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But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character. — Sheryl Lee

After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left. — Christine Lahti

Before 'Animal Kingdom,' I wasn't particularly thought of in villainous roles. — Ben Mendelsohn

It would be right to say that the helicopter's role in saving lives represents one of the most glorious pages in the history of human flight. — Igor Sikorsky

The military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled. — Guy Gavriel Kay

For me, a career highlight was being on 'Battlestar Galactica.' Roles like that don't come along very often. — Michael Trucco

Everyone must play his role. — Anne Tyler

I want to spark ideas and conversations and inspire people to take active roles in their communities, relationships and their well-being. — Ricki Lake

I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that. — Abigail Breslin

The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator. — Pope Paul VI

Over the years, I've had a few roles where I've had to take my shirt off. I've kind of been the 'shirt-off' guy. — Dean Geyer

I always feel that the best roles are written for white guys. — Marlon Wayans

I asked if I could read for the role of Kevin Costner's caddy in Tin Cup. It was a fun learning experience, even though Cheech Marin got the part. — Garth Brooks

I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press. — Gene Hackman

I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize. — Danny Strong

I've spent all my life playing roles that illustrious people have played before me. — Geraldine McEwan

I'm attracted to those kinds of roles that could be good or could be bad, and you just don't know. — Jeremy Renner

The role of CO2 is not nearly as clear as the climate catastrophists would suggest. — Tony Abbott

It's nice to be given a role where you can really find the strength from within, as a woman, and to be heard. — Nicky Whelan

I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown. — Rose Byrne

I think the serious roles impact people the most. — Rochelle Aytes

I usually don't know how to fight hard for roles. I've certainly sent a passionate letter or two ... which always leads nowhere. — Lizzy Caplan

Populists and isolationists ignore the tangible benefits that have resulted from our active international role during the past half-century. — David Rockefeller

I've been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I've later regretted. — Richard Schiff

I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same tone over and over again. — Vince Vaughn

No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad. — Roger Ebert

The batteries in his radio died and came back so often they could have had regular roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. — Nevada Barr

The role of Jews who write in both the Jewish and [American] general press is to defend Israel. — Norman Podhoretz

This is my most important role. If I fail at this, I fail at everything. — Mark Wahlberg

Fed role - legal system, currency & defense, within its means. — Pat Toomey

I think the more removed I feel, the more I warm up to the role of singer. — Dan Bejar

My life and work are not separate. I just have more roles than other people. And I have photographs. — Nikki S. Lee

I was so spoiled in a way. I worked very hard, but there was just a wealth of great roles. — Winona Ryder

If i dont want to be known, i cannot be known.the best actor can divide role from self.the best liar can divide truth from falsity. — Ming-Dao Deng

If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God. — Epictetus

Do not let the roles you play in life make you forget that you are human. — Roy T. Bennett

It's weird when you get roles that coincide with your life. — Lily James

Parents are flawed human beings who are given a role that more approximates that of God than of mere mortals. — Dennis Prager

Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment. — Vera Farmiga

There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles. — Maureen O'Hara

When the gender role starts to descend, boys get into the masculine box. — Gloria Steinem

I can't complain about the roles that have come my way. — Jason Clarke

I don't reflect on sort of the age of the roles that I get. It's usually just what plays into what's believable - 'Am I believable at this age?' — Joel Kinnaman

The choices of roles I made had to do with educating and entertaining. And as a result I found myself working only every two or three years. — Cicely Tyson

People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb. — Olivia Wilde

You'll never see any two good actors approach a role in the same way. — Constantin Stanislavski

I get criticized for taking roles in films like 'Ghost Rider 2', but if you look at my resume, dude, I've mixed it up as much as I can. — Idris Elba

You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them. — Leslie Caron

People call me a feminist whenever I express statements that distinguish me from a doormat. — Rebecca West

I like uncertainty in roles, and I like uncertainty in art, really. — Martin Freeman

I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your age climbs, the leads thin. — Marcia Gay Harden

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal. — Harri Holkeri

It's interesting when you go out into the world and see which of your roles have affected people. — Rose McGowan

We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies. — Dat Phan

I've even written a role for Dolly Parton to play the town mayor! — Heidi Montag

The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process. — Meryl Streep

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'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do. — Morgan Freeman

In my life and in my career, I really love to play different roles. I never want to play the same role twice. — Ksenia Solo

The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it. — Cillian Murphy

Death realigns roles according to a formal order of importance. — Paolo Giordano

I don't think I do that much to prepare for roles in general. — Charlie Tahan

I love to teach - that's my role. — Julia Child

My quarrel is not with the legitimate role of government but with the unlimited role of government. — Rick Perry

In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level. — Damian Lewis

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately. — Bob Iger

I think I have a lot to offer doing supporting roles as well. — Robert Maillet

Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural selection in driving it. — Jared Diamond

Bo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because
she couldn't remember the lines. — Joan Rivers

I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a creative process. — Art Alexakis

There just aren't that many Jesus roles around. — Jeffrey Hunter

I don't want to be in a position where I'm playing roles I'm comfortable with and making money, but doing it without feeling like I'm growing. — Rodrigo Santoro

I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the hero, but I want to keep trying something new. — Michael Trucco

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West. — Ken Curtis

I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do. — Laz Alonso

It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son. — Frances McDormand

Conditions for all women will improve when there are more women in leadership roles giving strong and powerful voice to their needs and concerns. — Sheryl Sandberg

I don't have any sort of calculus in choosing film roles. — Jon Hamm

After that, I was offered lots of lesbian roles, but I didn't want them because I'd already played the best there was. — Radha Mitchell

I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging. — Morris Chestnut

The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge. — Seymour Papert

I normally stay away from horror films; I tend to do light and happy roles. — Megan M. Duffy

One of the author's most ancient roles is to call the community to account for its hypocrisies and bad faith ... — Susan Sontag

Photography's central role is to be the absolute medium of the day. It is fantastic that there is no longer any technical intimidation. — Martin Parr

As for dream roles, they usually just speak to you. I just crave complex characters. — Kirsten Prout

I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people. — Isabelle Adjani

I bring to a role everything I am, was and hope to be. — Clark Gable

Violence, especially if you are a woman, is not something spoken about with ease. — Kay Redfield Jamison

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. — Kate Burton

I'm attracted to strong female roles: females that aren't necessarily defined by their relationships with men. — Shari Sebbens

I love making films, but the best roles are hard to come by. — Hill Harper

I'm very blessed that I get to dabble in both music and movies, and as long as people are willing to accept me in both roles, I'll be there. — Mandy Moore

There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should. — William H. Macy

The leader's role is to make sure that strategy is kept super simple. — Robert E. Murray

If a person is right for a role, I don't care where they got their training. — Rachel Hoffman

In promoting Sino-Swiss economic ties, transnational companies, such as Nestle,played an active role. — Wu Bangguo

Jason [Sudeikis] is a successful actor and comedian, I don't think that he takes comedic roles any less seriously than he does dramatic roles. — Taron Egerton

Every role is a challenge.I want to keep doing everything I want to try to do things that aren't similar to one another. — Nina Dobrev

The funny thing is, the girls that I'm always up against for roles are pretty nice and cool, like Emma Watson. She's awesome. — Amanda Seyfried

I am keen on helping Indian bowlers but I am not seeking a full-time role. But yes I am really keen on helping out pace bowlers across the world, — Brett Lee