Roles Quotes - Page 69

More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model.

Without women taking an active role in Afghan society, rebuilding Afghanistan is going to be very difficult.

There's something really incredible about watching what someone else does with a role that we know: the Hamlets or the Henry Vs or the Othellos or the Cleopatras that we've seen on stage.

It is tragic that we have lost one of our nation's finest actors in the prime of his life. Heath Ledger's diverse and challenging roles will be remembered as some of the great performances by an Australian actor.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

I know a dramatic role is going to happen, but you just got to be patient, you know? It's going to happen when it's supposed to happen. I'm not rushing it. I'm not trying to make it happen tomorrow.

I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.

I want to be the best role model I can be for my family.

To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying the role of time in human life.

I'm struck by the fact that by and large equity capital doesn't play a big role in new financing; it's either bonds or internal financing but not really equity. And therefore, it's not clear that anything which improves the equity markets has really much to do with the productivity of the economy as a whole.

My first major role was in a play called Through the Leaves.

I know the relationship will be the same, so I'm not worried about it. It's called "The Kellyanne Role." And so somebody said that recently, so I like that, and I know what that means.

I love saying dialogue and creating a full character more than just being physical. But I always end up doing physical stuff in my roles.

Yeah, I do feel badly sometimes, not for whose coming up and getting roles I'm not right for anymore but the people I compete with, who range from Uma Thurman on up.

Sometimes I think people are famous because they're themselves and they do a role and you see them do it.

When you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others.

Being a role model, you just got to watch what you do.

I'm a little more comfortable in that role. I love being in the studio.

Even on the greatest teams, there's always one role player.

That was Robert Aldrich. And that [Emperor Of The North] was one of the only times I actually got a part in a movie in the conventional way: The role was there, I auditioned, I auditioned again, and then I actually did a full-fledged screen test, which they shot on a soundstage on the lot at 20th Century Fox. They put up a set, and Robert Aldrich actually directed me in this screen test.

If people want a role model, they can have Miley Cyrus.

I have always had this secret fantasy of being a Bourne girl or Bond girl, and I've never even gotten called in on one of those roles.

O.K., we had women's lib in the '60s, the women fought for their roles, they're out there in the work force. Now let's talk about how they're dealing with things as human beings.

The relationship to the director is becoming more crucial to me, making sure there are some common goals. I haven't been in the kind of position where my roles have been chosen for me, where someone says, "First we'll do this and then we'll do this," and it's all part of some master plan.

I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered