“Playing is no challenge; every time that you get a role you get to go play with other people in the sandbox and so there is no challenge, real challenge. The challenge, the major challenge is getting the work, finding the sandbox.” PeopleRealPlayChallengesRolesFindingsMajorsSandbox Author:Morgan Freeman
“I only get involved with roles that I find intriguing, in top quality productions regardless of the medium. I try not to focus on the format itself and concentrate instead, on finding roles that challenge and entertain me as an artist.” TryingArtistChallengesQualityRolesFocusInvolvedFindingsProductionsMediumsGet InvolvedIntriguingFormat Author:Brian J. White
“I am proud to be a role model for my viewers. I am finding out that helping victims is as or more rewarding the all the awards I win.” HelpingWinningRolesProudFindingsModelsVictimAwardsRole ModelsViewers Author:Mariska Hargitay
“You have to remember that Hollywood is in the business of making movies that they can sell tickets to, they're not in the business of finding great roles for actors.” RememberActorsRolesFindingsHollywoodSellsTickets Author:Julianne Moore
“I started to write songs. And I started to like what I was writing. I think it's a new way for me to express things that are closer to myself than when I play a role, because, of course, it's really not me. I'm finding a new way. I don't know what it's going to be. But I know that I will need to give it to people one day.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayNeedsGivingWritingPlaySongCoursesRolesOne DayFindingsNew Ways Author:Marion Cotillard
“Everything has become so pop-rock oriented that finding a role for a soprano, and finding an audience for a soprano, is tricky. Unless you're dealing with a revival, which is why I do so many revivals - because my specific tone and vocal quality lends itself to that type of writing.” WritingQualityRolesAudienceRocksTypeFindingsPopsToneVocalRevivalTrickySopranos Author:Laura Benanti
“That's what we're all doing: paving the way, finding the roles that have the complication instead of the one that's always got it together or the dedicated housewife or the wild one who smokes cigarettes and sleeps with anybody.” WayTogetherSleepRolesFindingsSmokeDedicatedCigaretteHousewifeComplicationPavingPaving The WayWild One Author:Jane Fonda
“People tend to believe that good fortune consists of equal parts talent, hard work, and sheer luck. It's hard to deny the roles of the latter two. As to talent, I would only say it consists primarily in finding the right moment to step in.” PeopleBelieveTwoHardMomentsStepsRolesTalentHard WorkEqualFindingsLuckFortuneDenyLatterSheerGood FortuneRight Moment Book:Chindi Source: Chindi
“When I get to tell a story through music videos or TV, it's all about finding the story that I want to tell, so I'm definitely open to acting roles, it just depends on the story.” WantStoriesActingRolesTvsDependsFindingsVideo Author:Taylor Swift
“I love the whole kind of notion of transformation for me is (what) excites me about not only acting, but storytelling. I love, I love that notion of a slightly larger-than-life artistic truth, you know, magnifying real emotional truth (or) finding something about human condition (which), you wouldn't necessarily think you can learn from characters such as Kong or Gollum, but actually they are, you know, these huge amplifications of a human psyche and I suppose those kind of roles have always attracted me definitely.” ThinkingKnowsHumansKindRealWholeCharacterActingRolesConditionsEmotionalHugeFindingsTransformationNotionStorytellingArtisticHuman ConditionLarger Than LifeMagnifyingHuman PsycheAmplification Author:Andy Serkis
“I believe the important part of directing really is finding the right people for the right roles. Sometimes you go for what's expected, and sometimes you go against type because you think that'll really bring something different to the movie.” PeopleThinkingBelieveImportantDifferentSometimesI BelieveRolesTypeFindingsExpected Author:Renny Harlin
“My family life and early political life - being exposed to the news constantly, being enrolled in an Afrocentric education program, and doing the extracurriculars I did - played a huge role in me finding my path.” PoliticalRolesPathHugeFindingsNewsProgramMy FamilyExposedFamily LifePolitical Life Author:Baratunde Thurston
“Being an older person now, I'm finding that people are calling me to play various things. Variations on the theme of mother, caretaker, and in some cases, doctors, heads of organizations and things like that. For some people, I'm finally old enough to play those roles. We see men playing them when they're a little bit younger, and also in roles that call for some form of conflict and violence, either generating it or trying to curtail it. Women don't seem to be a big part of those common and often used movie themes.” PeopleMenTryingLittlesPersonsEnoughPlayBigsSeemsFormUsedMotherBitsCommonRolesCasesViolenceCallingConflictFindingsLittle BitDoctorsOrganizationVariousThemeVariationCaretakers Author:Barbara Crampton
“As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.” WritingActorsRolesFocusFindingsAttackingGood Writing Author:Amanda Peet
“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.” MadeFilmFallInterestingRolesMaterialsFindingsActressesLap Author:Winona Ryder
“Instead of finding himself in nerd heaven—where every nerd gets fifty-eight virgins to role-play with—he woke up in Robert Wood Johnson with two broken legs and a separated shoulder, feeling like, well, he'd jumped off the New Brunswick train bridge.” WellsTwoPlayFeelingsHeavenRolesBrokenFindingsTrainLegsWoodsEightShouldersBridgesFiftyVirginsNerdJohnsonBroken Leg Author:Junot Diaz