I played a real nasty little girl but most of the roles I had up until then were very sweet and very nice.
I normally stay away from horror films; I tend to do light and happy roles.
Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?
I just play him as myself, I don't ease myself into any role really. I stick a beard on and play me.
An audience is going to be able to find a little bit of Dorothy in themselves and relate to this woman.: roles like Dorothy Day are so rare in Hollywood.
On Wall Street, the lawyers play the same role as medics in war: They come in after the shooting is over to clean up the mess.
Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel.
You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
'Green Lantern' I screen-tested for twice. I fought for the role. And I'm glad I did, because I felt like I earned it.
In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on.
Somebody asked me what do you regret. I said, well I was offered the role of Maverick in 'Top Gun' and I turned it down.
Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing the world as I really find it.
You know, my role as Vice Chairman is a lot less tiring than playing matches every three days.
People figure because I'm blonde and was a model, I just waltzed into Los Angeles and got major roles in major films.
I know that my look is more 'toothpaste model' as opposed to artsy, which sucks because I can play those roles.
I think all the roles I've done have been very passionate people who go to absolute extremes to make their points.
I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.
I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role.
For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role.
Whenever I am acting, it's everything, you know. If I'm researching a role, I'm completely consumed in that and, between action and cut, I live in this suspended time.
Major political parties have a role, but they are incapable of initiating fundamental change because they are fundamentally tied to the status quo. They are the status quo.
