Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dennis Haysbert

I like to think I'm multi-faceted. Actually, my favorite roles are roles like in 'Far from Heaven.' Y'know. Soft people. Loving people.

Jack Dee

If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.

Isabella Rossellini

But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

Isabelle Huppert

Some roles are easier to choose, some roles are more difficult because they are more daring. Sometimes you have to dare.

J. B. Smoove

I would only take a role that I know I'm comfortable in and I can do. I've turned down plenty of things because I'd feel it's not me, and I wouldn't want to come on someone's project and flip that.

Guy Pearce

I don't want to make a habit of just playing small roles, because I really enjoy the process of being part of a film and staying on it for the length of time that everybody else is as well.

Guy Pearce

If it's a great role or a great film, then you're happy to be a part of it.

Before the season started, I didn't think we would be here at this point. But we're doing great, we're on a role and I just want to keep it going.

Ian Paisley

The role we play is savior of the union,

The Role of the United States in World Affairs.

The tables here all had to be sanded and painted, and the students had a big role in that.

I've already sat them down and had the talk, ... They're very up for their new roles this season.

Kim Cattrall

At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction.

Kathleen Turner

The best role is always ahead.

Kathleen Hanna

When you're a musician and you go out onstage, and you're someone who loves attention, you are going to become a role model to some extent.

Julia Child

I love to teach - that's my role.

Josh Brolin

When accepting or preparing for a role, fear is the motivating factor.

Jim DeMint

I don't even like playing a contentious role.

Jessica Mitford

Society created the prison in its own image; will history, with its penchant for paradox, reverse those roles?

Jeremy Renner

I'm attracted to those kinds of roles that could be good or could be bad, and you just don't know.

Kevin Hart

Take me seriously. Take me and my role seriously. Take my talent seriously.

Jennifer Carpenter

I need to make sure that I'm taking roles that I feel like I can communicate through.

Jeffrey Jones

So when you make an impression in a certain kind of role, that tends to be the type of role that you get offered.

Jim Gaffigan

I'm getting fat ... as I planned. Luckily, my gut is intentional. I'm actually preparing for a big role. Sure, it's a cinnamon roll.

Jesse James Garrett

I'm not sure that you can say definitively that some roles are better filled by consultants, but I would say that some projects are better handled by consultants

Jesse McCartney

I'm in the gym pretty much every day. I've been very strict about my diet during shooting. It all helps me bring as much authenticity to the role as I can.

Jesse Jackson

I take my role seriously as a pastor.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

I've always done roles that really appealed to me on a gut level and which I found inspiring.

Jim Caviezel

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

Jennifer Saunders

Well, I'm lucky because, you see, I'll probably bounce back from this role.

Jeremy Lin

I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.

Hill Harper

I love making films, but the best roles are hard to come by.

Eugene H. Peterson

The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do with individuals, not in the abstract.