Roles Quotes · Page 72

I have found that good taste, oddly enough, plays an important role in politics. Why is it like that? The most probable…

— Vaclav Havel

It's important for me to show my children the richness of life and be a role model. I find that my organizational…

— Susan Wojcicki

I was 28 when I played the role of a 65 year old man in my first film.

— Anupam Kher

I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to…

— Lupita Nyong'o

It's hard to win awards if there are no roles.

— Darnell M. Hunt

I'm a character actress. It doesn't mean I can't do leading roles; I don't think of myself as a leading lady.

— Rena Sofer

I'm getting offered roles that aren't designed for aboriginal people; they're designed for anybody. It's pretty surreal and mind-blowing.

— Bronson Pelletier

I took the role of Rochelle in 'Everybody Hates Chris,' and that was it. I was going to play mother roles all…

— Tichina Arnold

I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles,…

— Patrick Wilson

It's hard because I seek out strong female roles. I turn down a lot of stuff, not because it's not good, but…

— Gina Holden

While there are many who feel that morality must be built into law, I believe that the elimination of transsexualism is not…

— Janice Raymond

There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain.... Unlike the slight…

— Lionel Shriver

I don't want to do romantic roles where I have to lip sync to a song. A role that explores romance on…

— Irrfan Khan

Make a difference no matter what role you play

— Lindsey Stirling

When you've played Buffy - who's such a strong female role model - it's really hard for another female character to compare…

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

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 her own special, provocative language, Tonya Bolden gives a voice to the voiceless, a name to the nameless. Revelations abound in…

— Herb Boyd

To make a long story short, I auditioned for the role of Piper because I read the pilots every year and this…

— Laura Prepon

Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

— Scottie Pippen

I love playing darker roles, or roles with meat. I feel very comfortable in that environment. I don't know why. I don't…

— Shailene Woodley

I think the dream role is getting the opportunity to really sink my teeth into something and transform in the role.

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

Everybody should have their own thing, and if he don't want to be a role model, that should be up to him.…

— Toby Keith

If you're a woman doing classic theater, the big roles are often destroyers. I've played Hedda Gabler, Lady Macbeth, some of the…

— Eve Best

I'm not in a position where I get to pick and choose roles. I usually go on auditions in long lines and…

— Henry Rollins

I hate to admit it, but you can't do a role unless it's somewhere in your psyche. People don't realize how vast…

— Dean Stockwell

My idea was that the role of the special forces were to train Vietnamese to behave as guerrillas, harassing the supply lines…

— Roger Hilsman

I think it's artist's role to give and to receive and the people to give it, hear it, vibe on it, and…

— Narada Michael Walden

Most people say I look mean, and because I play so many tough roles and because of my size and my martial…

— Michael Jai White

As one of the country's largest land-grant universities, Ohio State must play a critical role in moving our country forward.

— Gordon Gee

If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister.…

— Cate Blanchett

Never say never - and I certainly don't judge anyone who does it. But most of the characters I play are going…

— Naomi Watts

I had to audition for Fandango. When I read the script, the role that was interesting - so everyone thought - was…

— Judd Nelson

I wander around in corsets in my house all the time. I'm a lot girlier than the roles I play, but I…

— Katee Sackhoff

I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I…

— Susanna Hoffs

I wanna begin saying a story about my son. I have a four-year old son who loves superheroes from Spider-Man to Iron…

— Djimon Hounsou

Concrete examples of successful women and their stories of achievement are the best inspiration and [means of] empowerment for other women to…

— Dalia Grybauskaite

The popular idea of a role model implies that an adult's influence on a child is primarily occupational, and that all a…

— Richard Rodriguez

Sometimes I feel that I am destined always to be offstage whenever the main action occurs. That God has made me the…

— Jonathan Coe

Spaces between the forms, or the negative shapes, play just as great a role as the positives and they enable you to…

— Stan Smith

Jesus, as a philosopher is wonderful. There's no greater role model, in my view, than Jesus Christ. It's just a shame that…

— Bill Maher