Roles Quotes · Page 170

I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star…

— Francia Raisa

Start-up teams are always in flux, so, like all start-ups, we're always talking to candidates for various key roles.

— Sean Parker

Even though it's a shortened format of the game, Twenty20 allows people with different skills to play in a team and play…

— Rahul Dravid

Past conference topics have included strengthening the role of fathers in children's lives, the impact of the media culture on children, the…

— Tipper Gore

I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing…

— Donald Miller

I view my role more as trying to set up an environment where the personalities, creativity and individuality of all the different…

— Tony Hsieh

One Time, One Day between Davie and Roberta , I asked my mom why she persisted, kept on having baby after baby,…

— Ellen Hopkins

Sometimes I'll read things in the script and think, "That's not how humans behave," or "I don't understand how to do that…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

Corporate Hollywood thinks I'm a geek to go back and do theater. They don't understand why I don't want to be a…

— William Petersen

There are a few roles I want to play, but mostly I just want to keep doing a play every now and…

— Robert Sean Leonard

More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something!

— Natalie Dormer

I'd rather do a lot of movies than a TV series and do a lot of different roles than be stuck in…

— Noah Hathaway

I think we dip in and out of it. Every new show is trying to find their feet before they can say…

— Kristin Lehman

Women can be incredible role models for their kids, neighbors and communities just by making good choices in terms of what they're…

— Brandi Chastain

I'm going to bring my best efforts and do my very best every day to support our new president's [Donald Trump] agenda…

— Mike Pence

Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of…

— Ken Blanchard

I grew up in Manchester in a big Irish family - there are seven of us in all - so my life…

— Shayne Ward

We are a religious nation because we do not have a state religion, because the government guarantees freedom of religion but has…

— Geraldine Ferraro

Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of…

— Anonymous

I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role. Maybe I've just done enough of them…

— Greg Kinnear

For my first acting job I played the role of Ensign Pulver in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Manitoba Theatre Centre.

— Len Cariou

When I go from a role with heavy prosthetic makeup, which I've done quite a bit of as well, and then do…

— Warwick Davis

Women have traditionally been either put on pedestals or damned as the source of all sexual temptation and sin. These are two…

— Hugh Hefner

The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the…

— Yo-Yo Ma

Relations between the United States and other countries, and our role as a global leader, are advanced by our willingness to help…

— Patrick Leahy

I believe that every role that I have done this far has had quality and content. My roles have been very demanding…

— Natasha Henstridge

So many people have asked me how I could possibly be a role model and dress like a tramp and get implants...…

— Britney Spears

They have eliminated rigidity, both physical and psychological, in order to support more fluid processes whereby temporary teams are created to deal…

— Margaret J. Wheatley

Every time I work with a European director, I find they hire the person that captures the spirit of the role. Americans…

— Elizabeth Pena

Every movie is different. Sometimes with movies, there are roles you should just leave alone and relax with and keep it light.…

— Scott Speedman

I did this role in Life Goes On as an HIV positive character and so emotionally that was the most challenging.

— Chad Lowe

I’m trying to get away from roles. I used to identify myself strictly in terms of my role, but when your roles…

— Maria Shriver

I was going to be credited as Wray Nerely, my role in Con Man. It got cut in the reshoots. I was…

— Alan Tudyk

I think I am a good role model, and a lot of mothers come up to me and they're really happy, and…

— Paris Hilton

It is certainly true that conservative Christians are much more likely to doubt the reality of climate change than mainline Christians or…

— Katharine Hayhoe

When I read The Whole Nine Yards I was like, 'Okay, this is a G-spot role'.

— Amanda Peet

Each album comes from definitely a different period in the evolution of each of us individually as creators and the role that…

— Robert Plant

As soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles.

— Ray Liotta

As soon as I started acting in England, I got unusual roles. Although I'm 6 foot six, and agents might standardly cast…

— Nonso Anozie

Actors always have to fight for the good parts. There are so few good roles written for women each year, and when…

— Halle Berry