Quotes of: Role-models Keyword

I'm labeled a comedic actor, which is awesome. But I love getting the occasional dramatic role, too. Some of your best dramatic actors are ultimately comedians.

Jim O'Heir

It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing.

Natalie Dormer

I do my work to the best of my capacity. I don't pick a role looking at its length. I take up a film because I would like to see it.

Sonakshi Sinha

Mum asks why I am so often cast in adulterous roles. I think it must be because I am fairly flirty.

Orla Brady

My first big role was when I was 17 and I got the part playing Maria in 'West Side Story' in my school production.

Olivia Cooke

If you're going to play a prostitute, you can't be too squeamish about that sort of thing. It's just part of the job, since the role requires it.

Paula Malcomson

I'm just looking for a kind of project that will have a decent role and is something that I'll really enjoy doing. There are a lot more opportunities in television.

Penelope Ann Miller

Obviously, I play a villain in 'Downton Abbey'. As an actor, you want to get a variety of roles, so to be offered the part of Joe, it was perfect.

Rob James-Collier

What role did the Internet play in the Egyptian Revolution? People will be arguing about the answer to that question for decades if not centuries.

Rebecca MacKinnon

I'm kind of thinking that I might start trying to do some acting. I really enjoy role play.

Santigold

Start-up teams are always in flux, so, like all start-ups, we're always talking to candidates for various key roles.

Sean Parker

It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama.

Sean Penn

I am completely grateful and pleased for the attention and the recognition I've received for playing the roles that I've played.

Sara Ramirez

If you're playing a lead, you're shaping the movie. When you're playing a supporting role, you've got only a moment to make it count.

Stephen Rea

I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead.

Tom Berenger

If there's a Disney animated feature based in Hawaii, I knew I had to be part of it. I'm very proud to be from Hawaii. There was no question the role was mine.

Tia Carrere

I always wanted to do a Hollywood story. The thing about actors, though, is that they go through a streak of roles.

Tom Folsom

I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.

Tab Hunter

The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all.

Jonny Wilkinson

This bill, the Sound Dollar Act, is all about looking forward about the role the Fed should play.

Kevin Brady

The scenes in the show were filmed with a crew of really excellent stunt jumpers, but we had the feel of the parachutes, so we could be more realistic in the roles.

Ken Curtis