“The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you invest so much in it. And when they don't come to fruition and nobody sees them, there's a part of you that dies a little bit. It's like, 'Ah! But I worked so hard!' But that's the business.” LittlesHardDiesActorsBitsRolesLittle BitHardestHardest ThingFruition Author:Adrianne Palicki
“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
“I've done roles before where I've wanted to be buff and sort of fit or whatever. And I like to try and be a little bit fit because there's usually one scene in a movie where you've got to run, which means you've got to run for about five hours nonstop. So, for me, it's just worthwhile being fit because doing a movie can be kind of grueling for six, seven, eight weeks. Or 12 weeks.” TryingKindMeanLittlesDoneRunningWantedBitsHoursRolesFiveWeekFitSceneSixLittle BitSevenEightBe KindWorthwhile Author:Guy Pearce
“I work out as little as I can for as much gain as I can. Yoga and a little bit of ballet -- only 30 or 40 minutes every other day. I keep supple for myself more than for roles.” LittlesI CanBitsRolesMinutesLittle BitYogaGainsWork OutBalletSupple Author:Julie Andrews
“I've lived a little bit and traveled the world and experienced a lot of things that I can play any role, and I think I can get into stuff that people never thought I would ever do because of my experiences and growth as a person.” PeopleThinkingWorldLittlesPersonsI CanPlayStuffBitsGrowthRolesLittle BitTraveled Author:Chris Tucker
“The casting is the most important thing. If you cast a picture really well a lot of things take care of themselves. You get actors that like to give a lot to the role and who appreciate the role on the same level that you do. If you miscast it, you're working an uphill battle a little bit and maybe you can come out okay but you can't always come out great.” IfsGivingWellsLittlesImportantCareActorsBitsLevelsRolesBattleLittle BitAppreciateOkayImportant ThingsCastsTake CareCastingUphill Battles Author:Clint Eastwood
“The biggest anxiety is just about America's role in the world. People are feeling very unsafe. They really are. They're just wondering whether, anything can be done to try to stabilize the world a little bit.” PeopleWorldTryingLittlesDoneFeelingsAmericaBitsWonderRolesAnxietyLittle BitUnsafe Author:Chris Christie
“I think that mentoring is such a critical part of the role I can play in my position. I see how little bits of exposure and big bits of exposure really change my girls significantly, and I want that for more girls around the country and the world.” ThinkingWorldWantLittlesI CanCountryPlayBigsGirlBitsRolesPositionLittle BitCriticalExposureMentoringMy Girl Author:Michelle Obama
“I just think of interesting roles to play. I guess that I have matured, I guess growing up and becoming a man, your taste in characters changes and I think I have become more interested in active characters as I have become less contemplative in my personal life. Things have become a little bit more interesting in the doing these days and less interesting in the thinking about the doing.” ThinkingMenLittlesPlayCharacterBitsInterestingRolesGrowing UpGrowingBecomingTasteLittle BitActiveThese DaysPersonal LifeContemplativeMaturedBecoming A ManCharacter Change Author:Josh Hartnett
“In so many roles I've played the outsider. As an outsider, you have more energy to succeed simply because you are an outsider. There are scripts floating around but they're not coming my way and I think that I am getting a little bit too old to play Napoleon. But if I was ever offered the role I would grab it.” IfsThinkingWayLittlesPlayEnergyBitsRolesSucceedLittle BitScriptsMy WayOutsidersFloating Author:David Suchet
“I'm trying to avoid any more asshole roles, at least for a little bit. The main criteria for me when choosing a project is a good director. I just want to work with these guys that I admire because I do want to direct my own films one day, and I want to pick their brains to see what their process is like, and see what I can take from that.” WantTryingLittlesI CanFilmGuyBitsProcessMy OwnBrainRolesOne DayDirectorsProjectsLittle BitPicksDirectAdmireCriteriaGood Directors Author:Dave Franco
“To be honest, I don't see myself acting forever. I just can't imagine myself being a 70-year-old man fighting for roles. I would love to do small parts in my friends' movies or things that I'm directing myself. I do envision myself behind the camera as I get a little bit older.” MenYearsLittlesFightingBitsActingBehindsRolesForeverImagineHonestLittle BitMy FriendsCamerasBeing HonestOld ManSmall Parts Author:Dave Franco
“I got a phone call from George Miller [the director] asking me to play this role. We sat down and he showed me on his computer a documentary-type montage sequence of real penguins swimming, in an Esther Williams synchronized sort of way, and doing things I have never seen them do. Then he explained his vision of the film, asked me to read the script and to voice the character. I was cast a little bit later, and he let me do the singing as well!” WayWellsLittlesRealPlayCharacterFilmBitsVoiceVisionRolesTypeDirectorsComputerLittle BitSingingLet MeAskingDown AndScriptsCastsPhonesSatSwimmingDocumentariesSequencePhone CallsPenguinsEsther Author:Brittany Murphy
“I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.” TryingLittlesBitsActingRolesLittle Bit Author:Michael Clarke Duncan
“I see the role of a rabbi or a pastor in general sort of like the role of a quarterback who throws the ball a little bit ahead of the receiver - that is you want to make people run just a bit to catch up to the message that you offer.” PeopleWantLittlesRunningBitsRolesOffersLittle BitMessagesBallsPastorQuarterbackReceiverRabbi Author:David Wolpe
“There's material that I read that I fall in love with, and I always get a little bit sad because I know that, when I fall in love with it, almost everyone else is falling in love with that same piece. Getting the crack at doing that thing that, in my soul, I know I have to do it, that's the role.” KnowsLittlesSoulFallBitsRolesPiecesMaterialsLittle BitFalling In LoveMy SoulCracksI Fall In Love Author:Emmanuelle Chriqui
“I wanted to take on a little bit more of a leadership role. I'm getting older and things are coming to me more and I have to take responsibility for that.” LittlesWantedBitsResponsibilityRolesLittle BitTaking ResponsibilityGetting OldGetting OlderLeadership Roles Author:Chris Bosh
“It isn't so much that I choose the roles - I mean, I guess there's a little bit of a selection process - but it's more just what people offer you.” PeopleMeanLittlesBitsProcessRolesOffersLittle BitSelection Author:Owen Wilson
“You've gotta be an outsider a little bit to shake yourself loose from the mill, the "machine." In order to even cut the space in your life to pursue what most people literally cannot afford a moment to pursue. So, yeah. I think that not only is that the role of the artist, but it might be a requirement.” PeopleThinkingLittlesMomentsMightArtistOrderBitsSpaceRolesCuttingLittle BitMachinesYeahPursueShakesOutsidersRequirementsMills Author:El-P
“[Hillary Clinton] is hinted a little bit about what his[Bill Clinton] role might be, but just a little bit.” LittlesMightBitsRolesLittle BitBillsClinton Author:Terry Gross
“At the time the quickest way to establish yourself as an American was to throw a little bit of tap into your dance - even when it wasn't called for. But what also helped me was the fact that I was dancing in roles that I had played.” WayLittlesFactsBitsRolesLittle BitDancing Author:Gene Kelly
“Every role affects an actor a little bit. There's always a little chunk of a character that stays left over in your heart.” HeartLittlesCharacterActorsLeftBitsRolesLittle BitChunks Author:Natalie Dormer
“When you audition for something you do feel a little bit more legit. It's a validation that you are the right person for the job because they've chosen and they've seen you do something connected to that role.” FeelsLittlesPersonsJobsBitsRolesLittle BitConnectedChosenAuditionsValidationRight PersonLegit Author:Luke Evans
“My first job was a show called The Others. I had, like, three lines. Julianne Nicholson was in it, and Gabriel [Macht]. I remember Gabriel wasn't there the day I was, but he sent a note, because he went to Carnegie Mellon as well, so we knew each other a little bit through that, and he was so sweet and generous. It was meant to be a recurring role that would evolve on the show, but the show only lasted a little while and I ended up only doing that one episode.” FirstsWellsLittlesShowsJobsRememberThreeBitsLinesRolesSweetLittle BitNotesEvolveGenerousMeant To BeEpisodesWere Meant To BeGabrielRecurringCarnegieNicholsonCarnegie Mellon Author:Zachary Quinto
“Let's say [Warren Beatty] wants you to speak louder in a scene. He won't stop playing the role and say to you as a director, "Will you speak louder on the next take?" He'll say it as Howard Hughes: "I can't totally hear you. Why don't you speak up a little bit?" To kind of keep this rhythm going.” WantKindLittlesI CanNextSpeakBitsRolesSceneDirectorsLittle BitRhythmBeatty Author:Alden Ehrenreich
“I think that's the role of an artist, right? To touch someone and make us stretch out just a little bit more.” ThinkingLittlesArtistBitsRolesLittle BitTouch Someone Author:Rene Marie
“I'm too young to play lawyers. But I've been really lucky because I never got labeled. I never did the John Hughes thing. I did adult movies. I'm not bragging or anything, but I think that I've chosen really good roles. I've played different people and showed that I have a little bit of range.” PeopleThinkingLittlesDifferentPlayYoungBitsRolesLuckyLittle BitAdultsLawyerChosenRangeDifferent PeoplesBragging Author:Winona Ryder
“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