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“We should be writing more great roles for women, period. Another problem is that movies are generally made for 14-year-old boys, and 14-year-old boys want to watch 25-year-old action heroes.”

Want Should Writing Years Made Problem Action Boys Roles Watches Hero Periods Action Heroes

Author:James Mangold

“The bible teaches that woman brought sin and death into the world, that she precipitated the fall of the race, that she was arraigned before the judgment seat of Heaven, tried, condemned and sentenced. Marriage for her was to be a condition of bondage, maternity a period of suffering and anguish, and in silence and subjection, she was to play the role of a dependent on man's bounty for all her material wants, and for all the information she might desire...Here is the bible position of woman briefly summed up.”

Source: The Woman's Bible: A Classic Feminist Perspective

“Crises have a way of thrusting into the limelight hitherto obscure persons, and giving them, for a long or short period, a leading role.”

Way Giving Persons Long Book Roles Periods Crisis Obscure Limelight

Author:Susan Ertz

“There's nothing that compares to being in a band with your best friends. We're so comfortable together, we understand each other. It feels, like, normal. Whereas solo period felt like I was trying to be something, and play a role, and pretend.”

Feels Trying Play Together Felt Roles Periods Band Normal Comfortable Compare Solo Your Best Friend

Author:Gwen Stefani

“I'd love to be in a period drama - that's my obsession. But being a mixed-race actress, there aren't so many roles you're right for.”

Race Roles Periods Drama Actresses Obsession Mixed Race

Author:Antonia Thomas

“Each album comes from definitely a different period in the evolution of each of us individually as creators and the role that we take in life. The external stimuli changed... so the songs are full of lots of different meanings.”

Different Song Roles Changed Evolution Periods Albums Creator Stimulus Different Meanings

Author:Robert Plant

“Fundamental systemic crises are often associated with the decline of the dominant imperial power and its increasing inability to sustain the system over which it had previously presided. The profound instability of the interwar period owed much to Britain's inability to maintain its role.”

Roles Periods Crisis Fundamentals Profound Britain Decline Dominant Inability Instability

Author:Martin Jacques

“I definitely am looking to do some more dramatic roles; I'd love to do a period piece. I'm just getting started; I feel like there's a whole wealth of options out there to try my hand at.”

Feels Trying Whole Hands Wealth Roles Pieces Periods Dramatic Getting Started

Author:Mandy Moore

“When I closed in "King Lear" I went into a period of depression for about three weeks, and every actor I've talked to who's ever played a major, major Shakespeare role has done this.”

Done Three Actors Roles Week Kings Periods Majors Lear

Author:Frank Langella

“There aren't a lot of movies being made about women, period. Most of the time, the roles that are available are the sidekick, the friend, the girlfriend or the wife, and they just aren't that interesting.”

Made Interesting Roles Wife Periods Available Girlfriend Sidekicks

Author:Zoe Kazan

“There aren't a lot of roles in period movies for black people. It sucks because I love that era. But, I love musicals. I love the show Glee, and I wouldn't mind being on that either.”

People Mind Shows Black Roles Periods Eras Black People Glee I Love Music

Author:Megalyn Echikunwoke

“I think that every enduring story that has expressions over multiple periods, that role of being the keeper of the integrity of the vision is a very important role.”

Thinking Important Stories Vision Roles Expression Periods Integrity Endure Multiple Keepers

Author:Christopher Meledandri

“I am very proud of my role in 'Singularity.' It pushed me into the territory of period romance. It was a very emotional and challenging role.”

Romance Challenges Roles Emotional Proud Periods Territory Singularity

Author:Bipasha Basu

“It occurs to me that at the beginning one works passionately to learn photography. This takes years, and the craft is usually formed during this period. Then as time passes one finds oneself more in the role of serving the medium... Then, as in the example of several masters that I have been privileged to know personally, it appears that by having devoted oneself totally to the medium, one becomes photography.”

Knows Years Has Beens Roles Example Masters Periods Photography Oneself Mediums Crafts Serving Devoted Privileged Time Passes

Author:Ralph Gibson

“I would love to do a period piece. That would be really cool. And also like to do something transformative and have to transform yourself physically to become that character. Any interesting, fun roles, I'm attracted to.”

Character Would Be Fun Interesting Roles Pieces Periods Really Cool

Author:Tracy Spiridakos

“I am a person of faith, so I come from a community that's involved in 360,000 churches across the country, that is an institution that could, in a relatively short period of time, provide hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of positive male role models.”

Ifs Persons Country Community Church Roles Millions Involved Periods Models Institutions Males Role Models Male Role Models

Author:Donald Miller

“Women had no clerical role anywhere in the Western world, period.”

World Roles Periods Western Western World

Author:Mitch Horowitz

“I think the thing that would interest me would be to appear in a period piece where you'd get to dress in an elaborate costume and say nothing but just look fabulous and have a fancy role.”

Thinking Looks Would Be Interest Roles Pieces Periods Dresses Fancy Fabulous Costumes

Author:Ian Astbury

“I think that Sir Winston Churchill, in the period that the Germans occupied the Channel Ports, when the whole war hung in issue, fulfilled a role, which is as great as any role in our history.”

Thinking War Whole Roles Issues Periods Hung Fulfilled Port

Author:Malcolm Muggeridge

“I don't know about "dream role." I do so many dramatic roles or period films or [play] traumatized people or stressed-out people or very intense things, high stakes happening all the time.”

People Knows Play Dream Film Roles Periods Happenings Intense Dramatic Stakes Stressed Stressed Out

Author:Clea DuVall

“Whether we're talking about what the role of the government is, what you think of the United Nations, political leaders or how to respond to [Hurricane] Katrina and whether it had anything to do with race, across a wide variety of issues we see differences between mainstream black and white American opinion that dwarfs anything in American public opinion, period. Democrat versus Republican, men versus women, conservative versus liberal, the black/white divide is the biggest, one of the biggest in the world, and certainly the largest gap in the United States.”

“I'm not saying I'm the perfect role model. But I'm honest. Period.”

Perfect Roles Honest Periods Models Role Models

Author:Kesha

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