What concerned me was that [James Mattis] played not only a critical role as a battlefield commander in Fallujah, but also, afterwards,… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
Practice being happy. Work at it. It's a new role, I realize, but you'll get it. The auditions will be coming up… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I had a really small role (playing goddess Aphrodite), and I was only working for just over a week with Ralph Fiennes… — Agyness Deyn Copy Share Image
Every role is approached in exactly the same way, you have to make it believable and that's all. Acting is really serious,… — Stanley Tucci Copy Share Image
Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me. — Marcia Gay Harden Copy Share Image
The Australian Government's decision to take on the dominant funding role for the entire public hospital system is designed to: end the… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
Look up the word role in the dictionary and you'll see it means playing a part. That's why I call myself a… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Just now one of the significant historical roles of the primal people of the world is not simply to sustain their own… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
If you look at the India-US relationship for example, the role that the Indian diaspora has played in the relationship is extremely… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished! — Augustus Copy Share Image
The biggest compliment I think an actor can get is I can't imagine anyone else in the role. — Jeff Daniels Copy Share Image
Actors do tend to get pigeonholed. People want to know who you are so they can put you in a box. It's… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
The other thing we have to do is to take seriously the role in this problem of . . . older men… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular stereotypes, seeking simplicity doesn't require that you become a monk, a subsistence forager, or a wild-eyed revolutionary. Nor does… — Rolf Potts Copy Share Image
What worries me is that the debate about gender differences still seems to polarize nature vs. nurture, with some in the social… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
I wasn't beautiful, so there were plenty of character roles. I never did any Shakespeare, I'm far too superficial for that. I… — Joan Hickson Copy Share Image
Man is in pursuit of two goals: he is looking for happinesse and, being by essence empty ("étant vide par essence", Fr.),… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Life is a journey towards truth, we have something to learn from each other, and everybody ought to have a chance to… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
How you prepare for a role is entirely your business in my point of view. There is little enough mystery anymore left… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
I love characters that are very layered and complex. It's more exciting and different than any simple role- plus, I love a… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Just because you've been successful and just because you've disrupted an environment, doesn't mean you're a role model or that you actually… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
We're understanding what Obama is. He is the great teacher. He is this guy that stands above everybody. There's some condescension in… — Evan Thomas Copy Share Image
Being unique seems more desirable than ever. People are exhausted by clichés, by platitudes, by mass-produced realities, by what's been done and… — Porochista Khakpour Copy Share Image
I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22. — Richard Briers Copy Share Image
My role on television is one of helping people reexamine the assumptions that they hold. I regard Dr. King. You would never… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I like to write for actors I know and with whom I've worked before. You can write to their strengths and weaknesses… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Dreams, puns, elisions, plays on words and similar tricks that we ordinarily think of as frivolous, all play a surprising and somewhat… — Milton H. Erickson Copy Share Image
When any of us thinks of ourselves as a role model - whether thats as a parent being observed by their kids… — Chip Conley Copy Share Image
The role of science is to be systematic, to be accurate, to be orderly, but it certainly is not to imply that… — Edwin Land Copy Share Image
The destiny of photography has taken it far beyond the role to which it was originally thought to be limited: to give… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
My role in the government was not to think about narratives and consistency with narratives, but think of the human consequences of… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
No city in the world, not even Athens or Rome, ever played as great a role in the life of a nation… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
It's really interesting, for an actor, that you can continue to do season after season and not play the same role. — Mark Consuelos Copy Share Image
When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The question is always 'What is the role of a labor movement?' How much is about collective bargaining, how much is about… — Andy Stern Copy Share Image
I love playing serious! That's a relief for me. It means something. It sounds dead corny and cheesy, but on a day-to-day… — Lauren Socha Copy Share Image
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