Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Kind

When an actor is offered a role, more often than not - maybe 90 percent of the time - you read it and you say, "I'll take it."

Treat Williams

Honestly, I didn't know I was a role model.

Wentworth Miller

This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have done this film.

Ryan Reynolds

'Green Lantern' I screen-tested for twice. I fought for the role. And I'm glad I did, because I felt like I earned it.

Wayne Dyer

Simply be the qualities you seek in others.

Stephen Bayley

That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.

Thomas G. Stemberg

The role of private equity as fiduciaries is certainly to make money.

Vin Diesel

The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you're in this heavy headspace all the time.

Vin Diesel

If it's an amazing role, I'll do anything.

Victor Garber

Thank goodness I started getting movie roles and then television shows came along. So I was very fortunate to be able to do all three and I like all of them.

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.

Estelle

I have never been interested in specific roles.

Haley Joel Osment

Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money.

Igor Sikorsky

It would be right to say that the helicopter's role in saving lives represents one of the most glorious pages in the history of human flight.

Hannah Arendt

Goodness that comes out of hiding and assumes a public role is no longer good, but corrupt in its own terms and will carry its own corruption wherever it goes.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Scholars who become politicians are usually assigned the comic role of having to be the good conscience of state policy.

Gary Sinise

I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.

Gabourey Sidibe

It's so weird to turn on a switch and be the role model for all women, for all African-Americans. That doesn't happen that easily. It just doesn't. And so I don't act up in public and I don't do anything weird - because my sisters are watching me, not because the world is watching me.

George W. Bush

Bin Laden says his own role is to tell Muslims, quote, 'what is good for them and what is not.'

It was something we really needed. We're usually the ones that start out hot, but this time the role was reversed.

Kevin Hart

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

Carmen Ejogo

There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats.