“I still haven't played a leading role in cinema or in TV, and that's something that I long for.” LongStillsRolesHavensTvsCinema Author:Sofia Vergara
“I haven't had a problem with being typecast, but if I was only getting one type of role, I wouldn't mind. What I'm worried about is not working.” IfsMindProblemRolesHavensTypeWorried Author:Michael K. Williams
“I love taking on roles that I haven't yet done in my career.” DoneCareersRolesHavens Author:Alexa Vega
“I got the O.B.E because I represent England outside of England more...but thinking of me as an actor, I haven't done all the classical theatre, all the great roles. Think of Helen Mirren and me. Helen, who I adore, is a friend - should be Dame. I am the rebel, the revolutionary on the side.” ThinkingShouldDoneActorsSidesRolesHavensEnglandTheatreRevolutionaryRebelAdoreHelenDames Author:Charlotte Rampling
“Even though I've done a lot it also feels like I haven't done a lot. I've sort of popped in for supporting roles in things, and that's been really delightful.” FeelsDoneRolesHavensDelightfulSupporting Roles Author:Guy Pearce
“I kind of take Hilary as a role model because she started out at about the same age. She hadn't done much before starting her series, and I haven't either.” KindDoneAgeRolesHavensModelsSeriesStartingRole Models Author:Miley Cyrus
“I've had a chance to really stretch and do a lot of different genres. When I started acting, my whole focus and intention was to work as a stage actor in a company where you're asked to different roles - do a comedy, do a tragedy, etc. I haven't had any reservations about jumping from one type of genre to another.” DifferentWholeActorsChanceActingCompanyRolesComedyFocusStageHavensTypeTragedyIntentionGenreEtcJumpingReservationsDifferent GenresStage Actors Author:Kyle MacLachlan
“I have a theory about American men -- I think they think women are boys who don't know how to throw a ball very well. American women are forced into the role of being men without penises, of being men who haven't quite been able to make it. If women don't want to be pussycats, then they get forced into the role of being almost as good as men. Which is lousy.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWantWellsAbleBoysRolesKnow HowHavensTheoryBallsBeing MeAmerican Woman Author:Anne Beatts
“I am very picky with my career. I don't need to do it for the money or the fame. I'm very choosy, which is why I haven't played the typical role that people expect to see from someone of my stature and size, as the mean jock or the preppy. It's very easy to see me like that. That's why I go against it in different roles.” PeopleNeedsMeanDifferentEasyCareersRolesHavensFameSizeTypicalStatureJocksPickyPreppyChoosy Author:Kellan Lutz
“Whatever the best scripts are and you just want to play roles that you can really sink your teeth into. That's always the goal no matter if it's a good guy or a bad guy, or a comedy, or a drama. It doesn't matter, you just want something that's substantial you can sink your teeth into and that you haven't done before, something that's really going to challenge you.” IfsWantMatterDonePlayGuyGoalChallengesRolesComedyHavensDramaScriptsTeethBad GuysWant SomethingGood Guy Author:Stanley Tucci
“I don't have to sympathize or empathize with a human being in order to be able to portray them. I mean, some of the greatest roles that actors have been able to play haven't been the most endearing on screen.” HumansMeanHas BeensPlayAbleOrderActorsHuman BeingsRolesHavensScreensEndearing Author:Dustin Lance Black
“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 think my role is as a writer, especially, and then also as a speaker, an organizer, and an entre- preneur of social change. My role isn't to make choices for people-each individual or group needs to do that on their own. But as a writer and a speaker, you can describe possibilities that perhaps haven't been visible before, and aren't in other public dialogues or in the rest of the media. So I suppose I think of myself mainly as an organizer and as someone who describes possibilities.” PeopleThinkingNeedsChoicesIndividualSocialRolesGroupsMediaHavensPossibilityDialogueVisibleSpeakersSocial ChangeOrganizer Author:Gloria Steinem
“Too many young actors are strutting about and doing films without having developed some of the depth you need to bring off certain kinds of roles. I think that's the problem with the system, where a lot of younger actors who haven't had a chance to develop suddenly become stars.” ThinkingNeedsKindProblemFilmYoungCertainActorsStarsChanceRolesHavensDepthYoung ActorsStrutting Author:Christopher Walken
“With a role like Hedda Gabler, which is incredibly complicated, you often feel that you haven't even scratched the surface the first time around, so you relish the opportunity to do it again, particularly with an ensemble of actors and the company we assembled. But when you do that in films you somehow have to make some attempt to uncross people's arms and you have to justify why you're doing it.” PeopleFeelsFirstsFilmActorsOpportunityCompanyRolesHavensArmsFirst TimeComplicatedSurfaceJustifyRelishEnsemble Author:Cate Blanchett
“It's a political and manipulative industry. Actors vie for the same roles, movies are snatched away. Have I ever been manipulated? Yes. But I haven't manipulated anyone because if you think from the heart, you cannot be calculative. I have spent nights crying.” IfsThinkingHeartPoliticalNightActorsRolesHavensCryIndustryManipulative Author:Kareena Kapoor
“I've worked for more than 50 years on the stage and I have played great, great, great roles, but I haven't played a great Shakespearean role because they're all male. I'm actually very proud of it.” YearsRolesStageHavensProudMales Author:Ian McLeod
“Oh, I haven't reached any peak. I hit the bottom in the '60s. When a certain actress undertook the leading role in a recent play of mine, she referred to me as "that old derelict." Not to my face, but behind my back.” PlayFacesCertainBehindsRolesHavensMinesBottomActressesBehind My BackDerelict Author:Tennessee Williams
“Rock of the ages been a really interesting job. It's been exhausting. It's been the hardest thing I've ever done because it's just so big, and I haven't had a lot of time. And I'm just kind of blowing through this. And everybody's, like, happy, and giving thumbs up. Most of the actors have said "this is the best role they've ever had." So you know, that's important to me.” KnowsGivingKindSaidImportantDoneBigsAgeJobsActorsInterestingRolesRocksHavensHardestHardest ThingThumbsReally InterestingExhaustingThumbs Up Author:Adam Shankman
“I haven't really had a major role in film for about 12 years. But I never stopped working in the theater. I do stuff back to back.” YearsFilmStuffRolesHavensMajorsTheater Author:Jacki Weaver
“There are a lot of actors who are doing dream work where they focus on a role and try to bring it into their dreams. I haven't done that work, but I've always found that when I'm studying for a role, the work I'm doing somehow manages to enter my dreams, no matter what approach I take.” TryingMatterDoneDreamActorsFoundRolesStudyFocusHavensApproachNo Matter WhatManage Author:Luke Kirby
“My beliefs really haven't changed since I was in government. If anything, it gave me appreciation for how challenging it is for the government to balance and play the roles that it needs to, both wanting to keep the nation secure, both having the rights to collect extensive intelligence overseas, less so within the country.” IfsNeedsCountryPlayGovernmentBeliefNationsChallengesRolesRightsHavensChangedBalanceAppreciationSecure Author:Rod Beckstrom
“I just passed on some a script that I was sent, because I said, "I haven't yet played the person staying home, the one that says, 'Good luck, honey,' or whatever." And so that's what I look for. Therefore, by virtue of that exclusion, I'm always trying to find roles that are challenging.” TryingLooksPersonsSaidHomeChallengesRolesVirtueHavensLuckScriptsStayingHoneyGood LuckAlways TryingExclusion Author:Geena Davis
“My dream roles haven't been written yet. My favorite thing to do is to dive into the uncharted territories of a new script that's untainted by someone else's idea of the character.” IdeasCharacterDreamRolesWrittenHavensMy FavoriteScriptsThings To DoTerritoryFavorites ThingsUnchartedUncharted Territory Author:Erica Schroeder
“There's actually a time when I got cast in something and it was announced that someone else was cast. I hadn't been told yet if I had the role and I had a breakdown because I really wanted it and it was announced on this website that this other girl had gotten it. I was so sad and called my agents and said, "You guys didn't tell me this other person got the role!" They were like, "No, they haven't decided yet." Then two hours later I got the call that said I had the role.” IfsPersonsSaidTwoWantedGuyGirlHoursRolesHavensDecidedCastsAgentsWebsiteBreakdownOther GirlSo Sad Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“The relationship to the director is becoming more crucial to me, making sure there are some common goals. I haven't been in the kind of position where my roles have been chosen for me, where someone says, "First we'll do this and then we'll do this," and it's all part of some master plan.” FirstsKindHas BeensGoalCommonRolesPlansHavensPositionMastersBecomingDirectorsChosenCrucialBecoming MoreCommon Goal Author:Kathy Bates