Roles Quotes

Some of the supporting roles that I've done as an actor, I took them because I knew that I would get to watch some of the leading guys in the movies, and also I'd get to work with them.

I was never the 'babe,' so I knew I'd never get those big roles. I'd always be the best friend or the quirky sidekick.

I have got one of those faces that change every day: you can dress me up, make me look vampy and then make me look 12 years old. But don't all women do this thing? We all take on these roles.

Now I am careful about the kind of roles that I do.

No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know.

I guess you should approach the roles differently when they're actual people who have been, this is the difference. Getting the accent exact, or the hair exact is less important in a situation like this.

I haven't only been offered Hasidic roles.

I loved doing Shakespeare. My two favorite roles, in fact, have been Viola in Twelfth Night and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.

I choose movies, I never choose roles. I look at the script. I look at the director. I look at the other actors - and then the role.

Even though these days I'm very selective about what roles I want to do, I will do Stargate anytime they call.

We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that are being made that have black characters in them. I don't know if that's going to change.

I believe that every role that I have done this far has had quality and content. My roles have been very demanding and every role has been a challenge and a learning experience that has helped me mature as an actress.

I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.

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

You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. Does that make sense?

I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I'm glad I lived out both roles.

I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.

It's just interesting that people don't really know about the roles that I play that are darker. I kind of do a huge blend of really big light things but also really dark indie things, and it just sort of happens to work out that way.

The choices of roles I made had to do with educating and entertaining. And as a result I found myself working only every two or three years.

If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time.

I'm not a dark person at all, so those roles are the most challenging. I don't think I'm necessarily drawn to dark things. It just seems to work out that way.

Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.

Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies.

Corporate Hollywood thinks I'm a geek to go back and do theater. They don't understand why I don't want to be a movie star, why I'm not pursuing Mel Gibson's roles.

I think I've always just been kinda geeky and got to play some mildly appealing roles.

I do intelligent roles. I don't want to be labeled as doing silly movies. I'm more mature than kids my age because I'm constantly surrounded by adults.

The 'Family Ties' role was the first of many gay roles that I've ended up playing. I remember that I made them laugh, and it made me feel good, 'cause it really cracked them up.

I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence.

Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.