Roles Quotes · Page 53

Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of…

— Confucius

I had just come off of doing a play in Los Angeles which actually got me the role. It was called Bent…

— Patrick Heusinger

I've never really played everyday people. I've played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to…

— Sandrine Bonnaire

What worries me sometimes in the culture is that the role for music that actually challenges and enlightens the audience is being…

— Taylor Ho Bynum

There are so many actors that I've worked with that I'd like to work with again and there are so many girls.…

— Emily Browning

I'm a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors.

— Sissy Spacek

The hustlers on the corner were my role models.

— The Notorious B.I.G

In everything I do, I find some of myself, or a lot of myself, and put it into the role.

— John Barrowman

I love it when you ask actors, 'What are you Doing now?' and they say 'I'm between roles'. To be living 'life…

— Andy Warhol

The planet is populated by human beings, of which there are only two sexes, and the role of the writer is to…

— Yann Martel

Trade has played a vital role in the social evolution of humankind. It allowed people to specialise, which raises both skill levels…

— Julian Baggini

It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the…

— Natalie Dormer

Art can play a major role. I look at art as an alternative source of energy, the same way we might look…

— Saul Williams

I feel like a young adult. In high school I never felt like my professional life and my personal life were at…

— Tavi Gevinson

Teaching is another area I like to explore. I've had a lot of great role models and people who have taken the…

— Ralph Strangis

When a man has written a role for you that you admire, the expectations are higher.

— Luke Goss

I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for…

— Christian Kane

I so rarely turned down a role, that I can't say I have any regrets in that regard. There were many roles…

— Terry O'Quinn

You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where…

— Harvey Fierstein

...Our losses...have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses.

— Karl Donitz

Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.

— Taye Diggs

It's very, very rare to find five roles in one piece where we'd all jump at the chance to play any of…

— Nicole Kidman

Without a doubt, Robert Rodriguez is the reason I was drawn to it. The fact that he even knew who I was…

— Joel McHale

Every role that you accept makes you grow in some way. It's part of the creative process.

— Lynn Collins

I'm much more interested in shows that maybe not everybody loves, but a lot of people REALLY love. That's how I am…

— Felicia Day

It's a very Aboriginal thing to do, to give younger people greater responsibilities within the community as they become able to take…

— Jackie Huggins

I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way…

— Michael Imperioli

I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.

— Gary Sinise

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

— Mia Wasikowska

I sort of have open invitations from a lot of people to do TV. But it's very hard for me to do…

— Norm MacDonald

Actors are at the mercy of roles that are offered.

— Daniel Dae Kim

Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define…

— John Sentamu

I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging.

— Morris Chestnut

I think each role has had different challenges.

— Chad Lowe

The fact that traditionally 'female' jobs are paid less, that women end up working part-time because they're societally pressured into caring roles,…

— Laura Bates

There's no such thing as too late. There are different roles for different ages, assuming an actress has something to offer. There…

— Ayelet Zurer

I do believe that you have to bring some degree of truth from yourself to the role [Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber…

— Johnny Depp

I seem to be landing a lot of roles with animal interactions, which is amazing.

— Maisie Williams

I think that Sir Winston Churchill, in the period that the Germans occupied the Channel Ports, when the whole war hung in…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

I'm excited for everybody to see the books. In Justice League #15, there's a lot of other stuff too that's setup in…

— Geoff Johns