I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles.
The first priority of any serious program against poverty is to strengthen the male role in poor families.
I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.
I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that.
I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list.
One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role.
The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.
There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.
The demoralization that the debasement of the currency left in its wake played a major role in bringing Adolf Hitler into power in 1933.
The activity of being a husband, a father - those are roles, too, but underneath them is the spiritual center that connects us all, and that's what's most important.
I've always been an athletic guy, but the extent to which I go for 'True Blood' or for 'Magic Mike' is because of the role that I'm playing.
When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn't want to play.
I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.
The principal role of the President of the United States is the security of the country and participating in trying to stabilize the world.
The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble.
I advocate for a totally new view of the role of the patient: patient as engaged partner, not passive recipient.
Over the years, I've had a few roles where I've had to take my shirt off. I've kind of been the 'shirt-off' guy.
There is no such thing as a Bollywood hero or Hollywood hero. All you see on the screen is the lead actor's interpretation of the role that has been conceived by the writer.
My roles are in some way like children to me. You don't ever really want to scrape one off your shoe.
Every role is physical to a certain extent, but as a viewer, I don't respond well to actors doing more than they need to tell a story.
I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.
