when you conspire with your inspirations, you have a lead to success
I see myself as like the lead singer of a band or something.
There's a lot of pressure to be the lead of a film. I have done it. It's not my favorite way to work.
Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world.
Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama.
In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel
I seem to be landing a lot of roles with animal interactions, which is amazing.
Nothing is more impotent than an unread library.
I love making films, but the best roles are hard to come by.
The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.
My dream role would be to act with Denzel again!
They asked if I was interested in a role as a large alien in a movie.
I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22.
When dogs fulfill their roles they are ecstatically happy.
I do a happy dance even when I get a guest-star role.
I had two roles for which I compromised.
Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
Once you take a role, you have to do it properly and do it justice.
I like to disappear in my roles because I don't have an assistant.
I'm drawn to roles because they excite me intellectually and emotionally.
Every actor wants to be everybody - play all the roles.
