“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
“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
“If young kids choose to have me as a role model...what I put out there is that it's not a perfect life and it's okay to make mistakes.” IfsKidsYoungPerfectMistakeRolesModelsOkayMaking MistakesRole ModelsPerfect Life Author:Anne Hathaway
“One thing you think about when you do get nominated is that there is a coalition of people that think you performed okay in the role. You start to think about how much of a blessing it is to have your peers and then people outside of your peer group to say bravo.” PeopleThinkingRolesOne ThingGroupsBlessingOkayPeersCoalitionsBravoPeer Group Author:Hosea Chanchez
“I was always a big kid and I'm okay with that, but I know that it would have been better growing up if I had seen role models who had figures like me, beauty comes in all different packages.” IfsKnowsHas BeensDifferentBigsKidsRolesGrowing UpGrowingFiguresModelsOkayLike MeRole ModelsPackages Author:Mia Tyler
“I definitely have role models. But it's hard to say, "Okay, I want to be Angelina Jolie," or "I want to be Charlize Theron.” WantHardRolesModelsOkayRole Models Author:Alexandra Daddario
“I went out to Bali, and I cast all of these supporting roles. I love that stuff. I just love actors. And then, Ryan Murphy asked me to direct second unit for him on Eat Pray Love. I was already booked on something else, but I joined them later. And then, I wrote him a thank you email and I got no response. I was like, "Okay, that's it." We didn't interact much on set either.” ActorsStuffRolesPrayingDirectOkayResponseCastsUnitsEmailMurphyPray LoveBaliEat Love PraySupporting RolesNo Response Author:Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
“I always consult five to ten people who are hardcore fans, to see how far I can push a role. When they go, "Wait a second, you can't do that! That's a sin!," you go, "Okay, fine, we're not going to do that. We tried too far."” PeopleI CanWaitingSinRolesFiveFansFineTenOkayHardcore Author:Lorenzo di Bonaventura
“I get a singular comment that's very revealing: "I didn't know what to expect." Every time I hear that I think it's really just code for, "I wasn't sure I'd be comfortable with you in this role," which I understand coming from Oscar Bluth and Hank Kingsley and whatever. But I think there's a degree of, "Oh, okay, this is how it is." Then almost always people tell me that they love it and then people start talking to me about their families, whether it's transgender issues or not.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTalkingRolesIssuesDegreesComfortableOkayCodeCommentOscarsRevealingTransgender Author:Jeffrey Tambor
“When I read "The Whole Nine Yards" I was like, 'Okay, this is a G-spot role'.” WholeRolesOkayNineSpotsYards Author:Amanda Peet
“I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that is okay to be your own unique self.” PeopleFeelsSelfCharacterShowsRolesUniqueModelsOkayBlessedRole ModelsUnique Self Author:Atticus Shaffer
“It wasn't exactly a cattle call. I had an agent, and they were seeing people for the parts, so my agent said, "Here's the script, see if there's anything that speaks to you." And I did, and I called my agent and said, "I think this character Data is kind of interesting," and she said, "Well, okay, I'll get you the appointment with Junie Lowry." I had to read with the casting agent first, 'cause nobody really knew me then. Then after that, I had, I think, six different auditions for the role. And finally it was me [on Star Trek].” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsWellsKindSaidDifferentCharacterSpeakStarsCausesInterestingRolesSeeingSixOkayScriptsAgentsDataAuditionsCastingAppointmentsCattle Author:Brent Spiner
“I started taping my dad's auditions when I was 11, when he was auditioning actors for one of his movies. I would see, over and over again, that there wasn't just one actor for the role. It was really clear that there were a lot of people who could play a character really well, and it would always come down to something kind of weird and non-obvious as to why a person was cast. If you're not right, you're not right, but that's okay.” PeopleIfsWellsKindPersonsPlayCharacterActorsRolesClearDadOkayMy DadCastsObviousJust OneAuditions Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“Having just read the script [Havenhurst] and then add having seen a ghost, I went to Andrew [Erin], and I was, like, "Okay, I have to do this movie. I just have to! I don't know why, but I just have to do it." And I ended up getting the role.” KnowsRolesOkayAddScriptsGhostAndrewErin Author:Julie Benz
“He was quiet. I said nothing, hoping that maybe, for once, he'd stop pretenting he was okay. Then I could, too. That we could both forget the roles that had so long bound us.” LongSaidForgetRolesQuietOkayBounds Author:Megan Hart