Famous Quotes & Sayings

Renee Fleming

I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.

Robert Lanza

Until we recognize the essential role of biology, our attempts to truly unify the universe will remain a train to nowhere.

Sandra Bullock

I was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do. I just felt envious, every time I saw a movie that I was in awe of, and it was usually a male lead. And those kinds of roles weren't available. They just weren't being written.

Roger Ebert

No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad.

Rebecca De Mornay

I've never committed to a role without a script.

Richard Roxburgh

I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity.

Richard Schiff

I've been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I've later regretted.

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."

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.

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.

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.

George W. Bush

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

Eva Green

Hmm, limelight... No, I'm not Sienna Miller or Angelina Jolie. I'm very lucky and happy, but I still find it very difficult to get good scripts and good roles. It's really a jungle out there.