“Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets.” ThinkingSaidPlayMotherInterestingRolesExcitingDeeperTeenager Author:Naomi Watts
“It’s unlikely to change – there’s nothing in King Salman’s past as governor of Riyadh for about forty years that suggests that he was particularly a reformer, not on the role of women, not on democratic development. There’s been a rumor in the last couple of days that he said to someone in an e-mail that he’s in favor of a constitutional monarchy, but I would be surprised if the level of repression started to go down … I think the kind of thing that we would view as significant reforms is unlikely.” IfsThinkingYearsKindSaidWould BeLastsPastLevelsViewsRolesDevelopmentCoupleKingsDemocraticFavorsSignificantReformFortyMailGovernorsUnlikelyRumorMonarchyRepressionReformersConstitutional MonarchyRiyadh Author:Elliott Abrams
“When I was offered the part in Shakespeare In Love a voice in my head said 'not another tights role!” SaidVoiceRolesTightsVoices In My Head Author:Joseph Fiennes
“I'll never forget my high school acting teacher, Anthony Abeson, who said, "It starts with the shoes." When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them? If I'm going to put on a dress for a role - I don't care if it's the hardest dress to put on - I have to put the shoes on first. The physicality leads me to the character.” IfsThinkingFirstsKindDoeSaidCharacterCareSchoolWalksForgetActingRolesTeacherHigh SchoolDressesShoesDon't CareHardestI Don't CareNever ForgetLeading MePhysicalityActing Teachers Author:Jennifer Aniston
“Prostitution is said to be the world's oldest profession. It is, indeed, a model of all professional work: the worker relinquishes control over himself... in exchange for money. Because of the passivity it entails, this is a difficult and, for many, a distasteful role.” WorldSaidDifficultRolesModelsWorkersProfessionProstitutionPassivityDistastefulProfessional WorkPassivity Is Author:Thomas Szasz
“It is quite clear from what has been said and written that, time after time after time, there has been a conspiracy between the Conservative Front Bench in this House and the inbuilt Conservative majority in the House of Lords to defeat legislation that has passed through the House of Commons... I warn the House of Lords of the consequences... it is our strong view that the House of Lords should recall that its role is not that of a wrecking chamber, but of a revising chamber. In recent weeks, it has been wrecking legislation passed by this House.” ShouldHas BeensSaidHouseStrongViewsLordRolesClearWrittenWeekFrontsConsequenceMajorityDefeatConservativeConspiracyRecallsLegislationChamberBenchesHouse Of CommonsRevisingHouse Of Lords Author:James Callaghan
“There may be such a thing as habitual luck. People who are said to be lucky at cards probably have certain hidden talents for those games in which skill plays a role. It is like hidden parameters in physics, this ability that does not surface and that I like to call "habitual luck".” PeopleMayDoeSaidPlayCertainGamesAbilityRolesTalentLuckySkillsLuckSurfacePhysicsCardsHabitualParametersHidden Talents Author:Stanislaw Ulam
“The White House encouraged Tom Brady to be more of a role model. They would've said more, but there was a drunken Secret Service agent streaking across the Rose Garden.” SaidHouseWhiteSecretRolesModelsGardenRoseAgentsWhite HouseRole ModelsTomsSecret ServiceBradyRose Garden Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it.” WantSaidRolesHappenedModelsRole Models Author:Selena Gomez
“In 1998, the acting roles suddenly bottomed out. I was no longer getting scripts; even my agent stopped calling. When I finally got him on the phone to ask him what was going on, he paused, then said: 'Well, Christine, you're 45.' I got rid of him.” WellsSaidAsksActingRolesCallingScriptsPhonesAgentsChristine Author:Christine Ebersole