As a media artist and filmmaker, I'm constantly considering the role of situational context when creating my work.
I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do.
I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that.
In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making.
Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts.
The role of women has always been undervalued in the spy world, always undermined in terms of recognition. Unfairly so. It's a world that needs women.
NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.
I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.
I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies.
The issue of what my role in the - in persuading the Bush administration to go to war has been greatly exaggerated.
I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.
I don't reflect on sort of the age of the roles that I get. It's usually just what plays into what's believable - 'Am I believable at this age?'
I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.
Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
I was never the 'babe,' so I knew I'd never get those big roles. I'd always be the best friend or the quirky sidekick.
There is a sense of call to take leadership roles. You're serving people and submitting to God as best you can.
As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in TV I was offered a whole spectrum of parts.
The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play.
I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend.
I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.
Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
