Roles Quotes · Page 59

Is individual gender suffering relieved at the price of role conformity and the perpetuation of role stereotypes on a social level? In…

— Janice Raymond

I want roles that challenge people to question where they are in life.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they…

— Anonymous

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd…

— Robert Loggia

I love the fact that they [girls ]are into Superman and Green Lantern and Batman and everything, and they really do have…

— Mark Millar

All those days of waiting on tables until I could get a role on Broadway, all that time going to school taking…

— Marcia Gay Harden

I've resigned myself to the fact that the world needs clowns, too, and I was born to be one of them. And…

— Matt Letscher

Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation,…

— Deepak Chopra

Growing up I had lots of role models. Looking back, my parents were my first role models.

— Kumar Sangakkara

It was a surprise to me and a happy accident that it was such a skill [natural falsetto] - a latent skill…

— John Lloyd Young

I have been incredibly privileged with my roles - after all I have had the chance to do some fantastic fun acting…

— Richard E. Grant

I still have a suspicion of charity and think the state has a role to play in many areas. And although for…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Our beliefs do not sit passively in our brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a…

— Richard Wiseman

Why do I doubt her? Perhaps she is just very sensitive, and hypersensitive people are false when others doubt them; they waver.…

— Anais Nin

...opening up a newspaper is the key to looking classy and smart. Never mind the bronze-plated stuff about the role of the…

— Garrison Keillor

I think in an ideal world celebrities do have a responsibility in many different areas to be role models.

— John Amaechi

I am grateful for the men and women who pastor, who lead in churches across our country. Ultimately, their role of loving…

— Steve Daines

I believe the mobile OS market will play out very similarly to Windows and Macintosh, with Android in the role of Windows.…

— Fred Wilson

I would love to do a period piece. That would be really cool. And also like to do something transformative and have…

— Tracy Spiridakos

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

— Wayne Rooney

Be a role model of happiness and joy, which will pull everyone - including yourself - upward.

— Doreen Virtue

We need to take a whole UK perspective on this [Brexit]. The Mayor of London has got a role in those kinds…

— Stephen Crabb

It's exciting to look back at the work that I've done and not have a single regret about a job I've taken.…

— Ari Graynor

Ladies like improv stilts, and I think men like improv giant cocks. But one of the great things about improv is that…

— Amy Poehler

Of course, if you're gonna make movies, you gotta make movies, and I'm not gonna say no to a good role.

— Matt Dillon

The existing order is breaking down at a very rapid rate, and the main uncertainty is whether mankind can exert a positive…

— Richard A. Falk

I have never shied away from experimental roles.

— Urmila Matondkar

Don't ever give up on your dream. Ever. The most valuable thing I have gained from this whole TMNT experience so far…

— Tohoru Masamune

Meadowlark Lemon's book Trust Your Next Shot is written by a remarkable person. I have had the pleasure of knowing Meadowlark for…

— Lenny Wilkens

One of the series of decisions that the great screenwriter John McNamara made was about who to depict. [Ronald] Reagan had a…

— Jay Roach

I don't really consider myself a celebrity. I consider myself more of a role model.

— Lisa Leslie

As far as comic books are concerned, I was always a Marvel guy for the most part, although I did follow DC…

— Zachary Levi

In terms of jumping into a characters skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring…

— Dougray Scott

It was a terrible blow that was dealt when I was fired from 'Saturday Night Live', but I have to say that…

— Joan Cusack

Those organisations, al-Qaeda being the first one, have all settled in areas full of mining and oil resources or in geostrategic zones.…

— Tariq Ramadan

Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests…

— Jeffrey Wright

Girls in scripts are often pretty but brainless, or geeky and no one likes them, so it's great to find richer roles.…

— Jessica Brown Findlay

We should all know this: that listening is not talking; [it] is the gifted and great role and the imaginative role. And…

— Brenda Ueland

I'd love to do a golf movie. I turned down Don Johnson's role in 'Tin Cup.' I regret that.

— Dennis Quaid

I like taking risks and I decided to put every bit of me into the role.

— Sherilyn Fenn