Roles Quotes - Page 46

I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do.

The fact that ‘attention seeking’ is still considered a slur says much about the role of women in public life, on every scale.

If the accident of genes has put you in a place where you can be a role model, then be somebody!

I'm happy people look at me as a role model.

If I came across a role that is completely mainstream and commercial, but it's the right one, I'd jump at the chance.

I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction.

The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film.

Progressive Conservative candidates from Quebec want to exert real power in Ottawa, not simply be content with playing a secondary role.

I loved the role [of John Wick]. I loved the action. I loved all the new characters. The world expands into the Underworld. It's getting bigger. Yeah, it was a really great experience [in John Wick 2].

There's a film there in competition [of Sundance Film Festival] called To The Bone. It's directed by Marti Noxon. I have a supporting role in it. It got really well received. It's a really great film.

I like meeting directors. It can be helpful because sometimes when you meet filmmakers you find out if you like them and if they like you, and that is important in terms of considering a role. Choosing a role is all about whether I relate to the role and the story really. That's the criteria.

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

For me, hour-long drama was always the thing I felt the most comfortable doing, and I've played so many dramatic roles in the theater.

If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.

I would have to say that I have to concentrate more when I'm doing comedy. There are so many details that make up any character, but developing a character for a dramatic role seems to come more naturally.

My first lead role was a stage play called A Kestrel for a Knave. I was 11.

People talk about generating my own work, but I don't really know how to go about that. There are certainly some roles in the theater I'd like to play but I don't know if I'll ever get to do it.

Although I still write, research and investigate, my role is primarily that of a publisher and editor-in-chief who organises and directs other journalists.

My role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes.

There are so many little girls who follow me and look up to me. I'm their role model, so I have to make sure I'm always being professional and not putting any swear words out there - just really putting positive things out there on the Internet.

The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all.

In the United States, to an unprecedented degree, the individual's social role has come to be determined not by who he is but by what he can accomplish.

I always wondered if there was a purpose to the universe, if there was a plan, if there was some sort of organizing factor, hopefully that I played a role in.

Why people pick me for the roles that they do is a bit of a mystery.