Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kevin Pollak

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

Kerri Walsh

I want to be the best role model I can be for my family.

Ken Curtis

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.

Rachel Weisz

I haven't only been offered Hasidic roles.

Michael Urie

A good role comes along, and a good role is a good role.

Sherilyn Fenn

The studios have their list of five actresses and whether they're right or wrong for a role doesn't matter. It's how much money their last movie made.

Raven-Symone

My parents are my role models. I also love Halle Berry, Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lopez. When I see their work, I get engulfed in it. They really capture me.

Ray Charles

The role of the designer is basically that of a good host, anticipating the needs of the guest.

Tionne Watkins

A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.

Mercedes Ruehl

Some roles require a building from the foundation up; it really doesn't come to you easily.

Michelle Pfeiffer

There is no question that the older you get, the fewer good roles there are.

Noah Emmerich

After every movie, you get offered the role that you just did in the last movie.

Mike Tyson

I am not a role model.

Neil Gaiman

What do I do now?” “I don’t know. Fade away, perhaps. Or find another role.

John Noble

A lot of the times, roles are chosen for us.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

I also dreamt about finally meeting the leftist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. He is a great role model for me.

Miranda Otto

As an actor, I would call it a role where you get to stretch out a bit.

Maya Angelou

Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.

Max von Sydow

I accept a role only if it's something I really, really like

Mary Tyler Moore

I loved working with Valerie. That was the most wonderful revelation to find that when we are on a set and we're playing our roles, we're like separated twins. We can almost finish each other's dialogue.

Peter Asher

I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades.

Max Roach

I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure.

May Sarton

I sometimes imagine that as one grows older one comes to live a role which as a young person one merely 'played.

Max Ernst

The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him.

Maureen O'Hara

After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully.

Mario Lopez

I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed

Marilyn Manson

I'm not a role model. I'm a role villain.

Michael K. Williams

I'm good with all my roles, I've never had a bad role.

Merle Shain

The conflict between what one is and who one is expected to be touches all of us. And sometimes, rather than reach for what one could be, we choose the comfort of the failed role, preferring to be the victim of circumstance, the person who didn't have a chance.

Mason Cooley

If I can't serve as a role model, let me serve as a warning.

Michael Arad

I had a dual role: designer and advocate.

Mark Ruffalo

There's a misperception about actors that we actually choose the roles we end up doing - it's more that we're chosen for them.

Theodore Bikel

I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.