. I'd like to have an impact.

I'm so fascinated with the study of people and why they are the way they are. That's my research and my archaeology, if you will, when I get a role. I'm so excited to attack a part from every angle of what makes a person a person.

I was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do. I just felt envious, every time I saw a movie that I was in awe of, and it was usually a male lead. And those kinds of roles weren't available. They just weren't being written.

If there's an interesting role that comes up as a great support role in a decent picture, then I'll do that.

There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.

I hope to have some more cracks at some wonderful roles before I go to the Great Beyond.

Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition.

I am not hugely famous; I am not a name. For me, it's not the size of the role, it's the material and the people you are working with.

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for.

I will not do a role that I don't think I can do, that I'm not interested in, where there's no humanity, that doesn't have any kind of handle for me at all because I know I'll just stink the joint up.

I just don't think of myself as an actor much at all, so I don't lust after any particular roles.

I don't want to be in a position where I'm playing roles I'm comfortable with and making money, but doing it without feeling like I'm growing.