Roles Quotes

And the first commandment of feminism is: I am woman; thou shalt not tolerate strange gods who assert that women have capabilities or often choose roles that are different from men's.

I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way to get cast.

In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.

My first four roles were all nice guys, Raggedy Man being one of them.

I longed to break out of the system and do different roles.

I just pick the best roles that are left over, and they usually aren't the heterosexual, leading-man, non-drug-addict parts. And once you get into doing them, people know you do them.

At about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers.

These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played.

I was really overwhelmed by the amount of roles that I got offered that were carbon copies of what I did in 'Up in the Air.' I got every offer for every ambitious, unfeeling practically robotic character.

Robert Taylor was not only a splendid actor in a wide variety of roles but one of the most handsome men in the western world.

I like to play different types roles, but I'd like to do a comedy next.

There are roles I want that my agency might not want me to do because of the subject matter or whatever. Or there are roles that people won't bring to me because they don't think I'll do it. And that is a big strain because an actor wants to act.

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.

So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.

I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there.

The roles for women have been either you're the mother or you're the whore or the lieutenant. They've been sort of limited, either way you're all good or you're all bad. What I'm loving about 'Red Widow' is the ability to really do move toward the Tony Soprano or Walter White or 'Dexter,' these character who are just complex, flawed.

I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize.

But it is not conscious strategy to go for unconventional roles.

When my friends and I would act out movies as kids, we'd play the guys' roles, since they had the most interesting things to do. Decades later, I can hardly believe my sons and daughter are seeing many of the same limited choices in current films.

The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.

But Eddie does not make all the decisions. Eddie can listen to reason; Eddie can be swayed or talked in or out of certain things. Eddie allows other people to lead in this band and to have certain roles that are very fundamental to the decision-making process.

I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person.

In planning an attack, persons have various roles.

Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that.

It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along. That's partly because I found myself getting typecast, as everyone does unless they pursue roles that are very different from what they've done before.

I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

That's the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.

I'd like to get more bit-acting roles. I don't know if my talent would allow for a long dialogue, but I could definitely knock out three lines. I'd kill it.

It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future.