“I generally play villains once every three or four years by choice because I get offered villainous roles a lot, because of the way I look and whatever. And I tend to avoid them because I think you can end up in a cul-de-sac of your own making if you're cast in that.” IfsThinkingWayYearsLooksEndsPlayChoicesThreeRolesFourCastsVillainFour Years Author:Kevin McKidd
“I think you have to be careful not to do too much as yourself. Otherwise you stop getting the acting roles, and at the end of the day that's what I love.” ThinkingEndsActingRolesToo MuchCarefulThe End Of The DayBe CarefulAnd At The End Of The Day Author:Martine McCutcheon
“I didn't think I could be my imperfect self. I pretended I was Marcia, so I was always playing this role. I became her, but yet I wasn't. It's strange.” ThinkingSelfRolesStrangeImperfect Author:Maureen McCormick
“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
“I think the roles in television are better for women right now. At this point, I don't want to continue doing the same things I've been doing in film because it's very limited.” ThinkingWantFilmRolesTelevisionRight NowWomen Right Author:Sandra Oh
“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
“A long time ago, I became aware that many of us have a tendency to lump nature into simplistic categories, such as what we consider beautiful or ugly, important or unimportant. As human a thing as that is to do, I think it often leads us to misunderstand the respective roles of life forms and their interconnectedness.” ThinkingHumansLongImportantBeautifulFormRolesLong TimeUglyTendenciesCategoriesLong Time AgoUnimportantLumpsInterconnectedness Author:Gary Larson
“On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once Upon a Time' as well. She's a leading lady, but she's also this character.” ThinkingWellsCharacterAbleRolesOnce Upon A TimeLeading Ladies Author:Lana Parrilla
“I think I'm a different kind of role model for young girls.” ThinkingKindDifferentYoungGirlRolesModelsRole ModelsDifferent Kinds Author:Megan Fox
“You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I'm not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.” ThinkingWantShouldPersonsFactsStarsRolesHugeOfficePicksSittingStudios Author:Aidan Quinn
“I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.” ThinkingRolesGrowingCivilizedCivilized SocietyWomen's Roles Author:Sally Quinn
“I've done a number of projects where people go, 'This is your breakthrough role,' so I've stopped thinking that.” PeopleThinkingDoneNumbersRolesProjectsBreakthrough Author:Matthew Rhys
“I think if you're good and you can persuade people you're going to be able to do that role and ultimately the audience buys it, then it doesn't matter whether you were really a chimpanzee in disguise! You've done it.” PeopleIfsThinkingMatterDoneAbleRolesAudienceDisguiseChimpanzees Author:Alexander Siddig
“I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize.” ThinkingKnowsShowsActorsRolesTvsTv Shows Author:Danny Strong
“I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role in the economy, and they're right.” PeopleThinkingKindRolesEconomyInvolvedPromiseActivityVariousCrucialI PromiseRetail Author:Lawrence Summers
“If you think about Shakespeare, you remember Richard III and Macbeth before you remember Ferdinand, whose role is just to fall in love and be a bit of a wimp. I love the baddies. More important, though, is making the baddies somehow, weirdly, understood.” IfsThinkingImportantRememberFallBitsRolesUnderstoodFalling In LoveWimpsBaddies Author:Mark Strong
“If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something that you didn't think you could do.” IfsThinkingKindCan DoChanceRolesAuditionsCan Do Something Author:Peter Sarsgaard
“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
“But I think role models also start in the home with your parents.” ThinkingHomeParentRolesModelsRole ModelsMale Role Models Author:Dominique Wilkins
“I've always admired Cate Blanchett and the roles she chooses. I think she's got an incredible discipline in a way, with choosing roles that are going to help her grow and bring something interesting to the world.” ThinkingWorldWayHelpingGrowsInterestingRolesDisciplineIncrediblesSomething Interesting Author:Gemma Ward
“I like to think I've done a lot of different kinds of roles, but obviously I have done quite a lot of comedies.” ThinkingKindDifferentDoneRolesComedyDifferent Kinds Author:Luke Wilson
“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
“I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.” ThinkingGovernmentRolesRightsCitizensFundamentalsFundamental Rights Author:Al Franken
“When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers and makes it easier for society to commit them to combat.” ThinkingWarYoungRolesMilitaryEasierSoldierCommitTendenciesCombat Author:Walter Dean Myers
“I think the role of science fiction is not at all to prophesy. I think it is to tell interesting, vivid, strange stories that at their best are dreamlike intense versions and visions of today.” ThinkingStoriesTodayInterestingFictionVisionRolesStrangeScience FictionIntenseVersionsVividStrange Stories Author:China Mieville
“I think I was very lucky that I didn't get well-known until my early thirties. If it had happened when I was younger, you might have seen me falling out of nightclubs. I think I conducted myself as a much better human being because I was already married when all that came along (I got married five months after I got the role as Will).” IfsThinkingHumansWellsMightFallHuman BeingsKnownRolesFiveHappenedMonthsLuckyMarriedWell KnownGet WellNightclubs Author:Eric McCormack