'High Stakes' was a very bad movie that I was cast in as a…

David Lynch plucked me from obscurity. He cast me as the lead in 'Dune' and 'Blue Velvet,' and people have seen me as this…

— Kyle MacLachlan

I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble.

— Winston Churchill

Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

— William Landay

If you take real-life circumstances and take out all the pauses then you have a thriller. It has to be non-stop, high stakes and…

— Hank Phillippi Ryan

My so-called 'reservations' and personal comfort zones can't define my work. That's not being professional. I feel that even if an actor is cast…

— Shahid Kapoor

I'm just a regular size, and I'd love to see more women like that cast in lead roles.

— Emily Atack

It really doesn't matter whether it's an ensemble cast or it's a lead or what is perceived as a commercial or non-commercial or an…

— Dia Mirza

Leadership in its best sense has never been about the pre-determined role cast on some to lead others.

— James Gobbo

Models have a stigma that they can't act. You're also, to be quite blunt, you're tall and not a lot of actors are tall…

— Tricia Helfer

Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction.

— LeCrae

When you're in high school and you're living in that world, it's just kind of a microcosm. I remember how heightened everything was. It…

— Rachel Sennott

For good or for bad, I'm a risk taker. I like high-stakes, high-reward type situations.

— Michael Avenatti

When I wrote 'High Stakes,' I followed the classical format. I wrote an outline first, then a first draft, then got feedback and rewrote…

— Rick Famuyiwa

I've been doing sci-fi for two years, and there is always something big going on. The stakes are always huge. You're fighting for your…

— Brian J. Smith

My favorite thing to write is people under pressure in high-stakes circumstances.

— Terence Winter