Role Quotes

So, to prepare for the role, I had to take music lessons, talk to wives who had husbands overseas, and carefully study the reactions and mannerisms of a friend who was expecting.

I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.

We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.

If I ever lose a role because of my tattoos, I'll quit Hollywood and go to work at Costco.

I don't care whether a role is 10 minutes long or two hours. And I don't care whether my name is up there on top, either. Matter of fact, I'd rather have someone else get top billing; then if the picture bombs, he gets the blame, not me.

I have never played a role in which someone's dark side shouldn't be explored.

Well, obviously, as soon as I'd finished the script I read a lot of books on Winston Churchill, and started to gain weight and really prepare emotionally, mentally and physically for the role.

I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.

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

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

It's usually the exact same three things which are, the Scripts, the Director and the Role those are the three things I look for and really any two of them, If I get two of them that's usually enough, but definitely those are the things I look for.

The role of G-20 is to support the global economy to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth.

I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role.

I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.

I think each role has had different challenges.

All my characters are me. I'm not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think 'I wonder what that feels like.' Because for me, they're all me.

There's been a lot of role reversal going on in the band. The roles people have been playing for a long time will always be there, but everybody's willing to try on different outfits.

The Church's role should be separated from the state's role.

You know that was much more of a kind of cameo, I love the movie, I love the story, I love Johnny as a fun little role but it was more of a cameo, not anywhere near as developed as this role.

You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there.

I've had trouble with criticism, I guess. It's hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them.

I take my role seriously as a pastor.

Well, you know, I mean, she was so wonderful, and she really played the role to perfection.

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

But I certainly know a lot of people that existed at that level and are always kind of pining for more, always thinking that the next big break, the next opportunity, the big role are just around the corner of the next audition.

I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'

Especially in the car ride to and from gym. I find myself spacing out a lot, just visualizing what the Olympics would be like and just having such great role models.

Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.

I think any role you need to play not so much transforms but I like to think of it as understanding the psychology of another character.

The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all.