Roles Quotes · Page 160

I always look for reality. I look for plain truthful roles.

— Jim Caviezel

I'd love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I'm in and get…

— Christian Bale

The role of the human brain was to rationalize suffering.

— Maile Meloy

We need better and stronger roles for female actors.

— Kalki Koechlin

Women under phallocratic rule are confined to the role of vessels/carriers, directed and controlled by men. Since that role is the basic…

— Mary Daly

I wanted to do an acting role in a movie that had nothing to do with the music business or in which…

— Ne-Yo

[Doctor Cukrowicz] was basically a role where you have two diva actresses - Maggie Smith and Natasha Richardson - and my role…

— Rob Lowe

Savings will not make you rich. Only canny investments do that. The role of savings is to keep you from becoming poor.

— Jane Bryant Quinn

I never had a role that I set out for. I always wanted to have a body of work that I'm proud…

— Richard Dreyfuss

There's such an array of brilliant roles for young women. You read all these amazing young women going through different stages in…

— Juno Temple

Apprenticeship is one of the dearest roles of childhood, not just watching Dad or Mother, but being taught a hands-on trade.

— Carol Bly

Oh, hello," Dr. M says, shaking Balder's hand. "Wonderful costume. I'm a bit of a role player myself on the weekends. Tell…

— Libba Bray

Any man can help make a child, but it takes a special man to help raise a child. He must be selfless.…

— Tony Gaskins

I had to get used to the theater atmosphere because I haven't had a role on Broadway since Aida. It was a…

— Heather Headley

There's no question that you can explore aspects of yourself through roles that you play, and you get a chance to investigate…

— Annette Bening

Sometimes people think of actors as marionettes - everybody else makes the decisions for us - and, you know, really, making this…

— Julia Roberts

I do believe that it's something that we don't talk about, but when there are clearly defined gender roles, it is much…

— Judy Gold

I've been playing these schoolgirl roles in all my movies. Every time I went to the set, it felt like I was…

— Chiaki Kuriyama

I hate stereotypical roles.

— Richa Pallod

The poet is at the disposal of the night. His role is humble, he must clean house and await its due visitation.

— Jean Cocteau

I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that.

— Abigail Breslin

The next step is for the great teachers to arise, and for them to clearly understand the challenges ahead and mentor accordingly.…

— Oliver DeMille

I was playing 40-year-old women when I was 20. I didn't get considered for ingenue roles.

— Allison Janney

I buy myself a present whenever I don't get a role that I really wanted.

— Alden Ehrenreich

I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a…

— Art Alexakis

I'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that.…

— Toby Jones

I am all in favor of pay equity for women, but this kind of legislation, as is typical of what's being proposed…

— John McCain

My music is a very personal reflection of me, whereas, acting a role, thats a reflection of another character.

— Riz Ahmed

The burgeoning field of computer science has shifted our view of the physical world from that of a collection of interacting material…

— Paul Davies

I am so used to hints and mixed messages, saying things that might mean what they sort of sound like they mean.…

— David Levithan

You don't have to be Dave Halberstam to see that the American role in both conflicts [the Iraq war and the Vietnam…

— Jonathan Yardley

To be completely honest, it's shocking to me that I keep getting the villain roles! I do not see myself as the…

— Cam Gigandet

I've been blessed because every single role I've done has been an educated person. I've never done the stereotypical Latina, even though…

— Roselyn Sanchez

Now, when Luke Skywalker unmasks his father, he is taking off the machine role that the father has played. The father was…

— Joseph Campbell

When you're a woman in your 40s, it's not the best time to do films, because there really aren't that many roles.…

— Shirley Knight

Basketball, and the people I have met through the game have far and away had the largest impact on my life. Almost…

— Ashley Graham

Third, there is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called 'sportsmanship'. Our tools for the pursuit of wildlife…

— Aldo Leopold

Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.

— George Soros

We discover that we do not know our role; we look for a mirror; we want to remove our make-up and take…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

That was exciting man, because the killer is a different kind of character. There are a lot of people who wanted to…

— George Tillman, Jr