Roles Quotes - Page 34

People aren't hiring just a picture, they're hiring someone they can work with. That plays a big role .

The Declaration [of Independence] was a committee report, and [Tomas] Jefferson was simply the draftsman. [John] Adams's crucial role in bringing about independence in the Continental Congress has tended to get forgotten.

I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles.

The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

God loves us all, wants us all to share his kingdom, has a role for us all.

At the time the quickest way to establish yourself as an American was to throw a little bit of tap into your dance - even when it wasn't called for. But what also helped me was the fact that I was dancing in roles that I had played.

The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.

It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.

One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.

One of Alaska's strengths is our pioneer role in environmentally sensitive development.

Im not sure Ill find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, its great - if you have the freedom to choose your projects and not just do anything and everything.

I never acted in anything I've directed but I have produced a number of films and I have acted in some of the movies I've produced. Usually with first time filmmakers and pushing a move forward I have played a small role but never the lead.

I created 'The Guild' because nobody was offering me the roles I thought I could do best at in Hollywood.

I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'

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.

It was certainly a good death scene. I'm endlessly perishing in roles but it's a wonderful thing to be asked to do.

I choose movies, I never choose roles. I look at the script. I look at the director. I look at the other actors - and then the role.

I just happen to like the work. I like preparing for a role. I like reading. I like analyzing. I like literature. I like emotions. I like working with other actors.

I'm only thirteen, so I have role-models! But I've sort of experienced... my sister has always been my role-model because I've always seen her. She's been acting my whole life and she's grown up on film, so it's neat for me to get to travel around and do interviews, because I've always seen her doing it.

The labor movement has a great role to play in our country today.

I hope to be a good role model for my daughters.

The most puzzling thing about TV is the steady advance of the sponsor across the line that has always separated news from promotion, entertainment from merchandising. The advertiser has assumed the role of originator, and the performer has gradually been eased into the role of peddler.

I don't really give much thought to the roles that I'd ideally love to play.

Take a little walk down Know You Role Boulevard, hang that right on Jabroni Drive, and then proceed to check your Aunt Jemima no-pancake-havin' ass di-rectly into the Smackdown Hotel!

I definitely play roles that are close to my persona. I was dying to be an actor, my whole life. I just always wanted to be someone else. Then, once I decided that I really thought I was pretty cool, I wanted to see myself.