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title: "11 Actor Roles Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [I've never had any difficulty sharing the screen with any actor. For me, roles are challenging, not co-stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pankaj-tripathi/i-ve-never-had-any-difficulty-sharing-the-screen-with-any-actor-for/)

[Pankaj Tripathi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pankaj-tripathi/)

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> [I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/devon-bostick/i-think-for-any-actor-for-the-roles-they-deeply-truly-want-they/)

[Devon Bostick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/devon-bostick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/devon-bostick-28461_actor_i-think-for-any-actor-for-the-roles-they_293958.png)

> [I think once you get noticed as an actor you get roles irrespective of the characters you portray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhimanyu-singh/i-think-once-you-get-noticed-as-an-actor-you-get-roles-irrespective/)

[Abhimanyu Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhimanyu-singh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/abhimanyu-singh-11885_actor_i-think-once-you-get-noticed-as-an-actor_1120682.jpg)

> [I think it is important to keep redefining yourself as an actor with the roles you do and, at the same time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anushka-shetty/i-think-it-is-important-to-keep-redefining-yourself-as-an-actor-with/)

[Anushka Shetty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anushka-shetty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/anushka-shetty-11050_body_i-think-it-is-important-to-keep-redefini_1075439.jpg)

> [Being a TV actor, I have done many roles. Working daily at times gets to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautam-rode/being-a-tv-actor-i-have-done-many-roles-working-daily-at-times-gets/)

[Gautam Rode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautam-rode/)

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> [I'm a character actor and that's what I do. All the roles that I've had have been mainly support roles, because character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-l-jackson/i-m-a-character-actor-and-that-s-what-i-do-all-the-roles-that-i-ve/)

[Samuel L. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-l-jackson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c35/samuel-l-jackson-3595_actor_i-m-a-character-actor-and-that-s-what-i_545256.jpg)

> [I'm kind of in a middle space, being marketed as a biracial actor. Roles are written either stereotypically black, or they're written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-williams/i-m-kind-of-in-a-middle-space-being-marketed-as-a-biracial-actor/)

[Jesse Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/jesse-williams-28184_actor_i-m-kind-of-in-a-middle-space-being-mark_876667.jpg)

> [The human being that I strive to be is a great human being, like a loving human being, but as an actor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/common/the-human-being-that-i-strive-to-be-is-a-great-human-being-like-a/)

[Common](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/common/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fab/common-2673_acting_the-human-being-that-i-strive-to-be-is-a_315686.jpg)

> [As an actor, those are the roles that you long for. You always want something that's going to kick your last role…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-mirren/as-an-actor-those-are-the-roles-that-you-long-for-you-always-want/)

[Helen Mirren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-mirren/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/helen-mirren-1937_actor_as-an-actor-those-are-the-roles-that-you_1772548.png)

> [I don't believe a role can be written keeping in mind some actor. Even if such roles exist, I don't pick them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vijay-sethupathi/i-don-t-believe-a-role-can-be-written-keeping-in-mind-some-actor-even/)

[Vijay Sethupathi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vijay-sethupathi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/vijay-sethupathi-7980_actor_i-don-t-believe-a-role-can-be-written-ke_1214607.jpg)

> [I didn't really look like a character actor, yet those were the roles I loved to play. If you were a character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-spader/i-didn-t-really-look-like-a-character-actor-yet-those-were-the-roles/)

[James Spader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-spader/)

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