Roles Quotes - Page 88

The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote.

I guess I feel like it's a gift to meet those talented artists like George Lucas and Oliver Stone, Spike Lee and Richard Kelly. Even if it's a small role, it's a gift to be working that closely with them.

There are so many directors that I want to work with, but I can't tell you that there's one role. If I knew it, I would write it for myself.

Sitcoms are incredibly limiting. When you do a sitcom and it becomes a signature part for you, it's harder to do something else; but if you do a drama, you can get lost in it and have a role to do other things.

I've always wanted to do all kinds of roles, dramatic roles and comedic roles, all kinds of roles.

I obviously bring all of my insecurities along with me to any role that I tackle.

My agent didn't want me on Disney because I'm older. But honestly, I'm not ready for older roles yet, or even the things older girls do. I am still young.

I love Cate Blanchett. She's extremely classy and has this knack for taking on roles and being very, very strong, but also embedding vulnerability. She has this relatable quality. I like the path she chose.

If you don't question the officials' role then you've got to ask what they are doing

As an actor, it's my job to prepare myself for a role. If the character is realistic, one can't go wrong.

Being a mother is the role I'm most proud of.

I love roles where I have to transform myself.

I was 28 when I played the role of a 65 year old man in my first film.

A person who is inherently and intuitively curious is often intellectually and distinctly very serious towards his roles and responsibilities in life.

I'd love to be in a period drama - that's my obsession. But being a mixed-race actress, there aren't so many roles you're right for.

They all matter to me, whether I'm working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or I'm the star of my own TV series - I take it all very seriously, and I have a healthy respect for the work in general, despite the role.

I don't have any [favourite role]. I'm just a working actor.

The subjects felt more comfortable if they played the role than if they had to be themselves.

I have always wanted to do something high octane. I've wanted to tackle an action role where I play a tomboy but empower myself as a woman.

Any kind of conflict draws me to a role.

As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.

I hope I'm not implying role of contemporary poet for myself, although there's a kind of resonant paradigm. It's traditionally a difficult role.

I'm hoping what all sentient beings hope ... that somehow I'm part of something larger than myself, in which I play a role, an actual role that is somehow intended and meaningful.

Perhaps that was the point; life, if you did it right, meant learning and changing. If you didn't, you died- or stopped growing - which amounted to more or less the same thing. So I would slide in and out of different roles until I discovered the one that fit me best. -Deuce, (183)

Traditionally, the role of the individual was to conform to the organization. In the future the organization will have to conform to the needs of the individual.