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Image of Liz W. Garcia
In documentary, which is the only thing I'm really very familiar with, women are very easily relegated into a producer role.
- Liz W. Garcia
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Image of Mitch Horowitz
Women had no clerical role anywhere in the Western world, period.
- Mitch Horowitz
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Image of Denzel Whitaker
I avoid roles that might send me down a road where I might end up being typecast.
- Denzel Whitaker
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Image of Kristen Hager
The fundamentals of what I'll do to prepare for a role don't really change. They evolve as you work with more actors and you pick up more tricks.
- Kristen Hager
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Image of Walt Dohrn
Sometimes actors come in, you record them, and they do their role.
- Walt Dohrn
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Image of Erica Schroeder
When you don't get a role, it wasn't meant to be.
- Erica Schroeder
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Image of Grace Lynn Kung
I'm an actor who loves to get physical so any role that allows me to access that is glorious.​
- Grace Lynn Kung
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Image of Grace Lynn Kung
As an actor, you are at the mercy of others for what role you can be seen for and then what you will be cast in.
- Grace Lynn Kung
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Image of Virgil Green
My favorite older movie of all-time is "Scarface." Al Pacino played that role so well. It's a longer movie, but I like it.
- Virgil Green
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Image of Djibril Diop Mambety
The word griot...is the word for what I do and the role that the filmmaker has in society...the griot is a messenger of one's time, a visionary and the creator of the future.
- Djibril Diop Mambety
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Image of Catherine Wilson
The Epicureans denied that the gods had created the world and also denied that they played any role in it.
- Catherine Wilson
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Image of Edward Said
And in this relentlessly unfolding series of interactions, the U.S. has played a very distinctive role, which most Americans have been either shielded from or simply unaware of.
- Edward Said
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Image of May Sarton
I sometimes imagine that as one grows older one comes to live a role which as a young person one merely 'played.
- May Sarton
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Image of Bill Murray
The last thing I want is to be (in a film role) is obvious, direct and offensive.
- Bill Murray
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Image of John Noble
A lot of the times, roles are chosen for us.
- John Noble
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Image of Andre Breton
It will in the end, be admitted that everything, in effect is an image and that the least object which has no symbolic role assigned to it is capable of standing for absolutely anything.
- Andre Breton
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Image of Aubrey Plaza
I've always wanted to do all kinds of roles, dramatic roles and comedic roles, all kinds of roles.
- Aubrey Plaza
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Image of Mark Wahlberg
I'm only doing whatever the next role calls for.
- Mark Wahlberg
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Image of Gabrielle Reece
Family and the natural surroundings played a big role in shaping my values.
- Gabrielle Reece
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Image of Viola Davis
I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish.
- Viola Davis
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Image of Guy Pearce
When I read something, I want to be surprised. So I read something and go, "Wow, I never, ever would have thought of playing this kind of role. This is exciting me, let's go do this."
- Guy Pearce
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Image of Guy Pearce
Even though I've done a lot it also feels like I haven't done a lot. I've sort of popped in for supporting roles in things, and that's been really delightful.
- Guy Pearce
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Image of Sharon Stone
What I learned was there's no roles for women who won't be in their 40s. For women who will be in their 40s, there's a ton of work.
- Sharon Stone
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Image of Mother Teresa
There are others who take up that (liberating) role. I have no time to spend for that.
- Mother Teresa
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Image of Selma Blair
Perhaps I have managed some sort of longevity because I haven't won the lead roles.
- Selma Blair
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Image of Selma Blair
I played teen roles until high definition came out.
- Selma Blair
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Image of Guy Pearce
I don't want to make a habit of just playing small roles, because I really enjoy the process of being part of a film and staying on it for the length of time that everybody else is as well.
- Guy Pearce
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Image of Winona Ryder
As an actress, you go where the stories are. I don't really care where it's seen, at this point. I just want to tell good stories and do good roles that I haven't done before.
- Winona Ryder
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Image of Mark Ruffalo
There's a misperception about actors that we actually choose the roles we end up doing - it's more that we're chosen for them.
- Mark Ruffalo
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Image of David Niven
Actors don’t retire. They just get offered fewer roles.
- David Niven
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Image of Margaret J. Wheatley
For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role.
- Margaret J. Wheatley
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Image of Guy Pearce
If it's a great role or a great film, then you're happy to be a part of it.
- Guy Pearce
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Image of Kylie Minogue
If I came across a role that is completely mainstream and commercial, but it's the right one, I'd jump at the chance.
- Kylie Minogue
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Image of Julie Benz
That was one of the reasons I took the role [of Mayor Amanda Rosewater in Defiance] - to be a part of something groundbreaking interested me.
- Julie Benz
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Image of Friedrich Nietzsche
Scholars who become politicians are usually assigned the comic role of having to be the good conscience of state policy.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
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Image of Daniel Tosh
If you offer me a starring role in a movie, I have no interest.
- Daniel Tosh
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Image of Jennifer Donnelly
I played a role. That is what actors do. But I played it too well. I went too far. And by the time I wanted to stop, to take a bow and leave the stage, it was too late.
- Jennifer Donnelly
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Image of Arsene Wenger
If you don't question the officials' role then you've got to ask what they are doing
- Arsene Wenger
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Image of Julia Stiles
I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.
- Julia Stiles
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Image of Winona Ryder
I was so spoiled in a way. I worked very hard, but there was just a wealth of great roles.
- Winona Ryder
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Image of Alan Watts
The role of the Guru is to show the person that he already has what he is looking for.
- Alan Watts
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Image of Emily Blunt
I really asked myself, “Oh, my god, how am I going to do this?” That’s what I aspire to, every time I take on a new role.
- Emily Blunt
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Image of Wislawa Szymborska
I don't know the role I'm playing. I only know it's mine, non-convertible.
- Wislawa Szymborska
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Image of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
As soon as something like Monty Python's 'The Life of Brian' appears with a Muhammad figure as the main lead, directed by an Arabic Theo van Gogh, the controversial late Dutch filmmaker, we will have taken an enormous step forward.
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Image of George W. Bush
Bin Laden says his own role is to tell Muslims, quote, 'what is good for them and what is not.'
- George W. Bush
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Image of Noam Chomsky
I don't like piracy but if anybody's concerned about piracy, why don't they pay attention to our role in it?
- Noam Chomsky
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Image of Bryan Kest
Even if we are destroying this planet, we are playing our role perfectly.
- Bryan Kest
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Image of John C. Bogle
The principal role of the mutual fund is to serve its investors.
- John C. Bogle
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