Roles Quotes · Page 92

I speak about family and adoption because it 100% changed my life and who I am. It definitely played a very large…

— Jenna Ushkowitz

It's overwhelming ... to know there are hundreds of kids out there that look up to me. I know that's a big…

— Selena

I want what's mine. I see other actors who are doing very interesting roles, and I just want to continue to do…

— Derek Luke

One time in the late '50s, when Peter Finch, Laurence Harvey, and I were all offered the same movie role - the…

— Peter O'Toole

It looked like it might not work out with Michael Keaton, so they asked Joel Schumacher, `Who do you want for Batman?`…

— Val Kilmer

I know at some point I would like to take on more dramatic roles.

— Jon Heder

One of my roles as vice president is to - is to be an interlocutor with the Senate and the House because…

— Joe Biden

I think my role is as a writer, especially, and then also as a speaker, an organizer, and an entre- preneur of…

— Gloria Steinem

I love everybody. Each one plays the role they have to play, but in the spiritual arena there are people who are…

— Meher Baba

Our only teachers and role models for our young men cannot be, you know, videos, and, the hip hop community.

— Steve Harvey

The benefits because his collective parents are permitted to grow secure in their particular roles in his life. His adoptive parents are…

— Kathleen Silber

As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very…

— Omari Hardwick

If it's a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there's lots of material laid out.

— David Strathairn

And that is a hard route for a woman to come through. There's still a lot of roles that have to be…

— Colin Firth

I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades.

— Peter Asher

I obviously bring all of my insecurities along with me to any role that I tackle.

— Aubrey Plaza

It was an audition process after Breakfast Club, and I wasn't really sure I wanted to do the movie. There was a…

— Judd Nelson

The role of the animal messenger in the dreams of modern city-dwellers is often to recall us to our wild side, and…

— Robert Moss

I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who…

— Paulo Coelho

My role is to coach, encourage, inspire, motivate, and help people.

— Debbi Fields

I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited.

— Anna Friel

I wasn't trying to be a role model for anybody. I don't think that you can.

— Annie Lennox

It's just interesting that people don't really know about the roles that I play that are darker. I kind of do a…

— Brittany Snow

I seek out parts which are strong women. It's not the quantity of a role; it's the quality of a role.

— Priyanka Chopra

Human beings are empowered to exercise dominion over nature and even to be participants in creation; and yet, at the same time,…

— Michael Sandel

If I can look at each character that I am given and create them in a different way from the last role,…

— Giancarlo Esposito

What does it mean to a successful woman today? Does it mean you have to be a mother? If you are a…

— Lisa Edelstein

Part of our business is that you read interviews with these people and they don't really talk candidly about what's going on…

— Amber Tamblyn

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work…

— Dan Stevens

The Internet is a modern infrastructure that plays a key role in the future of the state.

— Thomas de Maiziere

What I argue is that talk of knowledge plays an important role in theories within cognitive ethology. The idea is this. First,…

— Hilary Kornblith

I'd love to be able to play all different roles, whether it's Maureen in Rent or Maria in West Side Story. I…

— Lea Michele

Any time you get a chance to play a great role, I consider all the qualities I may or may not have…

— Vincent Piazza

The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote.

— Barack Obama

Broadly speaking, the Southern and Western desert and mountain states will vote for the candidate who endorses an aggressive military, a role…

— Steven Pinker

I take away something from every role.

— Cary Elwes

Nurturing requires organization, patience, love, and work. Helping growth occur through nurturing is truly a powerful and influential role bestowed on women

— Julie B. Beck

This is a very challenging moment for educators. Our children are headed for a much more networked existence, one that allows for…

— Will Richardson

We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight and die…

— Eric Hoffer

Guest roles are how you get initiated into the industry. It's fun. Over the course of a few years you realise you've…

— Sasha Roiz