Roles Quotes - Page 66

I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.

Sometimes I'll read things in the script and think, "That's not how humans behave," or "I don't understand how to do that role and make it seem like I'm not some kind of strange alien or on a sitcom." I don't get it, and when I feel that way, I have to listen to my instinct. My initial instinct does lead me in a direction that I can trust.

I don't have one role that I'm particularly fond of doing, and I don't really look for it to differ all the time, but I will try anything and do anything. If it's a role I connect with, I'll go for it, no matter what's involved.

Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.

I would be happy to play any roles.

Every role that you accept makes you grow in some way. It's part of the creative process.

As a dedicated, successful writer, Lydia Sigourney violated essential elements of the very gender roles she celebrated. In the process, she offered young, aspiring women writers around the country an example of the possibilities of achieving both fame and economic reward.

I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination.

Oprah played a big role in my understanding of what it meant to be female and to really step into your own power. I wouldn't even call her a role model; she was literally a reference point. You have the dictionary, you have the Bible, you have Oprah.

To be a role model is not something you choose, it is chosen for you and once it is you must accept the responsibility bestowed upon you

I like to think I've done a lot of different kinds of roles, but obviously I have done quite a lot of comedies.

When a man has written a role for you that you admire, the expectations are higher.

When you audition for something you do feel a little bit more legit. It's a validation that you are the right person for the job because they've chosen and they've seen you do something connected to that role.

I'm in a fortunate position that sometimes you just get offered roles - they're not necessarily the roles you take, but to get offered a film is amazing. I think the work you've done before that is why you get it.

The essence of Keynesianism is its complete failure to conceive the role that saving and capital accumulation play in the improvement of economic conditions.

I generally won't do a role unless I feel like it's in my system somewhere, even if it's just a molecule of it. Like I just felt like I knew it and if I talked about it or discussed it or tried to rehearse it that it would take away the energy from that scene so I went in there and just did it.

I read the first book about five times while I was preparing for the role. I really wanted to completely embody Lissa and, naturally the book gave me much deeper psychological and emotional insight into Lissa than the script.

There's sort of a very symbiotic thing that happens on good TV shows with great writers, which is that they start to sort of embrace who the actors are and try to make the roles more specific to what they bring and what they can do.

When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.

In the Bible and Holy Qur'an, God shows us through the life of His prophets and messengers that none of them came into the world to do their work without severe opposition against them. That was with Abraham, Noah, Lot, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, peace be upon them all and all the prophets and messengers in between. That is our role today.

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role.

I'm just trying to find a good project. Work with a good director, someone I really admire. Find a good role.

I started working with James [Schamus] early on, and my role as an executive producer was more about being involved in the conversations of putting the film together. I didn't have to do much work because James is the most experienced first-time director you could imagine.

I usually don't know how to fight hard for roles. I've certainly sent a passionate letter or two... which always leads nowhere.

My first acting role as a kid was on Freaks and Geeks.