“I don't have a specific type of role that I aspire to play or aspire to act. I really like a challenge and I really like doing things that are different because if I had to do the same thing all the time, then I don't think I would be an actor.” IfsThinkingDifferentPlayWould BeActorsChallengesRolesTypeAspire Author:Vanessa Lengies
“I like to do new things, so I always take on roles that I feel will keep me on my toes. I never want to pigeon myself, so I always like to surprise myself. I believe in versatility and so I would play anything as long as it was a challenge.” WantFeelsBelieveLongPlayI BelieveChallengesRolesSurpriseI Believe InNew ThingsToesPigeonsVersatility Author:Archie Panjabi
“I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.” WantFeelsImportantChallengesRolesDirectorsScriptsConnected Author:Amy Smart
“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
“The most urgent domestic challenge facing the United States at the close of the 20th century is the re-creation of fatherhood as a social role for men.” MenStatesSocialChallengesUnitedRolesUnited StatesCenturyCreationFatherhood20th CenturyUrgentSocial Roles Author:David Blankenhorn
“In choosing any role, I ask the same questions: what kind of part is it? is the role challenging? does the director have a vision? is the story moving? etc.” KindDoeStoriesMovingAsksChallengesVisionRolesDirectorsEtc Author:Lukas Haas
“I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.” IfsStillsEnoughChallengesAcceptingRolesCarefulRejectsSelection Author:Boman Irani
“Playing is no challenge; every time that you get a role you get to go play with other people in the sandbox and so there is no challenge, real challenge. The challenge, the major challenge is getting the work, finding the sandbox.” PeopleRealPlayChallengesRolesFindingsMajorsSandbox Author:Morgan Freeman
“I need something different [roles], always something just slightly different, that pushes you and challenges you.” NeedsDifferentChallengesRoles Author:Dominic Cooper
“Juggling a career and a family is a challenge for anyone, and even more so (in general) for women. Probably the most important advice to any woman interested in a career is to pick your life partner with care. Having a supportive partner is key to trying to manage the constraints of these two demanding roles.” TryingTwoImportantCareChallengesCareersRolesAdviceKeysPicksPartnersManageSupportiveConstraintsJugglingLife Partner Author:Daphne Koller
“When a social movement adopts the compromises of legislators, it has forgotten its role, which is to push and challenge the politicians, not fall in meekly behind them. We who protest...are not politicians. We are citizens. Whatever politicians may do, let them first feel the full force of citizens who speak for what is right, not for what is winnable, in a shamefully timorous Congress.” FeelsFirstsMayFallSpeakForceSocialChallengesBehindsRolesMovementCitizensPoliticianForgottenCongressCompromiseProtestLegislatorsSocial Movements Author:Howard Zinn
“Foreign policy commands attention when it's crisis management. A street revolt breaks out in Egypt or Libya or Kiev and everyone asks, how should the president respond? Now these are important parts of America's role in the world, but they are essentially reactive and tactical. The broader challenge is to lay down a longer-term strategy that endures after the crisis of the moment.” WorldShouldImportantMomentsAmericaAsksPresidentTermChallengesAttentionRolesBreakStreetsPolicyManagementCrisisStrategyLaysEndureCommandForeign PolicyEgyptRevoltBreak OutLibyaTacticalCrisis ManagementKiev Author:Fareed Zakaria
“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
“As a result of the prison study, I really became more aware of the central role of power in our lives. I became more aware of the power I have as a teacher. I started consciously doing things to minimize the negative use of power in the classroom. I encouraged students to challenge me.” UseChallengesResultsRolesStudyTeacherOur LivesStudentsNegativePrisonClassroomUse Of Power Author:Philip Zimbardo
“I'm an actor and I am looking for roles where I can continue to evolve, and things that are challenging. I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.” Has BeensI CanFactsFilmActorsChallengesInterestingRolesTelevisionEvolveMost Interesting Author:Octavia Spencer
“I would never accept a role that wasn't going to stretch me or challenge me in some way. I'd say Holy Smoke! probably did that more than anything I'd ever done. It took me to places I didn't actually know I could go to, and that's what I want my career to be all about.” KnowsWayWantDoneChallengesAcceptingCareersRolesHolySmoke Author:Kate Winslet
“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
“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
“I only get involved with roles that I find intriguing, in top quality productions regardless of the medium. I try not to focus on the format itself and concentrate instead, on finding roles that challenge and entertain me as an artist.” TryingArtistChallengesQualityRolesFocusInvolvedFindingsProductionsMediumsGet InvolvedIntriguingFormat Author:Brian J. White
“Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then it's completely up to you to come up with something that is interesting to the story and myself as an actor.” WayStoriesActorsChallengesInterestingRolesWrittenCome UpUp To You Author:Richard Schiff
“It is the role of the artistic coder to question the coding languages, both through self-reflection and by using them for unintended purposes. These coders introduce multiplicity where none existed and challenge definitions of intent for the entire environment of programming language, machine and system.” SelfPoetryPurposeLiteratureLanguageChallengesRolesEnvironmentReflectionMachinesDefinitionsArtisticProgrammingIntroducingSelf ReflectionProgramming LanguagesMultiplicityCoders Author:Stephanie Strickland
“I'd quite like to do a film but I'd also love to do more theatre. I want to keep challenging myself with good roles. It's harder for women because there aren't as many challenging roles.” WantFilmChallengesRolesHarderTheatreChallenging Myself Author:Ruth Wilson
“I play for the intense challenges that the game on the highest levels present. The whole team enjoys playng exciting soccer for the fans and my part in that makes me feel good about myself. The whole concept of teamwork is what keeps us all going. It's my role to create scoring chances, and to come through for my teammates is extremely satisfying.” FeelsPlayWholeGamesEnjoyChallengesChanceLevelsRolesTeamFansHighestConceptsExcitingIntenseFeel GoodSoccerTeamworkSatisfyingTeammate Author:Mia Hamm
“The most important domestic challenge facing the U.S. at the close of the twentieth century is the re-creation of fatherhood as avital social role for men. At stake is nothing less than the success of the American experiment. For unless we reverse the trend of fatherlessness, no other set of accomplishments--not economic growth or prison construction or welfare reform or better schools--will succeed in arresting the decline of child well-being and the spread of male violence. To tolerate the trend of fatherlessness is to accept the inevitability of continued social recession.” MenWellsChildrenImportantSchoolSocialGrowthChallengesAcceptingRolesViolenceEconomicCenturyCreationSucceedPrisonMalesSpreadExperimentsReformWell BeingWelfareAccomplishmentTrendsStakesConstructionDeclineTolerateReverseFatherhoodTwentieth CenturyEconomic GrowthRecessionsInevitabilityArrestingWelfare ReformSocial RolesFatherlessness Author:David Blankenhorn
“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'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that. I enjoy the challenge of transformation. There are actors who play one character, or a certain kind of character, the whole of their lives. I really relish the opportunity to have the challenge to totally transform.” KindDifferentPlayWholeCharacterCertainActorsOpportunityEnjoyRealizingChallengesRolesTransformationFortunateDifferent KindsRelish Author:Toby Jones
“For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.” WayDifferentActorsChallengesRolesDifferent Ways Author:John Hawkes
“My role is to promote the authors image and their new books. I'm also brought on board when the author is "between books" to keep the name in front of the reading public. That's a challenging time for an author.” BookReadingNamesChallengesRolesFrontsBoardsNew BooksChallenging Times Author:Tom Robinson
“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
“You're always looking for roles and other creatives who are going to be challenging to you, because you're always a better actor after the experience.” ActorsChallengesRoles Author:David Oyelowo
“I remember reading scripts when I started in the business, and [Latino roles] were either nonexistent or written as the maid or a drug dealer. We're no longer just that. I'll play any part that challenges me. What's important is that all races have choices.” ImportantPlayRememberChoicesReadingChallengesRaceRolesWrittenDrugScriptsLatinoWhat's ImportantMaidsDealerDrug Dealers Author:Eva Mendes
“What worries me sometimes in the culture is that the role for music that actually challenges and enlightens the audience is being pushed to the sidelines.” SometimesCultureChallengesRolesWorryAudienceEnlighteningSidelines Author:Taylor Ho Bynum
“I think being a woman in Hollywood is a big enough challenge. It really is. I don't want to be one of those people who complain. But the lack of roles out there - it's unbelievable.” PeopleThinkingWantEnoughBigsChallengesRolesHollywoodComplainingUnbelievableBeing A Woman Author:Eva Mendes
“I really like the challenge of working with different kinds of music. I feel like my role is really like a coach, so I feel like I can do my job for different kinds of music that may not necessarily be what I listen to.” FeelsKindMayI CanDifferentJobsCan DoChallengesRolesCoachesDifferent KindsDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:Rick Rubin
“One of the big challenges I've thought about in making record is that the role of computers has become so inescapable and computers offer so many possibilities for creativity, but they also make you lazy.” BigsChallengesRolesCreativityRecordsPossibilityOffersComputerLazyBig Challenges Author:D.A. Wallach
“The next step is for the great teachers to arise, and for them to clearly understand the challenges ahead and mentor accordingly. Where most generations focus the education of their children on preparing to make a living or succeed financially, leadership generations are taught by parents who see a higher role for their children.” ChildrenNextParentChallengesStepsRolesFocusTeacherGenerationsTaughtHigherSucceedAriseMentorPreparingGreat TeacherNext Steps Author:Oliver DeMille
“No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.” RealChallengesRolesWifeMomReal Life Author:Vera Farmiga
“It is tragic that we have lost one of our nation's finest actors in the prime of his life. Heath Ledger's diverse and challenging roles will be remembered as some of the great performances by an Australian actor.” ActorsLostNationsChallengesRolesPerformancesRememberedTragicPrimeDiverseFinestAustralianLost OnesGreat Performance Author:Kevin Rudd
“Certainly there was the Affordable Care Act part, then unaccompanied children [there has been a surge of children entering the country illegally and without parents, particularly in Texas], and things like, we find smallpox in an NIH lab, after 50 years? Why didn't you find it, like, five weeks ago or three years ago? There was thing after thing. But the big ones were [dealing with] the Ebola [outbreak], the unaccompanied children. [It was] perhaps a bigger challenge than I had calculated on my yellow pad as I was thinking about this role.” ThinkingYearsChildrenHas BeensCountryBigsCareThreeParentChallengesRolesFiveWeekYears AgoBiggerTexasYellowThree YearsEnteringAffordableLabsPadsEbolaOutbreaksSmallpoxAffordable Care Act Author:Sylvia Mathews Burwell
“I'm definitely a fan of sort of dramas, independent sort of social dramas where you play really challenging roles. Every actor wants to play those dark roles and it's definitely true for me and I'd love to kind of challenge myself in any way possible.” WayWantKindPlayActorsSocialChallengesDarkRolesFansDramaIndependent Author:Nathalie Emmanuel
“You want roles that challenge you and that scare you a little and where you can really discover something, even about yourself, that maybe you didn't understand.” WantLittlesChallengesRolesAbout YourselfScare Author:Jamie Dornan