Roles Quotes · Page 255

When I first was offered the role on Rise [of the Planet of the Apes], I always played Caesar as a human…

— Andy Serkis

I do try hard to pick roles that differ. I love that about the job. I think the variety that's out there…

— Emily Blunt

I prefer to do roles that I can relate to.

— Sai Pallavi

Every role that you don't get burns you for a while.

— Katie Holmes

I'm pretty sure a lot of directors would be thrilled to cast age appropriate roles. I am.

— Zoe Cassavetes

I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your…

— Marcia Gay Harden

All the haters are just jealous, so they're trying to bring me down. I'm young, handsome, successful, wealthy. You could say I'm…

— Scott Disick

India is once again ready to play the role of 'Vishvaguru' and work towards the benefit of mankind.

— Narendra Modi

If you write interesting roles, you get interesting people to play them. If you write roles that are full of nuance and…

— Paul Schrader

I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.

— Bong Joon-ho

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