“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.” MenFightingStrongFunWaitingSidesRolesHe ManStrong WomenTypicalBlondeIconic Author:Rose McGowan
“I'm always looking to do different roles and play around a little bit. That's always the fun part of my job.” LittlesDifferentPlayJobsFunBitsRolesLittle Bit Author:Ashley Rickards
“Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun.” ThinkingWantArtPlayCharacterFormFunChallengesDarkActingRoles Author:James Franco
“I did this movie with Spike Lee called Sucker Free City, and that would have to be my favorite role by far. It was just so much fun to work with Spike and shoot in San Francisco.” FunCitiesRolesMy FavoriteSan FranciscoSucker Author:Anthony Mackie
“It hasn't been until the last couple years that I've started playing close to my age. But it's fun playing the younger roles because it takes you back to the teen years.” YearsAgeLastsFunRolesCouple Author:Kerr Smith
“My role in 'Legally Blonde' was really rewarding, because I had so much fun working on the movie. I've had really rewarding experiences on tiny low budget films that you'll never see but where I had a cool time creating characters as well. I love almost all of the characters I've played.” WellsCharacterFilmFunRolesCreatingLowsTinyBudgetsBlondeRewarding ExperiencesCreating Characters Author:Alanna Ubach
“I have been incredibly privileged with my roles - after all I have had the chance to do some fantastic fun acting such as the Spice Girls Movie - who can ever forget that!” Has BeensGirlFunChanceForgetActingRolesFantasticPrivilegedSpicesSpice Girls Author:Richard E. Grant
“I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting. It was a lot of work - anything other than Shakespeare was less work. I had a lot of interesting roles, but I don't point to them and say, "That was more interesting than that," because I don't know what the criteria are.” KnowsYearsDoneThreeFunInterestingCompanyRolesThree YearsCriteria Author:William Shatner
“I'm a bloody fun-seeker. Whatever the role is, I'll find a way to deliver the line that is confounding.” WayFunLinesRolesBloodySeekersConfounding Author:Lucy Lawless
“I don't care if you hate me or if you like me, as long as somebody gives me a character that is really a character to play. It's fun to be able to have a character and have a director that can direct you into a character. I'm just so happy that I got a good role. I don't care if it's bad or if it's good, and I don't care if it's drama or comedy. They are just so rare to come across.” IfsGivingLongPlayCharacterCareAbleHateFunRolesComedyDramaDirectorsDirectGive MeDon't CareLike MeI Don't CareHate MeYou Hate MeIf You Like MeIf You Hate Me Author:Salma Hayek
“You get to a certain age and you're just glad to be there. I don't know what to add to that. It's fun. You have to be a realist, so you try to look for roles that are within the age you are.” KnowsTryingLooksAgeCertainFunRolesAddGladRealist Author:Clint Eastwood
“I want to do roles that are fun and challenging and I want to try different things. I don't want to keep doing Monster's Ball over and over and over again. I want to keep doing my career the way that I was doing it before I won the Oscar.” WayWantTryingDifferentFunChallengesCareersRolesBallsMonstersDifferent ThingsOscars Author:Halle Berry
“I never even think about the physicality of roles, until honestly I get the gig and I think, 'OK, now what do I have to do in this one?' Like, I approach it thinking more about the character - do I respond to it? Is it something I think I can play? Does it seem like it'll be fun?” ThinkingDoeI CanPlayCharacterSeemsFunRolesApproachHonestlyGigsPhysicality Author:Halle Berry
“I have never wanted to be a queen! Cleopatra was a role, and I am an actor, so it was fun to play one, but it's not real.” RealPlayWantedActorsFunRolesQueens Author:Elizabeth Taylor
“I don't mind that if I ever star in movies, they'll likely be mine. That's okay, because my great role models - Woody Allen, even Tyler Perry, who is actually one of my role models, even if that seems kind of strange - they do that themselves. And it's great. They build empires, and they're known as having their own voice. I think it's 20 times more fun to act on a set where I feel the freedom to change the dialogue.” IfsThinkingFeelsMindKindSeemsFunStarsVoiceKnownRolesMinesStrangeModelsOkayDialogueEmpiresRole ModelsWoodyGreat Role Models Author:Mindy Kaling
“I'm just open to doing all different kinds of movies. I have a movie called Scout coming out and it's a coming of age story. [] I have a very small role in it, but it was really fun to make and really light, but I do want darker roles.” WantKindDifferentStoriesLightAgeFunRolesComing Of AgeComing OutDifferent KindsSmall Roles Author:Shelley Hennig
“I like big escapist films. It's odd because the type of comedian I am and the things I do when I'm writing and directing myself usually deal with the darker side of the human psyche and excruciating social faux pas. I often deal in taboos and the subjects I do as a stand-up are quite challenging. But my film roles have been much more fun and escapist.” WritingHumansHas BeensBigsFilmFunSocialSidesChallengesDealsRolesSubjectsTypeComedianOddTabooHuman PsycheEscapistsFauxDarker SideFaux Pas Author:Ricky Gervais
“claims about what's 'natural' have long been used to reinforce traditional gender roles and values. ... Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is that of mother. Shockingly, men's 'innate' roles are a lot more fun than the ones bestowed on women.” MenShouldChildrenLongImportantIdeasUsedMotherValuesFunNaturalRolesShould HaveClaimsNotionGenderTraditionalSexismInherentInnateGender Roles Author:Jessica Valenti
“It was fun yet challenging to play the dual roles. I'm a really nice guy, and the character [of Dubious] is egocentric and hard-edged, so I had to pull out the negative aspects of me to attribute to the role.” HardPlayCharacterGuyFunChallengesRolesNiceNegativeAspectAttributesReally NiceNice GuyDubiousEgocentric Author:Carson Grant
“Theres a great sense of achievement, testosterone, fun, being able to live out your masculinity when you play an action role or an action-adventure or a real tough-guy role.” RealPlayAbleActionGuyFunRolesAdventureAchievementToughMasculinityTestosteroneTough Guy Author:Gerard Butler
“Quiet people, people who arent given to emotional outbursts, people who are economic with words - theyre also fun to play, but you find yourself needing a laser precision in those roles. Otherwise you just sort of stand around, looking slightly brain-dead. You worry about being uninteresting.” PeoplePlayGivenFunBrainRolesWorryEconomicEmotionalQuietFinding YourselfPrecisionLasersOutburstQuiet PeopleBrain DeadEmotional Outbursts Author:Damian Lewis
“I love roles where I am required to prepare physically. And it's fun putting on weight and eating.” FunRolesEatingWeight Author:Mark Wahlberg
“The whole acting thing is a buffet. One, in terms of role choice and movie choice, I like to do lots of different things, and I think that's the whole fun of it. But I also see it as a buffet in terms of the character.” ThinkingDifferentWholeCharacterChoicesFunTermActingRolesDifferent ThingsBuffets Author:Topher Grace
“Hamlet, that's the only role there is, finally. The only role. After that, you settle down and only do the fun things on stage.” FunRolesStageDown AndSettlingSettling DownFun Things Author:Stephen Lang
“I don't pick the roles. Your agent gets a call for you and you go and they all get together, everybody has fun at the reading, and they say, "There's chemistry here." So that's how it happens.” HappensTogetherReadingFunRolesPicksAgentsHaving FunChemistryGet Together Author:Mickey Rooney
“Well,the fun part of being a writer is that it's like making a wonderful film, with no limit on my budget. I can design the sets, the costume, the lightings, I write the script, and then I get to perform all the roles as I step into each character's skin, zip up, and adopt that point of view. So, to me, they are all compelling and fascinating.” WritingWellsI CanCharacterFilmFunViewsStepsRolesWonderfulDesignLimitsSkinsScriptsPoint Of ViewBudgetsFascinatingCompellingCostumesLightingZips Author:Robin Hobb
“The human being that I strive to be is a great human being, like a loving human being, but as an actor, you take on roles that are not you and that's the fun part for me as far as acting goes. You really get to learn about other human beings and not judge.” HumansActorsFunHuman BeingsActingRolesJudgingStrive Author:Common
“Historically, actors have been made very famous for roles that were something that was far - - Richard Widmark comes to mind (playing Tommy Udo in "Kiss of Death") or something like that, where you do some famous role and everybody imitates you for the rest of your life. But obviously it's much more fun to play something you're not than it is to play something you are.” MindHas BeensMadePlayActorsFunRolesKissingRest Of Your LifeVery FamousKiss Of DeathMind Playing Author:Clint Eastwood
“Modeling is about illusion. It's a fantasy world where models play various roles. By featuring extreme looks, magazines show women how to have fun with makeup and clothes, and to inspire them to experiment - just like we did when we were little girls.” WorldLooksLittlesPlayShowsGirlFunRolesFantasyInspireClothesModelsIllusionVariousExtremesExperimentsMagazinesHaving FunMakeupModelingFantasy Worlds Author:Cindy Crawford
“I think the best roles are in dark movies. It's roles that aren't you. It's fun playing someone that's not me. If I'm playing me all the time, then it's not acting. It's just being yourself.” IfsThinkingFunDarkActingRolesBeing YourselfJust BeingPlaying Someone Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“I feel like pop stars can't be rock stars anymore because they have to be role models, and it takes the fun out of it for us, because we just want to have fun with art.” WantFeelsArtFunStarsRolesRocksModelsPopsHaving FunRole ModelsRock StarPop StarsJust Want To Have Fun Author:Rihanna
“Obviously, I'm quite young and I haven't really thought about what films I'd like to go into yet. I love challenging films, really. I'd prefer to do some gritty, challenging roles. That would be awesome, and really fun. I want to be as diverse as possible.” WantWould BeFilmYoungFunChallengesRolesHavensDiverse Author:Charlie Rowe
“I don't want to be pretentious about, "yes, I need to move in to the more dramatic roles and express myself and prove to everyone that I'm capable of doing it," it really isn't that, I think that's a bad reason to choose roles. It's more like, who would I be working with and would they be fun to do and entertaining to watch, is it an interesting story or character.” ThinkingWantNeedsReasonCharacterStoriesMovingFunInterestingRolesWatchesProveCapableDramaticEntertainingPretentiousInteresting Stories Author:Steve Carell