Roles Quotes · Page 134

I love languages (I speak French and Spanish and have been studying Russian) and accents; so one definite dream role would be…

— Sundra Oakley

We as parents are our children's first and best role models, and this is particularly true when it comes to their health.…

— Michelle Obama

You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a…

— Michael Rooker

I am the same artist with the same nagging questions I had in my early 20's. What's real and what isn't? How…

— John Guare

Now the roles have been reversed, because the Hillary [Clinton] campaign is livid that they lost, and they think they lost because…

— Rush Limbaugh

The concept of 'Momism' is male nonsense. It is the refuge of a man seeking excuses for his own lack of virility.…

— Pearl S. Buck

The role of Charlie Eppes has changed me. I never imagined I would play a role like this. I lost some weight,…

— David Krumholtz

I doubt nuclear power will play a much larger role than it does now.

— Al Gore

Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too.

— Studs Terkel

Any actress will tell you, when you've been given a starring role in the initial run of a show, you want to…

— Martine McCutcheon

Today's enterprise IT architecture is about integrating systems to meet business needs. Consequently, IT architects can't - and don't - live in…

— Jamie Lewis

In the the late seventies and early eighties, I played background roles in thirty movies... Woody Allen movies, Scorsese films, you name…

— Tobin Bell

It's a blessing to be given a variety of roles to what I call an iconic action actor like myself.

— Donnie Yen

I know that my look is more 'toothpaste model' as opposed to artsy, which sucks because I can play those roles.

— Margot Robbie

Every role I've played, that could've happened. It's nice, it happens, but it is rather disconcerting when a young child comes up…

— Michael York

I asked if I could read for the role of Kevin Costner's caddy in Tin Cup. It was a fun learning experience,…

— Garth Brooks

I’m pleased to see the progress made on the Windsor Regional Hospital project. This is an important project for our community in…

— Sandra Pupatello

Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the…

— Mitt Romney

I remove a lot of the pressure from myself by saying I'm not competing with my parents. They are the persons who…

— Benigno Aquino III

I'd like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family's the…

— Harry Hamlin

After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully.

— Maureen O'Hara

The absence of a focal enemy, which is what the Cold War had provided; the complexity of the developments that are occurring…

— Graham T. Allison

I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love…

— Matt Bomer

some actors seek parts similar to their personalities. But, I prefer undergoing a metamorphosis that depends on the role .

— Ben Gazzara

Computer assisted proofs are getting better and better and computers will play a bigger and bigger role in the future.

— Enrico Bombieri

Chasing Amy' was an amazing role, but then after that, I went and did 'Big Daddy' and you're the girlfriend or you're…

— Joey Lauren Adams

With Fresh Healthy Vending growing by the day, my role is ever-evolving, just as the company is, and I intend to take…

— Steve Finley

People who sleep around to get roles are frail and scared and most likely without talent. It's their own little horror show…

— Bruce Campbell

It's a sort of patronizing idea that literature for children has to feature role models of exemplary behavior. I think not only…

— Mac Barnett

Belonging to a group can provide the child with a variety of resources that an individual friendship often cannot--a sense of collective…

— Zick Rubin

I have played bad-guy roles, but they were significant to the story.

— Lyriq Bent

M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.

— Laraine Day

If you look at the movies that come out, most of them are bad, so it's not as if achieving some level…

— Jesse Eisenberg

In Haitian mythology there is the figure Ghede, who in West Africa, is Iku, whose role is to show "each man his…

— Ishmael Reed

I was blonde most of my life and I had to dye my hair for a role. I couldn’t believe the difference…

— Amy Adams

My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that…

— Taylor Lautner

I've been seeing the change. It's been steady. It's been more controlled than people think. And my own belief is that China…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

My main goal, when I started acting, was to show as much versatility as possible because I like playing diverse roles.

— Daniela Ruah

I love acting and I hope I'm fortunate enough to get good, interesting roles and I hope directors and producers will keep…

— Sophie Nelisse

Every actor is riddled with insecurity, of course. But weirdly, I don't really find that I'd be daunted with taking on roles…

— Martin Freeman