Roles Quotes · Page 3

... everyone must play his role.

— Anne Tyler

I want to be a role model.

— Jessica Simpson

I never got the right kind of roles.

— Mandira Bedi

It's my favorite role - being a mom.

— Teri Polo

Being a role model is a privilege.

— Allyson Felix

An actor has to embody a role.

— Taylor Hackford

I never do roles, I play people.

— Kay Kay Menon

I look for diversity in roles.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles.

— Mia Wasikowska

I don't pick my roles by genre; that's kind of silly.

— Michael Shannon

I've still not gotten my choice of the best roles in the world.

— Lauren Bacall

I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

When I get a role, I try to delve as deeply as possible into the character.

— Alanna Ubach

I've always looked for roles that were far removed from me.

— Killian Scott

Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.

— Natasha Henstridge

I won't be satisfied with only commercial roles.

— Raashi Khanna

I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids…

— Kevin Spacey

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

— Natasha Calis

So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.

— Felicity Kendal

It still hasn't sunk in that I'm going to be in Coronation Street. Everything about the role is brilliant and I'm working…

— Richard Fleeshman

Robots will play an important role in providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly.

— Bill Gates

I'm not a role model. I'm an aberation. A statistical anomoly. Following in my footsteps is about the dumbest thing you could…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.

— Wayne Rooney

Families make possible the super-exploitation of women by training them to look upon their work outside the home as peripheral to their…

— Andrea Dworkin

Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a…

— Christine Baranski

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to…

— Barack Obama

I have more artistic control in a smaller show. But it doesn't really matter. Sometimes you can have the smallest role in…

— Neil Patrick Harris

One of these days in the next 10 years, I will play 'Evita.' I don't know when or where, but I love…

— Aileen Quinn

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

We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

As a kid, I'd go into the bathroom when I was having a tantrum. I'd be in the bathroom crying, studying myself…

— Adam Sandler

I happen to agree with the anti-dictatorship policies, but I don't think it's the role of General Electric to support them or…

— Noam Chomsky

I'm thrilled that Wonder Woman and that character endures because every actor wants a role that has some positive affect and causes…

— Lynda Carter

There are these fantasies among people who watch movies where they're like, "Oh, there's a chemistry between them - something going on."…

— Henry Cavill

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

— David Krumholtz

So when it comes to being a role model to women, I think it's because of the way that I feel about…

— Lizzo

A lot of guys in the prison think they're bad. Some of them are, but when it comes to being bad in…

— Tex Watson

In the Bible and Holy Qur'an, God shows us through the life of His prophets and messengers that none of them came…

— Louis Farrakhan

My relationship with Leonard [Nimoy] was a byproduct of playing Spock that I never would have imagined, but the more I got…

— Zachary Quinto

I was really, really, really nervous when I got this role because I did feel it was important to make Alice [Cullen]…

— Ashley Greene