I never get the tall, blonde, glamorous roles because I'm not tall, blonde and glamorous. I'm more the wee, disturbing characters because of the way I look or sound.
Most of the roles that I go for are Americans, so the first thing I had to do was pin down the American accent - which is obviously in 'Blue Crush 2.'
Look up the word role in the dictionary and you'll see it means playing a part. That's why I call myself a real model.
My first soldier role was in 'Flags of Our Fathers.' Casting director Jay Binder saw that movie and was looking for soldiers for 'Journey's End,' which led to 'Generation Kill.'
So successful has been the camera's role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful.
People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice.
I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.
I always wanted to do a Hollywood story. The thing about actors, though, is that they go through a streak of roles. The question is, what's in between?
David Moyes was one who, at a certain crossroads in my career, he was there. And since then, I've kicked on. That's why he played such a big role in my career.
Actors do tend to get pigeonholed. People want to know who you are so they can put you in a box. It's lovely to be known for such diametrically opposite roles.
I view my role more as trying to set up an environment where the personalities, creativity and individuality of all the different employees come out and can shine.
My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.
You can't say yes to every role, and you have to make people miss you. I don't want people to get sick of me.
I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take.
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 would never play any role in anything that involves the United Nations for obvious reasons.
I've dubbed for my roles in Hindi, English, and Italian. Therefore, I'm used to the process. But, dubbing is hard, especially when you are dubbing for a prominent actor.
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.
The press these days should be rather careful about its role. We may have acquired some tendencies about over-involvement that we had better overcome.
In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.
