When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
Women can succeed in villages all over the world today without relying on heavy machinery or debt. They can take leadership roles in agriculture, eliminating hunger and inequity.
No, Not even remotely...Because I don't care. I don't pick roles based on how famous they are going to make me, I pick roles based on how they're going to inspire me intellectually.
Revision plays a very large role in writing. Sometimes it seems to be all revision. And the longer I write, the more I revise-until it is completely right.
The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process.
I am very, very competitive and ambitious. I would definitely fight hard for a role I believed in.
I never turned down a mother role.
When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like Hamlet.
In a way, I feel that film roles haven't given me the opportunity to show I have a sense of humor.
I just listen to so much music that I like the role music can play in scoring something. I'm not doing song parodies or funny songs, I'm just adding some music to my words. So it's limited and specific, but as a performer I find it pretty enjoyable.
When I see a role I want, I fight for it.
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I speak to my agent about great roles, and he's like, 'They are all going to Will Smith.
I still have a reputation as an eccentric. But the fact is that audiences probably mix up my roles with me as a person.
I got my first acting role because I was a singer.
The very first show I did was 'Fame L.A.' Everyone had talent it was either dancing or acting or something like that. I was a singer, so I got my first role.
I want to get to a point in my career where I can be a good role model.
I was brought up in the '80s. I was born in 1975. So by the time I got to 10 and I kind of knew that I probably was going to have to be a grown-up lady at some point, the feminine role models that I had were kind of the cast of "Dynasty" and "Dallas." And I just found that terrifying.
The last thing I want is to be (in a film role) is obvious, direct and offensive.
I want to make clear that we respect the role of government in our legal andeconomic system.
I'm definitely musician and storyteller. But I always like to take an active role in things I care about socially and environmentally.
You can have a role in a movie that was originally something minor in terms of screen time, and all of a sudden we see something and go, wow, that's cool.
... everyone must play his role.
I definitely have role models. But it's hard to say, "Okay, I want to be Angelina Jolie," or "I want to be Charlize Theron.
Leadership is a role you have to earn in order to be effective.
