Roles Quotes - Page 67

In documentary, which is the only thing I'm really very familiar with, women are very easily relegated into a producer role.

I don't really consider myself a celebrity. I consider myself more of a role model.

I would switch roles with Madonna for a day. Or if Audrey Hepburn was still alive, Audrey Hepburn. I love Audrey Hepburn. She's one of my idols also.

I had a mini marathon once I landed the role - going from 'Splendor in the Grass' to 'Bonnie and Clyde' to 'Shampoo' to 'Reds.' I watched them back to back. I found that when you're in the mood for 'Reds,' you're not in the mood for 'Shampoo.'

I don't know if you hear this often but I would say The Razor's Edge (loosely based on a great W. Somerset Maugham novel). This was Bill Murray's first dramatic role so everyone thought he stunk in this deep character but I thought he and the movie were great. The movie takes place over decades so you see Murray's character go from goofy playboy all the way to wiser, older person. It's basically a movie version of the journey I described.

If the workers don't keep themselves current - with some assistance and guidance from their employers - then the workers who are in the legacy roles will have to be removed. That's what's so difficult.

I am honored to have this role [of the moderator], but this evening belongs to the candidates and, just as important, to the American people.

Throughout my life, cigars have played different roles for me. They fit easily and well in the various stages and experiences Ive had -- like a companion, almost. If youve smoked a long time, as I have, they become part of you.

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role.

The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important roles to play for a young actor.

The role of the disappointed lover of a maiden or of any single woman might be ridiculous; but the role of a man who was pursuing a married woman, and who made it the purpose of his life at all cost to draw her into adultery, was one which had in it something beautiful and dignified and could never be ridiculous.

Working with Gabby [Sidibe], I realized immediately that she was amazingly talented. I could tell just by the way she'd get into the role.

Choosing a role is very difficult. There's no way to have a strategy.

I don"t feel like there are a tremendous amount of roles for the size I am.

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

The artist's role is to invent rhythms and forms to reveal a deeper apprehension of reality for the viewer.

I might play a lot of dramatic roles, but I'm really sort of silly.

I’m not trying to satisfy anybody but myself and the role that I’m playing.

It's a wonderful way to have a role on a series - you're not tied down totally and completely to a schedule.

It feels amazing to be a role model for people with and without disabilities.

I actually prefer getting into roles that are the polar opposite of me; that's why I've done so many dark and dreary things.

For some reason, I like to put myself in situations where I don't even know how I ended up there. I never want to be complacent or comfortable in a role.

Bonnie and Clyde was the first show and the first role that I got to originate. Being part of that from the ground up and investing three years of my life into seeing that show come to Broadway was really rigorous but also so exciting.

I think the understanding of the role of markets has really helped advance the values of entrepreneurship. Its helped shape public policy discussions in a whole variety of ways.

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.