Roles Quotes

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.

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.

I'm blessed to have cool roles in these big movies.

I've done a lot of serious roles, but they're, like, independent, so it's harder for them to come out. The big ones have been comedies, but I would love to get a big drama to let people see the other side of me, that I am a serious actress.

After Halle Berry does her films and Queen Latifah does her films, it's left to all the black, Latino and Asian actresses to fight over a couple of roles. I opted for some TV. There's just not a ton of work in film.

I'm basically a movie actor now, and my big roles are mostly horror movies - unless I'm doing a guest star or something - and occasionally I try to get back into television.

As an actress I take roles I find interesting.

It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women.

The whole point about becoming an actor is variety and changing roles.

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.

No one's calling me for lawyer roles. I still have a lot to do to prove myself.

When younger, I was thin as a rail. As I've grown older, I've put on weight. I have continued to love myself in all those roles. Part of my spirituality, I always tell people, is to accept yourself for who you are.

You become very angry and depressed that you keep getting offered only these exceedingly demure and repressed roles. They're so not me. That's why films like Fight Club were so important to me because I think I confounded certain stereotypes and limited perceptions of what I could do as an actress.

I get to do interesting roles and make a living.

I like strong, strong women who don't go down without a fight. I like iconic roles. They don't come around very often, so I have to wait for them. Obviously I'm not the typical blonde who stands by the side, while the man has all the fun.

I don't know what the future holds. I just try to do roles that I haven't done before.

I think it can be hard for any man to sometimes be upstaged by his wife. So when I'm home, I work very hard to be Todd's wife and Jade's mother. I have no problem going back to those traditional roles. I try to be Giada, the young girl that he met 20 years ago and fell in love with.

So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky because as a black actress, there aren't that many roles to pick from.

I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people.

I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them!