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I'd love to be in a period drama - that's my obsession. But being a mixed-race actress, there aren't so many roles you're right for.
Usually, so far as improvement in the people's economic conditions is concerned, humanitarians simply play the role of the busybody.
The writers and producers always have an idea, then they cast the role and the instrument starts to tell them how to play the music.
I think Hillary Clinton's nomination and I think Donald Trump's nomination, I think the media played decisive roles in both of them.
A lot of people remember me from Star Trek. They've all forgotten all the other things I've done. I was so identified with the role.
I've always wanted to demonstrate a variety of different roles when I act and do different projects and not ever do one of the same.
I'm getting fat ... as I planned. Luckily, my gut is intentional. I'm actually preparing for a big role. Sure, it's a cinnamon roll.
I would never say, "I'm going to do these things in a video to be a role model so people make me a role model." I want to be myself.
You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
When you're creating new roles out of scratch in my opinion working with the actors is a great asset. You can learn a lot from that.
Do we secretly idolize our imagined opposites, yearning to become the role models for others we know we could never be for ourselves?
It's the American leadership that has not played the role it should be playing and that leaders in other countries have been playing.
Being a working mommy is something I've always wanted to be. My mother is my biggest role model and she showed me how to do it right.
In the coming decades, questions of identity, meaning cultural heritage, language, and religion will play a central role in politics.
The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.
I get criticized for taking roles in films like Ghost Rider 2, but if you look at my résumé, dude, I've mixed it up as much as I can.
The harder [role] the better. Definitely. When somebody turns around and says, "She can't do that," then that's the one I want to do.
I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.
The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest.
I think there's always a role for Congress under every instance in every administration to conduct oversight of the executive branch.
Quite obviously power will continue to play a central role in global politics as it always does. But usually there is something else.
I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.
The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator.
I like Kamal Haasan's daring choice of roles. When I was in school and college, I modelled myself on him. I was so much in awe of him.
It's quite hard to find a ballsy or complex character. So the roles I've taken are those. Lot's of people put me in the dark category.
I loved playing a dramatic role. There's a side of me a lot of people don't know, and when I do dramatic roles, it just all comes out.
From the time we're born, our brothers and sisters are our collaborators and coconspirators, our role models and our cautionary tales.
For me, hour-long drama was always the thing I felt the most comfortable doing, and I've played so many dramatic roles in the theater.
My forte is playing drunks down the ages. When my agent rings me about a role, I don't ask what the part is, but what century it's in.
I'm definitely musician and storyteller. But I always like to take an active role in things I care about socially and environmentally.
The intellectual is an individual with a specific public role in society that cannot be reduced simply to . . a faceless professional.
It's so rare, especially as a younger actor, to find a role where it's not just one-dimensional and it's not just a stock leading man.
Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty.
Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on
I have always had this secret fantasy of being a Bourne girl or Bond girl, and I've never even gotten called in on one of those roles.
I'm not a role model. I'm an aberation. A statistical anomoly. Following in my footsteps is about the dumbest thing you could ever do.
I am not hugely famous; I am not a name. For me, it's not the size of the role, it's the material and the people you are working with.
A family is something very static and hard to escape, so everybody has a certain role over the years, no matter if you like it or not.
Cooking today is far greater than it ever was, and more importantly, a chef's role today has changed dramatically over the last decade.
One of the problems in the biotech world is the lack of women in leadership roles, and I'd like to see that change by walking the walk.
Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on.
Photography's central role is to be the absolute medium of the day. It is fantastic that there is no longer any technical intimidation.
I'm willing to be representative. I'm just an actor. I'm just playing a role, so even if it is a person I do not like, I would do that.
I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly.
I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.
I think each role takes a little from you and circles around you for the rest of your life. I don't think you ever abandon any of them.
To be a part of something like 'Tron,' good God! It doesn't matter how big or small your role is, you're like, 'Yeah, I was in 'Tron.''
I've always been very happy with my role in Radiohead. You're very much a part of everything, but you're much more of a shadowy figure.
It's just like being a father; you got to show them love and you got to show them the path. I don't like this role-model stuff, though.
You don't look at it as the size of the role. Quantity is not the point. You can be as thorough in 30 seconds as you can in three hours.