Roles Quotes - Page 73

My role is to set everything in motion.

I feel really good in the teacher role.

The role of architecture, in terms of communication, is not going to drastically change either.

My choices in projects have all been character or role-based, and on a financial level, it's obvious: as an actor on a TV series, I get a wonderful paycheck, and a consistent paycheck, which doesn't always happen when you're doing theater or movies.

It isn't called TV money for nothing. There was a time where I paid my rent by doing theater for years, and I was able to buy groceries and pay my electric bill. I considered myself to be making a living as an actor. This kind of money that we make is a whole other level, of course. But it really is simply the cherry on top of a job and a role that I adore.

I don't even like playing a contentious role.

...But the problem is, people tend to assign you the role of the person you are at your worst, you know?

When I auditioned with Anthony Minghella (The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency), I loved the audition process, although I hated him for it. Because he had me audition six times for that role. Maybe three hours each. He wanted to see how quickly I could vary.

Balancing is hard. I've lost roles that I really wanted because I had set up a tour. I cancelled tours to do roles before. But I have to find the time to make that up to my audience. I made a commitment to them.

TV can play a role in delivering that emotion as well as the obvious ability to reach a lot of people quickly with that message.

I no longer think in terms of, Ooh, this is a great role and what is it going to do for - actually, I've never really thought about what something is going to do for my career.

I'm really into strong, female roles - but they don't have to necessarily be loud - I'm just as interested in introverts too.

I'm in the gym pretty much every day. I've been very strict about my diet during shooting. It all helps me bring as much authenticity to the role as I can.

With any character, the main objective is to bring authenticity to the role.

I take my role seriously as a pastor.

You can tell when you watch a movie, usually, what the actors' experience was on the movie, because even the smallest of roles were interesting.

If you look at the movies that come out, most of them are bad, so it's not as if achieving some level of success means you get offered better roles, because frankly they don't seem to exist.

When you take on a role you try to do as much as possible beforehand to get your mind into it. Just to prepare because it's a daunting prospect to go six months or whatever.

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life.

I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.

Some of my greatest role models are the young children who ask the right questions - who will sit down and share their concerns. They're not just learning from me - they're educating me. That's what drives me.

I have no specific ideas in mind of what I will or won't do; it's all about the roles.

I'm attracted to those kinds of roles that could be good or could be bad, and you just don't know.

I'm blessed to have cool roles in these big movies.

As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role.