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I’m always open to not necessarily to do leading roles because I want to do roles that are the best, character role. And sometimes, it’s not going to be a leading role. It’s going to be a smaller, supporting role. So really, I’m open to doing anything Picture Quote #1

It’s true in the beginning I started playing villains, and I think that’s pretty clear, because if you don’t conventionally look a certain way and you’ve got a certain kind of presence when you’re young, then what’s available to you is character roles, and the best character roles when you’re young tend to be villains Picture Quote #1

The truth of the matter is roles like James Bond are the ones that I look up to as probably the best roles ever to play. So that’s probably my ultimate goal one day: to play James Bond Picture Quote #1

There is a sense of call to take leadership roles. You’re serving people and submitting to God as best you can Picture Quote #1

There are so many huge roles in the theatre: if you’ve got the option to play Hedda Gabler on stage, why wouldn’t you choose that over a three-line part in a Hollywood film as somebody’s maid or somebody’s wife or somebody’s best friend? Picture Quote #1

I’d love to play a femme fatale in a film noir. I’m thinking of one of those roles that Lauren Bacall or Bette Davis might have played. What I wouldn’t like is to suddenly find myself being cast, as many senior actresses seem to be, as the abbess in a convent Picture Quote #1

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Not a lot of people make that transition from child actor to bigger, better roles Picture Quote #1

You’re always looking for roles and other creatives who are going to be challenging to you, because you’re always a better actor after the experience Picture Quote #1

Being able to do lead roles in pictures or onstage or whatever it is that you’re doing in acting is obviously what you strive for because you want to better yourself as an actor and you want to better yourself as a person as well. But that does come with a lot of responsibility and a great deal of weight Picture Quote #1

You can not make me pick between my roles! That is like making me pick between my children! Picture Quote #1

There are lots of big books that have gay characters - or, more commonly, a gay character - in secondary roles, but seldom are their lives, and especially their sexual lives, on center stage Picture Quote #1

The older I get, the more I’m starting to believe in myself. I’m beginning to think of roles that I could do that I would not have allowed myself to think of before, saying: ‘That’s not for me, that’s for the big guns.’ Picture Quote #1

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As soon as I started acting in England, I got unusual roles. Although I’m 6 foot six, and agents might standardly cast me in tough guy roles or the big guy in the back, I’ve been very blessed to do roles that makes them think twice about how they’re gonna cast me Picture Quote #1

I’ve done a lot of serious roles, but they’re, like, independent, so it’s harder for them to come out. The big ones have been comedies, but I would love to get a big drama to let people see the other side of me, that I am a serious actress Picture Quote #1

There’s a certain cruelty to being on a big screen as your eyelids start to sag and your hair falls out and turns gray that you either have to be able to handle or not. What you can’t do is try to force yourself into roles that you could have played or would have played ten years earlier Picture Quote #1

I’m trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it’s been difficult finding the right roles. It’s been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned Picture Quote #1

One of the interesting things is, the most gifted people, the biggest people, have no problem taking small roles Picture Quote #1

The adoptee benefits because his collective parents are permitted to grow secure in their particular roles in his life. His adoptive parents are not unwittingly encouraged to compete to possess him. Nor are his birth parents punished and banished from a place in his life Picture Quote #1

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There’s an appetite for vigour in films. The camera loves a bit of movement. Movement is usually attached to younger people and men, and that’s just the way it is. I think that it’s a bitter pill to swallow, but it’s a fact that there aren’t going to be masses and masses of roles for older women because there isn’t the audience for it Picture Quote #1

I’m kind of in a middle space, being marketed as a biracial actor. Roles are written either stereotypically black, or they’re written ‘normal,’ which is just code for white Picture Quote #1

It’s so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that’s not specifically targeted toward the niche market, which is, like, a black movie is created and it’s produced and pitched so that only black people will watch it ... I want to see dynamic characters and roles that everyone wants to watch Picture Quote #1

I’d rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that’s it. Hopefully that’s it Picture Quote #1

I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women Picture Quote #1

I have been blessed with roles that allow me to express something very personal at a specific time in my life. I seek them out; acting is my therapy Picture Quote #1

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We saw his [Donald Trump] children appointed this week to formal roles in the transition. A lot of ethics experts looking at that and saying that there is not a blind trust Picture Quote #1

I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film or in theater. I think that’s like my ‘Blues Brothers’ mission Picture Quote #1

Back when I was looking for my next step and was researching Gannett, I was interested in who was leading the various businesses within the organization: Are there a lot of women and minorities in important, operational roles, senior management and the board of directors? Picture Quote #1

[Doctor Cukrowicz in Suddenly, Last Summer is] is one of the most unpronounceable roles in the modern-day theater day canon, and one of the most boring! Picture Quote #1

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God that’d be a boring career Picture Quote #1

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I’m always open to not necessarily to do leading roles because I want to do roles that are the best, character role. And sometimes, it’s not going to be a leading role. It’s going to be a smaller, supporting role. So really, I’m open to doing anything. (Roles Quotes) It’s true in the beginning I started playing villains, and I think that’s pretty clear, because if you don’t conventionally look a certain way and you’ve got a certain kind of presence when you’re young, then what’s available to you is character roles, and the best character roles when you’re young tend to be villains. (Roles Quotes) The truth of the matter is roles like James Bond are the ones that I look up to as probably the best roles ever to play. So that’s probably my ultimate goal one day: to play James Bond. (Roles Quotes) There is a sense of call to take leadership roles. You’re serving people and submitting to God as best you can. (Roles Quotes) There are so many huge roles in the theatre: if you’ve got the option to play Hedda Gabler on stage, why wouldn’t you choose that over a three-line part in a Hollywood film as somebody’s maid or somebody’s wife or somebody’s best friend? (Roles Quotes) I’d love to play a femme fatale in a film noir. I’m thinking of one of those roles that Lauren Bacall or Bette Davis might have played. What I wouldn’t like is to suddenly find myself being cast, as many senior actresses seem to be, as the abbess in a convent. (Roles Quotes) Not a lot of people make that transition from child actor to bigger, better roles (Roles Quotes) You’re always looking for roles and other creatives who are going to be challenging to you, because you’re always a better actor after the experience. (Roles Quotes) Being able to do lead roles in pictures or onstage or whatever it is that you’re doing in acting is obviously what you strive for because you want to better yourself as an actor and you want to better yourself as a person as well. But that does come with a lot of responsibility and a great deal of weight. (Roles Quotes) You can not make me pick between my roles! That is like making me pick between my children! (Roles Quotes) There are lots of big books that have gay characters - or, more commonly, a gay character - in secondary roles, but seldom are their lives, and especially their sexual lives, on center stage. (Roles Quotes) The older I get, the more I’m starting to believe in myself. I’m beginning to think of roles that I could do that I would not have allowed myself to think of before, saying: ‘That’s not for me, that’s for the big guns.’ (Roles Quotes) As soon as I started acting in England, I got unusual roles. Although I’m 6 foot six, and agents might standardly cast me in tough guy roles or the big guy in the back, I’ve been very blessed to do roles that makes them think twice about how they’re gonna cast me. (Roles Quotes) I’ve done a lot of serious roles, but they’re, like, independent, so it’s harder for them to come out. The big ones have been comedies, but I would love to get a big drama to let people see the other side of me, that I am a serious actress. (Roles Quotes) There’s a certain cruelty to being on a big screen as your eyelids start to sag and your hair falls out and turns gray that you either have to be able to handle or not. What you can’t do is try to force yourself into roles that you could have played or would have played ten years earlier. (Roles Quotes) I’m trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it’s been difficult finding the right roles. It’s been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned. (Roles Quotes) One of the interesting things is, the most gifted people, the biggest people, have no problem taking small roles. (Roles Quotes) The adoptee benefits because his collective parents are permitted to grow secure in their particular roles in his life. His adoptive parents are not unwittingly encouraged to compete to possess him. Nor are his birth parents punished and banished from a place in his life. (Roles Quotes) There’s an appetite for vigour in films. The camera loves a bit of movement. Movement is usually attached to younger people and men, and that’s just the way it is. I think that it’s a bitter pill to swallow, but it’s a fact that there aren’t going to be masses and masses of roles for older women because there isn’t the audience for it. (Roles Quotes) I’m kind of in a middle space, being marketed as a biracial actor. Roles are written either stereotypically black, or they’re written ‘normal,’ which is just code for white. (Roles Quotes) It’s so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that’s not specifically targeted toward the niche market, which is, like, a black movie is created and it’s produced and pitched so that only black people will watch it ... I want to see dynamic characters and roles that everyone wants to watch. (Roles Quotes) I’d rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that’s it. Hopefully that’s it. (Roles Quotes) I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women. (Roles Quotes) I have been blessed with roles that allow me to express something very personal at a specific time in my life. I seek them out; acting is my therapy. (Roles Quotes) We saw his [Donald Trump] children appointed this week to formal roles in the transition. A lot of ethics experts looking at that and saying that there is not a blind trust. (Roles Quotes) I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film or in theater. I think that’s like my ‘Blues Brothers’ mission. (Roles Quotes) Back when I was looking for my next step and was researching Gannett, I was interested in who was leading the various businesses within the organization: Are there a lot of women and minorities in important, operational roles, senior management and the board of directors? (Roles Quotes) Interestingly enough, my more high-profile things are in uniform. But if you look at my full body of work, there’s a lot of stuff that’s not in uniform. But I do a lot of stuff in the service, and I think that’s just how I’m built physically. It just serves the roles. (Roles Quotes) [Doctor Cukrowicz in Suddenly, Last Summer is] is one of the most unpronounceable roles in the modern-day theater day canon, and one of the most boring! (Roles Quotes) An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God that’d be a boring career. (Roles Quotes)

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