Build Quote by Rebecca Root Download Open image “Trans actors, just like cisgender actors, need to build experience before getting lead roles.” — Rebecca Root ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Build Experience Lead Leadership Like Need Theatre
That is the next step for out trans actors - to just be treated as actors and not 'trans actors.' — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
So often, trans roles don't even go to trans actors. Most of the fabulous trans roles that have won people Oscars, we didn't get… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
Cisgender actors don't take trans roles out of malice. I think it's just failure to realize the context behind having cisgender people play transgender… — Nicole Maines Copy Share Image
When we get to a point when trans folks are included in the creative process, the narrative will be much more authentic. Trans actors… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
The number of trans people coming through is phenomenal. So that the talent is there. There are people there. Casting directors and producers just… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
When it comes to my career, I'm an actress before I'm trans. I think people should see the talent first. — Mj Rodriguez Copy Share Image
My general view is that best actor best suited to role should get the job. Obviously when it comes to colour and issues of… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I'm not getting into rooms for cis roles. I started my career auditioning for those roles, and then I went to play trans roles.… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
There's an expectation of producers and writers and directors perhaps, that trans people only want to play trans. — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
The reason it's important is that there was a point, earlier in my career, where I really worried that it wasn't possible to be… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
A lot of us just want to lead normal, regular lives. I want to go in for a role and if I can play… — Dominique Jackson Copy Share Image
Acting for audio really only differs in that you don't have to learn your lines - something of a relief when life is super… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
I used to do voice-overs as part of my acting work, nothing major but a lot of corporate stuff. — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
I think 'Sisters Brothers' is going to go - and my contribution to it, hopefully - will go a long way to opening up… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
When I was transitioning, I had laser hair removal on my face as well as my chest, underarms, bikini line, arms and fingers. You… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
Being chatted up as a woman is an extraordinary feeling, but I always worry that the guy is going to turn ugly if he… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
There is good in the world and even if you don't see it on a daily basis, it is there. — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
Speaking to a lot of trans people, and I know from my own experience, when you transition, our greatest fear is rejection from people… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I'm nowhere near close to the star power of a Redmayne or Sevigny, and that's just a fact. — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
I take my craft and my profession very seriously and I do classes and read books and talk to a lot of actors and… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
A lot of people ask, 'Why do we need labels?' But everybody calls themselves something. Some people describe themselves as gender-fluid or non-binary or… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
Trans people are a minority. But for every person like me who's made a conscious step to do something about the feeling we've had… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
I think at the time, if there was a trans-storyline on TV, it was generally as a subplot or something in a negative light,… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
It's really fun and challenging to build things that have never been built before. — Hilary Mason Copy Share Image
I build on Christ, the rock of ages; on his sure mercies described in his word, and on his promises, all which I know… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
For rich children, it'd be very easy and convenient never to take any steps to build an identity outside of your association with your… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So should we… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I oppose any proposal for the federal government to build and operate a nationwide 5G network. — Ajit Pai Copy Share Image
Since, however, it is immaterial whether the work is done by assistants or a machine, I decided to build a machine equivalent to an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For 'Inhuman,' it's a 'chess game' series. You have a lot of pieces moving different ways at once, and it's about what they do… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
What we need to make sure we do as a team is build the quickest car on the grid - if we have the… — Valtteri Bottas Copy Share Image
I have spent my career helping to build and grow businesses, and if I've learned one thing, it's that being pro-business and pro-consumer are… — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image