Roles Quotes · Page 117

As long as women and the "feminine" such as caring and caregiving are devalued, we cannot realistically expect more caring economic policies.…

— Riane Eisler

I must play my role, great or small - that is humility, without self-importance, without self-indulgence.

— Frederick Lenz

I look for roles that show women as independent, informed, and free to make their own decisions.

— Nicole Kidman

Chance plays a powerful role in every life - our brains and personalities are just chemical soup, after all; a few drops…

— Mohsin Hamid

As women's leadership qualities come to play a more dominant role in the public sphere, their particular aptitudes for long-term negotiating, analytic…

— Sally Helgesen

The last couple years they've been good, but it's just a great group of guys, and they were willing to take the…

— Steve Kerr

I don't need the money after 11 years on 'Frasier,' and there aren't that many great roles onstage left for somebody my…

— John Mahoney

loved the show as a child and felt I could not do it justice. [on turning down the role of the new…

— Rowan Atkinson

Indeed art is fundamental : to science, mathematics and to language. Unfortunately theorists, educators, parents and administrators have not fully understood its…

— John A. Hiigli

When I was offered the part in Shakespeare In Love a voice in my head said 'not another tights role!

— Joseph Fiennes

I had started acting when I was 7, and I was always wrong. I would always get to the very end [of…

— Brie Larson

Honestly, I'm willing to experiment with far more variety in roles than I'm given. But ultimately, it's the producer's decision. But, I've…

— Kabir Bedi

The wonderful situation that I find myself in now, is that choosing the roles I want is more of a reality for…

— David Oyelowo

If you think about Shakespeare, you remember Richard III and Macbeth before you remember Ferdinand, whose role is just to fall in…

— Mark Strong

I want to take my American friends back to the end of World War II, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights…

— Shirin Ebadi

I always loved acting, but when you get older and you're going through adolescence, the roles are limited.

— Jonathan Ke Quan

I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me,…

— Tatiana Maslany

I don't feel typecast almost at all, and it could just be because I'm insensitive, but I doubt it. I think most…

— Grace Park

I think Chris [Evans] has got Captain America locked up. The role is in good hands.

— Michael B. Jordan

We need a fundamental change of mindset with regards to the way we speak and behave about sex and sexuality. Boys and…

— Nelson Mandela

I suddenly became aware over the last couple of years that I'm in my sixties. I never thought about it. I thought…

— Geoffrey Rush

What if?' history is a tricky game, but there is no doubt that the senior planners of D-Day - including Eisenhower and…

— Ben Macintyre

Faith Hill is a big role model.

— Taylor Swift

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

— Victoria Abril

I love doing every role I do!

— Malcolm McDowell

Few things are as encouraging as the realization that things can be different and that we have a role in making them…

— Daniel Taylor

The first audition my manger sent me on was 'The Hunger Games,' and I got the role.

— Dayo Okeniyi

I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy - girl - when…

— Jess Weixler

What has emerged as I've gotten older is simplifying the characters I play, unless the role calls for something that is arcane…

— Stephen Lang

I can't tell you how many couples I know where the husband and the wife are both in the military and have…

— Tanya Biank

I like to play roles different from myself so I can hide behind them.

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

I once took on the role of the Batman for a commercial about equal pay for women.

— Richard Gautier

I don't get to play the same role over and over in different movies. The roles that I get to play are…

— Helen Mirren

Many people in this world are merely playing a role, unaware that there is an Invisible Hand guiding them.

— Paulo Coelho

I decided I should go after the roles I like, that I am inspired by, and then, if I am having a…

— James Marsden

Women often find great roles in revolution, simply because the rules fall apart and everyone has agency, anyone can act.

— Rebecca Solnit

I enjoy doing versatile roles.

— Akshara Haasan

Be a shining role model of the best qualities humane eating embodies: caring, compassion, and empathy.

— Michael Greger

I try to work hard. I try to set a good example. I don't look at it as though I've got to…

— Matt Holliday

Children's lives are not shaped solely by their families or immediate surroundings at large. That is why we must avoid the false…

— Hillary Clinton