Roles Quotes - Page 11

• It's interesting when you go out into the world and see which of your roles have affected people.

  Rose McGowan

  People, Interesting, World

  Source: www.etonline.com

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• One of the things in the Mary Shelley [Frankenstein] is that the creature tells his story, so this begins with the creature's point of view. So, it literally starts with the creature opening his eyes and is born - but is obviously in his 30s. But because they're the creator and the created we thought it would be really interesting if they could look at each other every other night and play each other's roles.

  Danny Boyle

  Eye, Night, Views

  "127 Hours - Danny Boyle interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• The beauty of when you watch good television or films is that, yes, you may have a multi-cultural cast but those roles could be anybody - they could be white, they could be black. To show the world that we have more in common than we have different with each other is to me the ultimate goal of all of that. It does help unite in people's mind the thought that people are the same. Yes, there's going to be cultural differences, but for the most part, we are all in the same gang as human beings.

  Mekhi Phifer

  White, Differences, People

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I always feel that the best roles are written for white guys.

  Marlon Wayans

  White, Guy, Feels

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I sound like Jesse Jackson or Martin Luther King, but I honestly feel like the world is mature enough. And, for me, I just want to do good roles.

  Marlon Wayans

  Kings, Sound, World

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Whatever role I do, I've got to do the work. It all starts with the body. Get that ready and everything else follows.

  Marlon Wayans

  Body, Working It, Ready

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• There's no point in it unless it's a story that you really want to tell. It's a nebulous job. Unless you're doing it well, you're not doing anything. And there are a few of those. It's perfectly possible to be a passenger on a film set because if somebody else has written it, you can make nothing of that role and that's exactly what bad directors do.

  Colin Firth

  Jobs, Directors, Stories

  "Then She Found Me - Colin Firth interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I love when I get to play these characters that are bigger than life. There are roles in animation that I never get to do in real life - and it appeals to my ego as an actor to play the Queen of Everything. I admit it.

  Virginia Madsen

  Queens, Real, Character

  "Virginia Madsen Is Wonder Woman's Queen Hipolyta". movieweb.com. January 07, 2009.

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• And that is a hard route for a woman to come through. There's still a lot of roles that have to be conformed to. It's quite an old fashioned environment in a lot of ways.

  Colin Firth

  Way, Environment, Old Fashioned

  "Then She Found Me - Colin Firth interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• In so many roles I've played the outsider. As an outsider, you have more energy to succeed simply because you are an outsider. There are scripts floating around but they're not coming my way and I think that I am getting a little bit too old to play Napoleon. But if I was ever offered the role I would grab it.

  David Suchet

  Thinking, Play, Energy

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray, it's impossible to imagine anyone else in that role. I mean, he's just so great. Over the course of the five movies, he always just takes it so seriously, doesn't condescend to the material, whatsoever and just treats it as if he was playing Hamlet.

  David Kirschner

  Mean, Rays, Impossible

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• That's one of the things we're most excited about, really, is just allowing this great, Oscar-nominated actor, giving him material to play in one of his signature roles.

  David Kirschner

  Play, Giving, Signatures

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I don't think that you necessarily need a certain type of background to take on roles. You see actors from very, very privileged backgrounds playing working class characters and vice-versa. I don't think your background limits you as to what you can do.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Character, Thinking, Class

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Female roles in comedies are usually quite silly, I think.

  Naomi Watts

  Silly, Thinking, Female

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I think there's a lack of quality roles for women in comedies. Most actresses get cast as the "eye-roller" or "the serious one," while men in comedies get to do all the fun, silly stuff and muck around. Sometimes you just have to search hard for a role or create one for yourself.

  Isla Fisher

  Fun, Silly, Eye

  "Definitely Maybe - Isla Fisher interview". www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• The way I go about choosing roles is basically by just trying to pick the complete opposite of the last thing I did, or if it has someone else who I really have wanted to work with.

  Anne Hathaway

  Opposites, Trying, Way

  "The Devil Wears Prada - Anne Hathaway interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I definitely am looking to do some more dramatic roles; I'd love to do a period piece. I'm just getting started; I feel like there's a whole wealth of options out there to try my hand at.

  Mandy Moore

  Hands, Trying, Pieces

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• You're just playing a role, whether it's a drama or a comedy. I find it really fun to sort of play opposite Uma.

  Luke Wilson

  Fun, Drama, Opposites

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• 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.

  Stephen Lang

  Character, Interesting, Guy

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• If young kids choose to have me as a role model...what I put out there is that it's not a perfect life and it's okay to make mistakes.

  Anne Hathaway

  Mistake, Kids, Role Models

  "Anne Hathaway Talks The Devil Wears Prada". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. June 28, 2006.

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• I'm not attempting to be a role model but I accept that roles I've played put me in that position. I don't feel a huge responsibility as an actress to put my young fan base first.

  Anne Hathaway

  Responsibility, Role Models, Fans

  "Anne Hathaway Talks The Devil Wears Prada". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. June 28, 2006.

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• It's always the script first choosing roles. [Then] whoever else is attached. I never like to be the first person attached, because I don't really trust what's going on, unless there's a really good director.

  Christopher Mintz-Plasse

  Directors, Scripts, Firsts

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I don't really understand why I should be a role model but I know that children do look up to me, so it is my responsibility to motivate people and be inspiring. I hope that I can do that for kids.

  Josh Peck

  Children, Kids, Responsibility

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• You bring yourself to every role, it doesn't matter who it is, it doesn't matter if it's a mass murderer, you can bring something to it.

  Keira Knightley

  Matter, Mass, Murderer

  "Keira Knightley Talks Pride and Prejudice". Interview with Julian Roman, www.movieweb.com. November 8, 2005.

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• I know it's going to sound like a cliché, but the key of successful playing a role is to sort of keep it real and earnest and react the way that one would react in those situations. Where the disconnect between the movie and the audience would happen is if you go too big or too crazy with that stuff.

  Jay Baruchel

  Crazy, Real, Successful

  Source: www.avclub.com

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