Roles Quotes - Page 42

I dont want to call it a conspiracy to ignore the role of the Blacks, both above and below the Mason-Dixon Line, but it was definitely a tendency that began around 1910

I was never a guy who came into a new situation on a team being vocal right away. I kind of monitored the situation, observed the situation and then found my role throughout that process.

I lost many a role to actresses who couldnt do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.

That's what I tell young actors. "You don't have to compromise. Go do some theater and wait for an appropriate role."

And it (the left brain) has a massive role within this reality, yes. It is basically the point where infinite consciousness joins this reality. It’s that conduit. But if you get trapped in it, and imprisoned by it, you become the decoding mechanism itself and it becomes your awareness.

A critic often has to play the role of coroner, dissecting a work to find out why it died (or never lived).

My work is one of my passions, so I want to treat it with great importance, whatever the project or role.

If you have ever slept in a covered casserole dish on the highest peak of a mountain range, then you know that it is an uncomfortable place to lay one's head, even if you find a dish towel inside it that can serve as a blanket.

I think many people are terribly afraid of being demoted by the Darwinian scheme from the role of authors and creators in their own right into being just places where things happen in the universe.

You know, even when the material wasn't so good, I've gotten to work with the greats, and I've always given it my best shot. I'm satisfied with my work. I could stop tomorrow, and if Bright Young Things was my last role, I could say I tidied it up with dignity.

You become a role model because of what you do as a person. There's a certain point where being a role model might come from standing up for yourself and getting rid of emotion that doesn't belong to you, emotion that is being brought on because of racist actions of others.

Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me

You know, I consistently change in my own life so the roles I'm suitable for also change, and that's a really nice thing about this profession.

I've always chosen the roles that aren't the direct lead because I like being a very poignant character in the story, rather than being seen in every single seen.

The intrusion of history is not just theoretical. It is also the legacy of being an accomplice or a victim, or just an onlooker. In each case, history entails the uncomfortable presence of earlier unresolved roles.

I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about.

There's no time in life to do all the roles I'd like to play.

Thats the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.

When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are

I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.

In college, I was always disappointed by lectures that covered social problems but failed to identify what I could do to change them. Part of the problem was that many professors simply didn't believe they had a role in converting awareness to action.

If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.

I'm going to create my own opportunities. If I can't find the roles I want, I'll just make them.

My mom is very confident and she was always a role model of mine.

Preparation for any role is a must, so that when the shot is happening, it's about reacting and living that moment. One must be so prepared that spontaneity comes!