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As an actor, you are at the mercy of others for what role you can be seen for and then what you will be cast in.
I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough.
I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be an outcast.
My role models are Bettie Page and Mia Kirshner. Every day when Mia comes to work she raises the bar for us all.
Satire has its limits. It is really up to the people to make the change. The satirist's role ends at the screen.
When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.
In writing, punctuation plays the role of body language. It helps readers hear you the way you want to be heard.
I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film.
I've always played different kinds of roles, and I probably played more vulnerable parts when I was really young.
Fiction has a unique role in conveying Truth. In fact, only fiction that is Truth with a capital T is worthwhile.
Human society as a whole is a vast brainwashing machine whose semantic rules and sex roles create a social robot.
I'm a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors.
Any acting roles will be few and far between until my kids are older and by then, who knows what I'll want to do?
Never be seduced into believing it isn't the role of business to tackle the big issues, because it absolutely is.
If I can look at each character that I am given and create them in a different way from the last role, I'm happy.
The eye is not open when it is limited to the passive role of a mirror... if it has only the capacity to reflect.
It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life.
At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction.
The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
I choose every role, in association with the other ones. I try not to do one thing, over and over and over again.
I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy.
I never examined my role in male culture, in hyper masculinity. I never examined it, nobody ever called me on it.
So when you make an impression in a certain kind of role, that tends to be the type of role that you get offered.
One of the interesting things is, the most gifted people, the biggest people, have no problem taking small roles.
I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.
In the '70s and '80s, there was a definite set of roles in a film. There would be a hero, a heroine and a villain.
I take every role seriously. Personally, I never look at any role as Michael White. I've done that my entire life.
For awhile, I got stupid about only wanting a leading-man role, but I have no illusions. I know I'm not Brad Pitt.
I had gotten the role of Fandral in Thor, but scheduling conflicts (with Chuck) prevented that from going forward.
As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.
Roles written for women are so much more complex on television. The film world is becoming quite flimsy for women.
I'm not preaching about things you should do, I'm not political or anything. I'm probably not the best role model.
It's really interesting, for an actor, that you can continue to do season after season and not play the same role.
The moment you say, 'I want to do a role,' the story suffers. I don't set priorities in terms of roles or scripts.
There's still a bit of a problem, in that so many leading English roles are taken by American or French actresses.
Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition.
All of my role models, whether it was the disciples, or John the Baptist or Arthur Rimbaud, slept under the stars.
I don't think I've lost a beat at all. Because of my physique and my look...I fit in the natural action-hero role.
This movie [Moana] has a very small cast, and this was the role [Heihei] that they offered me. I loved voicing him.
Of course men play roles, but women play roles too, blanker ones. They have, in the play of life, fewer good lines.
Unfortunately I have no rags-to-riches story to tell. Money never played a big role for me. My parents just had it.
I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that.
In some roles you do get into a mode of terror. It's always very frightening - the first audiences are frightening.
I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman.
Music plays a huge role in my life. It is music that helps me to endure ... well ... everything there is to endure.
I feel nowadays that both women and men are embracing their individuality rather than being defined by gender roles.
No doubt, my role in 'Urumi' has been one of my best so far. It surprised me as an actor and made me more confident.
Bring into play the almighty power within you, so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your high destined role.
Growing up I didn't have curvy role models, mainly because I didn't see enough curvy women represented in major ads.
There's no excuse to hit a woman... Ever. Not even in a movie role, because you might really like it. And then what?