“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
“It's a wonderful way to have a role on a series - you're not tied down totally and completely to a schedule.” WayRolesWonderfulSeriesTiedSchedules Author:Lee Meriwether
“The one thing that's closest to my story is the thing about trying out for the juvenile delinquent role and getting it. That was the start of my acting career... which I've resumed, by the way.” WayTryingStoriesActingCareersRolesOne ThingClosestJuvenileDelinquentsDelinquency Author:Paul Mazursky
“In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.” WayFeelsPlayDreamOpportunityRolesNamesakeGogol Author:Kal Penn
“My roles are in some way like children to me. You don't ever really want to scrape one off your shoe.” WayWantChildrenRolesShoes Author:Diane Lane
“My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone.” WayTogetherFilmRolesCuttingStyleDesignDirectorsCastsToneOverview Author:Jay Roach
“Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything.” PeopleWayDifferentShowsUnderstandingCan DoRoles Author:Phylicia Rashad
“It's just interesting that people don't really know about the roles that I play that are darker. I kind of do a huge blend of really big light things but also really dark indie things, and it just sort of happens to work out that way.” PeopleKnowsWayKindPlayBigsLightHappensDarkInterestingRolesHugeWork Out Author:Brittany Snow
“Typecasting is an interesting thing because, in a way, if you're good at something, you're going to work at that thing. In other ways, you constantly have to change people's opinion of you as one thing, especially if you want to play different roles. You have to shatter that image sometimes.” PeopleIfsWayWantDifferentSometimesPlayInterestingOpinionRolesOne ThingGoing To WorkInteresting ThingsTypecasting Author:Aaron Tveit
“I am consumed, or I have been consumed, with these issues of motherhood and the way we act out societal expectations and roles. So both my nonfiction and my fiction have been pretty much exclusively about that.” WayHas BeensFictionRolesIssuesExpectationsMotherhoodNonfictionConsumedFiction And NonfictionSocietal Expectations Author:Ayelet Waldman
“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 grew up in Manchester in a big Irish family - there are seven of us in all - so my life has always been about role-playing, about doing anything for a laugh. I'm always joking about; that's the way I am.” WayBigsRolesLaughingGrewGrew UpSevenManchesterRole PlayingIrish Family Author:Shayne Ward
“Sri Krishna says whatever role we have in life, we have to play it to the hilt. We have to take it all the way. We have to assume responsibility for our role. To run away from it causes misery.” WayPlayRunningCausesResponsibilityRolesAssumingMiseryHinduismRunning AwayKrishna Author:Frederick Lenz
“Playing a robot is possibly the most difficult role you can have as an actor, because you have to take all your innate emotional responses and completely suppress them. Even the way you walk is affected.” WayActorsDifficultWalksRolesEmotionalResponseAffectedRobotsInnateEmotional Response Author:Kristanna Loken
“People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.” PeopleWayWantChildrenCharacterParentRolesWrittenFieldsSouthEntertainmentAsianLament Author:Aasif Mandvi
“My dream role is to portray someone like James Baldwin. I've always been a fan of his writing, and I feel like he's one of our unsung heroes. He's been pretty much forgotten, and I think he needs to be recognized. He had to go all the way to Europe to find recognition and acceptance, and I'd just like to bring him to the forefront.” ThinkingWayNeedsFeelsWritingDreamRolesFansAcceptanceHeroEuropeForgottenRecognitionUnsung Hero Author:Michael K. Williams
“In the summer after sixth grade, I took a class at St. Robert Bellarmine. My first role, I was the villain in a play, and I forgot all my lines. I think I cried my way through the performance.” ThinkingWayFirstsPlayLinesClassRolesSummerPerformancesMy WayGradesVillainCriedSixth Grade Author:Nicholas D'Agosto
“There are so many ways in which we learn about life and the self. Each day opens paths to this exploration. For many of us, books play a major role in that adventure” WayBookSelfPlayRolesPathAdventureMajorsEach DayExploration Author:Ashley Bryan
“We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.” PeopleWayGivingHas BeensPlayGivenRolesDevelopmentIslamIslamicLectures Author:Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
“People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.” PeopleWayGivingPleasureRolesCommittedAdvocacy Author:Charles Garfield
“When you're a lead role, I'm learning that you set a tone for the movie in a way, like a director does, or like other actors do. But it seems like you set a mood on set.” WayDoeSeemsActorsRolesLike YouDirectorsMoodTone Author:Kit Harington