When I see a role I want, I fight for it.
If you want a CEO role, you have to prepare for it with a vengeance.
I take my role seriously as a pastor.
A lot of the time, in the past, I have played the pretty blonde in a lot of roles.
I've turned down a lot of roles to make time to record and tour.
Starbucks has a role and a meaningful relationship with people that is not only about the coffee.
U.S. society doesn't want to play the role of international policeman.
'Rabbi' means 'teacher,' and I see the role of chief rabbi as chief teacher.
What I do know is that traditional gender roles are very real and flipping the norm is difficult for even the strongest, funniest, smartest men.
Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.
I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.
There's enough of a willingness in the West to do sympathetic movies about Arab roles.
But when I think of superchicks, I think of the roles, not the variety.
The role I really want to sing is Elisabetta from 'Don Carlo.'
I can't do victim roles - it makes me sick.
I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.
I never wanted to be an actress who complained about the lack of roles for women.
It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women.
It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women.
I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.
You're a leader. It's your job to keep your passion hot. Do whatever you have to do, read whatever you have to read, go wherever you have to go to stay fired up. And don't apologize to anybody.
