“You think once you've shown what you can do, and your movies have been successful, that snap, you work. So to discover the difference between guys' roles and girls' roles made me plain mad. It's unjust.” ThinkingHas BeensMadeGuyGirlCan DoDifferencesRolesSuccessfulMadUnjustSnaps Author:Connie Nielsen
“Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in love with a military guy in 'Soldier's Girl.” FirstsGuyFallGirlRolesMilitaryTrainingPreparedFalling In LoveSoldierExcellentTranssexualsJuilliard Author:Lee Pace
“I've always been an athletic guy, but the extent to which I go for 'True Blood' or for 'Magic Mike' is because of the role that I'm playing.” GuyRolesMagicBloodAthleticMikeMagic Mike Author:Joe Manganiello
“If you make the bad guy enticing and dangerous, that's where the excitement of playing the role really kicks in. I don't get to do that in my normal day-to-day life. Life is too taxing to go to those dark places.” IfsLife IsGuyDarkRolesDangerousNormalExcitementKicksDay To DayBad GuysDark PlacesDay LifeDay To Day LifeEnticing Author:Tony Vincent
“Usually I play the bad guy role, a terrorist or someone.” PlayGuyRolesTerroristBad Guys Author:Sayed Badreya
“Interesting characters are troubled characters. The only problem I've had in my business is very few people - unfortunately, very vocal - confusing the difficult role that I play with me. I play these guys, but I'm not like them. I've been accused of being difficult to work with.” PeoplePlayCharacterProblemGuyDifficultInterestingRolesConfusingAccusedVocalInteresting Characters Author:Val Kilmer
“I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.” GuyRolesPersonalityAngryImpact Author:Randeep Hooda
“I think I fully commit myself to any role to the extent to which I can. In other words there's some roles that maybe it's just not there, in other words on the page. You know, I mean your job is you need to play the governor and that's what you do. I mean I'm not going to stay up all night if I'm playing a functional role. And I've played a couple of functional roles. And so I'm not going to do anything other, look he's a functional guy. He says hey mister, you forgot your hat.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsLooksMeanI CanPlayJobsNightGuyRolesCouplePagesCommitHeyHatsGovernorsAll NightUp All Night Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“If everyone thinks you're bizarre and creepy, then you play bad guys. If everyone thinks you're beautiful and wants to kiss you, then you play the lead role.” IfsThinkingWantPlayBeautifulGuyRolesKissingBizarreBad GuysCreepyYou Re Beautiful Author:Matt Ross
“Once I decide to take on a role it's because I find that guy to be really interesting to watch and very compelling to play. And from that point on I can no longer judge him. I can only take on his point of view in order to play him effectively. And his point of view is often not mine.” I CanPlayGuyOrderInterestingViewsRolesWatchesMinesJudgingPoint Of ViewCompellingThat GuyReally Interesting Author:Ronald Perelman
“I started here in Australia, playing a lot of roles but never the lead guy in shows here. I always tended to play the rougher guy, the criminal who gets caught or shot by the cops. Or the boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks.” PlayShowsGuySidesRolesShotsTrackCaughtCriminalsAustraliaCop Author:Sullivan Stapleton
“In film roles, I play a lot of heavies and a lot of bad guys, so I tend to be the jokester and the good-time Charlie on the set.” PlayFilmGuyRolesGood TimesBad GuysCharlie Author:Bob Gunton
“As actors, the great thing about our career is we get to change from role to role. I don't want to be known as "put him in the movie because he has nice abs" guy.” WantGuyActorsKnownCareersRolesNiceGreat Things Author:Anthony Mackie
“the one thing I've observed over the years is the best way to get an actor to not want to play a certain role is to offer it to them. That makes them say, "Well, maybe it's not that good. These guys don't want me to do this..."” WayWantYearsWellsPlayGuyCertainActorsRolesOne ThingOffersBest WayWant Me Author:Wes Anderson
“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
“Theres a great sense of achievement, testosterone, fun, being able to live out your masculinity when you play an action role or an action-adventure or a real tough-guy role.” RealPlayAbleActionGuyFunRolesAdventureAchievementToughMasculinityTestosteroneTough Guy Author:Gerard Butler
“The very first things that I did, even in theater, were bad guys. They are meaty roles for the most part. With the bad guy you have more freedom to experiment and go further out than with a good guy.” FirstsGuyRolesTheaterExperimentsBad GuysGood Guy Author:Benicio Del Toro
“I think there's an opportunity for a couple of them for sure, maybe more depending upon the situation, but it's too early to say which ones. It's a pretty competitive fight. And that doesn't mean the older guys are just going to walk into spots. I remind them all the time - you got to earn everything you get. And that's what made our team good last year, is guys really competed for opportunities and understood their roles.” ThinkingYearsMeanMadeLastsGuyFightingOpportunityWalksSituationRolesTeamCoupleUnderstoodSpotsLast YearOlder Guys Author:Tony Bennett
“My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'” CharacterBigsGuyNextBoysRolesStudyDoorsModelsCastsDirtyRole ModelsJocksCreeks Author:Gabriel Mann
“When I naturally write a story and I feel that the guy is sitting across the table from the girl and flirting with her... I think, 'God, that can't be me' because I'm just too old for that part. You need a 30-year-old or a 35-year-old for that part. And so I've given myself less and less roles.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsWritingYearsStoriesGuyGirlGivenRolesSittingTablesFlirting Author:Woody Allen
“Guys have to look up to somebody. Everybody needs to have their own role and somebody has to be the star.” NeedsLooksGuyStarsRolesLook Up Author:Earl Monroe
“The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!” WayShouldLooksRealReasonGuyParentRolesTeacherInfluenceModelsAthleteLook UpRole ModelsParents And TeachersGood Role Models Author:Dante Hall
“Guy Savelli's role in the War on Terror began when half-a-dozen strangers, within days of one another, contacted him via e-mail and telephone in the winter of 2003. They asked him if he had the power to psychically kill goats. Guy was bewildered. He did not go around publicizing this. Who were these men? How did they know about the goats? He feigned a casual tone of voice and said, 'Sure I can.'Then he phoned Special Forces.” IfsKnowsMenSaidI CanWarGuyForceVoiceHalfRolesSpecialWinterTerrorStrangerToneDozenMailTelephonesCasualGoatsWar On TerrorBewilderedSpecial Forces Author:Jon Ronson
“The last couple years they've been good, but it's just a great group of guys, and they were willing to take the vision that we gave them in the beginning of the season, and we started off really well, which I think helped. But as I mentioned, Andre's sacrifice, David Lee's sacrifice, their willingness to accept roles and keep pushing really was the key to the whole thing.” ThinkingYearsWellsWholeLastsGuyAcceptingVisionRolesSacrificeGroupsWillingKeysCoupleSeasonsPushingWillingnessChampionshipNba Championships Author:Steve Kerr
“Steve held us to a high standard. He told us he was going to when we first met him at the USA camp. He's been a great leader. I mean, the guy always keeps his composure. He has an amazing mind for the game, and man, Steve, I'm just proud of him. The way he's balanced everybody and let us know what our roles are, he's been great for us. Him and the whole coaching staff. We all deserve this together, we work so hard.” KnowsMenWayMindFirstsMeanHardWholeTogetherGuyGamesLeaderRolesProudMetsStandardsDeserveUsaCoachingCampsBalancedStaffChampionshipGreat LeaderHigh StandardsComposureNba ChampionshipsCoaching StaffProud Of Him Author:Klay Thompson
“He has become a great leader of his team, a guy that has evolved in terms of his role within the team.” GuyTermLeaderRolesTeamChampionshipGreat LeaderNba Championships Author:David Blatt
“I never want to be told, "Hey, this is what you do best, and this is the only thing you're going to do." And there are other people that are put into that box. Or unable to navigate through all the different genres. Some people insist on being a tough guy even though it's not happening. People only want to see them in leading romantic roles. Yet they continue to try and force something that doesn't feel organic to people.” PeopleWantFeelsTryingDifferentGuyForceRolesHappeningsToughBoxesHeyGenreNavigateTough GuyDifferent Genres Author:Mark Wahlberg
“One of the reasons I always looked up to [George] Carlin is he looked like your grandfather but, acted like your best friend. Most of the adults in my world were adults and acted like adults and had job-type jobs and bills and pressures and stopped playing a long time ago. And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed. It was odd because he was still sagely and wise. But he was such a role model for me.” WorldLongStillsReasonJobsGuyRolesWiseLike YouTypeLong TimeModelsAdultsPressureBillsOddRole ModelsGrandfatherLong Time AgoYour Best Friend Author:Kevin Smith
“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
“It's great to be able to play the bad guy role because you always get a lot to do, but I'm always looking at the why. How does a person get to that particular point? It's those little cogs in the wheel that make it interesting for me to play. Ultimately, I hope for the audience to be engaged with it because it is going to take a turn.” LittlesPersonsDoePlayAbleGuyTurnsInterestingRolesAudienceParticularEngagedWheelsBad GuysCogs Author:Jimmy Smits
“"Good guy" or "bad guy", hero or anti hero; doesn't matter to me, what role I play, only the character have something magical.” MatterPlayCharacterGuyRolesHeroBad GuysGood GuyAnti Hero Author:Rutger Hauer
“I love horror movies, I wish I would get more roles to do more horror movies. I got to make a living so I take what they give me, but if I could be the next Vincent Price I would be the happiest guy in the world.” IfsWorldGivingWould BeGuyNextWishRolesHorrorGive MeIf I Could Author:Nick Damici
“I absolutely do prefer a dominant guy. I play a very dominant role in my life, in every other aspect of it. And I like to feel like a lady still, at some point. I feel like that's the time when a guy really gets to be a man, and I get to be a woman. And if I'm being a man in the bedroom too, there's nothing really in it for me.” IfsMenFeelsStillsPlayGuyRolesAspectBedroomDominantBe A Man Author:Rihanna
“In my career, I've often played the protagonist or the hero of the movie, and there are so many rules inherent to that role. The audience needs to stay with you, identify with you and like you. When you play the bad guy, those rules go out the window. There's so much freedom there.” NeedsPlayGuyCareersRolesAudienceLike YouHeroWindowInherentBad GuysProtagonists Author:Ryan Phillippe
“I didn't want to do the obvious role that you see in Hollywood most of the time, which is the heartbroken girl who's waiting to be rescued by the guy, blah, blah, blah. I wanted to do something different.” WantHeartDifferentWantedGuyGirlWaitingRolesHollywoodObviousHeartbrokenBlah Author:Gal Gadot
“I was watching an interview with Martin Scorcese concerning Raging Bull, which is one of my favorite films, and he was talking about how he'd worked with a lot of guys who weren't quote-unquote "actors," like Joe Pesce and Frank Vincent. Scorcese was very smart in the way that he cast, because you don't know where you're going to find the right person who can carry a role and summon that emotion you're looking for.” KnowsWayPersonsFilmGuyActorsEmotionTalkingRolesSmartMy FavoriteCastsRageInterviewsFrankBullsRight PersonVery SmartRaging Bull Author:Lenny Kravitz
“I'm a character actor. I have to find work in good movies where I can make something of my role. I'm a very lucky guy to be in that kind of position. It's like a kid who dreams of becoming a baseball player and then he gets to play for the Yankees.” KindI CanPlayCharacterDreamKidsGuyActorsRolesPlayerPositionBecomingLuckyBaseballYankeesGood MovieBaseball PlayerCharacter ActorsLucky Guy Author:Christopher Walken
“It was reported that Guy Ritchie has cast his wife Madonna in a small walk-on role in his new movie, Revolver. Madonna will play the part of the woman who ruins the film.” PlayHumorFunnyFilmGuyWalksRolesWifeCastsRuinsThat GuyRevolver Author:Tina Fey
“Rugby has always been a game for all shapes and sizes. You have the superstars and the fast guys who score the tries, but you also need the workhorses and the people who play all the other roles. Unless they all work together as a team then it's really going to affect the performance. Everyone's got to rely on everyone else.” PeopleNeedsTryingPlayTogetherGuyGamesRolesTeamShapesPerformancesSizeRelyScoreWorking TogetherRugbySuperstar Author:Warren Gatland
“I thought theater people wouldn't see me if I hadn't trained. I didn't want to just be the Brideshead guy, to spend the rest of my life wearing waistcoats. I got the chance to try everything. Not just Romeos, but pimps and grandfathers and even one role as a woman in a Naomi Wallace play called Slaughter City.” PeopleIfsWantTryingPlayGuyChanceCitiesRolesTheaterGrandfatherSlaughterPimp Author:Tom Hiddleston
“I always feel that the best roles are written for white guys.” FeelsGuyWhiteRolesWrittenWhite Guys Author:Marlon Wayans
“The truth is, I'm a character guy. That's how I see myself. I always see the role as being far more interesting and important than I am... not all actors approach it that way.” WayImportantCharacterGuyActorsInterestingRolesTruth IsApproach Author:Stephen Lang
“I think that what's funny is that I seem to be taking up the roles that I remember my dad having - for some reason, I'm the one who makes the coffee, and my dad was always that guy. It's kind of shocking how closely I compare to my dad.” ThinkingKindReasonSeemsRememberGuyRolesDadMy DadCoffeeCompareShockingThat Guy Author:James Mercer
“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
“I came to The United States to see what would happen in 2000 after working for 20 years in Australia and asked my agent to look out for the nasty roles because I'd become famous for playing the nicest man in Australia. So I wanted to play bad guys. But I've been doing that now for 13 years so when I was offered the chance to do some comedy, I grabbed it.” MenYearsLooksStatesPlayHappensWantedGuyChanceUnitedRolesUnited StatesComedyAgentsAustraliaNastyBad Guys Author:Alan Dale
“I didn't want to write unless I could say, and think for myself. I looked to peers that I not only respected but those that supported that. I finished becoming who I am today by sticking up for myself as a voice, but that is in part thanks to the huge role the good guys I chose to work with played in my professional development. Some really terrific human beings who loved horror welcomed me with open arms.” ThinkingWantWritingHumansTodayGuyVoiceHuman BeingsRolesHugeArmsDevelopmentBecomingHorrorFinishedWho I AmThanksPeersTerrificGood GuyProfessional DevelopmentOpen Arms Author:Karen Walton
“BenJarvus Green-Ellis was great to me. He's the type of person that you want to learn from because he understands the game and he's been in the league for a while. He's a great role model to a lot of guys on the team, including myself.” WantPersonsGuyGamesRolesTeamTypeModelsGreenIncludingLeagueRole ModelsGreat Role Models Author:Giovani Bernard
“So much of being an actor is trying to force yourself into these roles and sometimes it's a good fit, and sometimes it's not a good fit... you have to get clear about what it is that you do and not try to be a bunch of other people. Not try to be that guy or try to play that part; find the roles that you do well.” PeopleTryingWellsSometimesPlayGuyActorsForceRolesClearFitBunchThat Guy Author:Andrew Rannells
“As far as comic books are concerned, I was always a Marvel guy for the most part, although I did follow DC a little. I don't know, honestly I'd just like to play whatever role [that] not just the studio, but the fans think I fit the best into. Because I think, especially in worlds like that, you've really got to do right by the fan base and stay in tune with what they are looking for and what they desire. I would just want to do right by them.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantLittlesBookPlayDesireGuyRolesFansFitConcernedStudiosHonestlyComicTunesComic Book Author:Zachary Levi
“People say, "How come you play bad guys so much?" And I say, "Well, have you seen many Asian good-guy roles?"” PeopleWellsPlayGuyRolesBad GuysAsianGood Guy Author:Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa