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Roles Quotes

I’ve never thought of myself as a classic leading man. I’m a character actor who happens to play leading roles. Come on, look at me. I’m really Desperate Dan Picture Quote #1

I’d love to be remembered as a character actor who brought illumination to roles in wonderful plays and who delivered performances that made people think and rethink those roles Picture Quote #1

I’m hesitant to do leading man character roles because I think they can be a little boring in terms of needing to be the everyman who navigates the amazing stuff around them Picture Quote #1

Men and women have defined roles, and it’s the responsibility of a parent to make sure they know which way to go; otherwise, a child would feed themselves with their feet without the correct guidance Picture Quote #1

Acting is sort of an extension of childhood. You get to play all of these roles and have so much fun. Playing an athlete would be so cool. Or where you get to shoot guns, ride horses. I wouldn’t turn down any of that Picture Quote #1

I don’t like to leave my children for long periods of time. It’s made me more picky about roles that are close, especially on television Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I have a friend who says that roles choose you at the time that you need them most, and you have to believe, as an actor, if you didn’t get a part that you really, really wanted, and it went to someone else, it was because it was theirs to begin with Picture Quote #1

I try to do different things. My main goal is to choose roles where I won’t repeat myself or where I will not be doing the same role over and over. I try to do a villain, the best friend to the lead, and then a lead. I try to vary it up because if I don’t, I will get bored Picture Quote #1

Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started in this profession - about a hundred years ago in the last century - it was all about taking risks, it was about doing the job and honing the craft Picture Quote #1

I think early in my career, I didn’t choose films that were crappy films, necessarily, but I didn’t go out and campaign for smaller, better roles Picture Quote #1

Some of my favorite actresses are Cate Blanchett, I love her. I love Zoe Saldana, and Julianne Moore is one of my favorites. I like women who choose diverse roles and have that strength, which I think all women have but some women embrace it, present it, and live in it Picture Quote #1

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For me, choice is the most important thing because I’m going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I’ve got to be choosing the right roles now so that by the time I get to that age there will be wide options available Picture Quote #1

I think that the more success you have as an actor, I think, the greatest advantage of being successful as an actor or being in this business is that you have the chance to pick and choose, or you have people coming to you with a much more different variety of roles Picture Quote #1

I think my roles have been wonderfully varied. Not one has been racially stereotypical, and I have purposely chosen them like that Picture Quote #1

I took the role of Rochelle in ‘Everybody Hates Chris,’ and that was it. I was going to play mother roles all the time. Once you do one mother role, it’s always a trickle down effect Picture Quote #1

The 1950s felt so safe and smug, the 60s so raw and raucous, the revolutions stacked one on top of another, in race relations, gender roles, generational conflict, the clash of church and state - so many values and vanities tossed on the bonfire, and no one had a concordance to explain why it was all happening at once Picture Quote #1

If organized religion has become less relevant, it’s not because churches have held fast to their creedal beliefs - it’s because they’ve held fast to their conventional structures, programs, roles and routines Picture Quote #1

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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women’s roles are growing in power all of the time Picture Quote #1

I got into this thing called the National Youth Theatre, and to me, that was all about the status quo. It seemed to me like ‘Downton Abbey’ - all the working-class and black people were playing servants, or the gravedigger in ‘Hamlet,’ and the boys from Eton and posh private schools got Hamlet, all the big roles Picture Quote #1

I think whenever you come in, whenever you try to evolve a company, people will get nervous. But, if you articulate a clear vision, a clear mission to help them understand their roles in it and ask them to buy into the system, everyone will band together to make it happen Picture Quote #1

Playing the president is interesting because, unlike a lot of different roles, people pay so close attention to who the president is, all of them, everybody’s got an opinion about the president Picture Quote #1

I’d like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family’s the most important thing to me right now Picture Quote #1

After many of years of getting cast in sweet, angelic roles, I’m finally getting to play closer to my real life as a horrible person Picture Quote #1

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I don’t pick my roles based on what clothes I have to wear. I pick roles because of the character I have to portray, and the public have enjoyed seeing me in those roles Picture Quote #1

Cognitive neuroscience, and social theorists from Weber to Bourdieu, have recognized that humans act, most of the time, habitually, not reflectively. Both at intrastate and inter-states levels, habits play critical roles in mitigating uncertainty, providing a sense of order, and entrench patterns of cooperation or enmity Picture Quote #1

No one ever let me be a bad guy once I started working more frequently after I got out of college and started pursuing acting. I just got all of the good-guy roles because if I walk in the room, not a lot of people believe me as a bad guy Picture Quote #1

I see film roles as lovely presents that come along now and again. I feel really lucky and say thank you very much. And if they fly me to L.A., I think, ‘God, I must really be doing well.’ I’ve worked with De Niro and Brando and Pacino, and that’s made me feel very lucky. But the films have never meant a lot to me Picture Quote #1

I don’t really have any dream roles. It’s just things, which come up Picture Quote #1

If you ask me right now, you’ve seen the last of Mind of Mencia. I don’t want to be a one-trick pony. I would rather walk away and do more movies, comedy and even some dramatic roles Picture Quote #1

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I’ve never thought of myself as a classic leading man. I’m a character actor who happens to play leading roles. Come on, look at me. I’m really Desperate Dan. (Roles Quotes) I’d love to be remembered as a character actor who brought illumination to roles in wonderful plays and who delivered performances that made people think and rethink those roles. (Roles Quotes) I’m hesitant to do leading man character roles because I think they can be a little boring in terms of needing to be the everyman who navigates the amazing stuff around them. (Roles Quotes) Men and women have defined roles, and it’s the responsibility of a parent to make sure they know which way to go; otherwise, a child would feed themselves with their feet without the correct guidance. (Roles Quotes) Acting is sort of an extension of childhood. You get to play all of these roles and have so much fun. Playing an athlete would be so cool. Or where you get to shoot guns, ride horses. I wouldn’t turn down any of that. (Roles Quotes) I don’t like to leave my children for long periods of time. It’s made me more picky about roles that are close, especially on television. (Roles Quotes) 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. (Roles Quotes) I have a friend who says that roles choose you at the time that you need them most, and you have to believe, as an actor, if you didn’t get a part that you really, really wanted, and it went to someone else, it was because it was theirs to begin with. (Roles Quotes) I try to do different things. My main goal is to choose roles where I won’t repeat myself or where I will not be doing the same role over and over. I try to do a villain, the best friend to the lead, and then a lead. I try to vary it up because if I don’t, I will get bored. (Roles Quotes) Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started in this profession - about a hundred years ago in the last century - it was all about taking risks, it was about doing the job and honing the craft. (Roles Quotes) I think early in my career, I didn’t choose films that were crappy films, necessarily, but I didn’t go out and campaign for smaller, better roles. (Roles Quotes) Some of my favorite actresses are Cate Blanchett, I love her. I love Zoe Saldana, and Julianne Moore is one of my favorites. I like women who choose diverse roles and have that strength, which I think all women have but some women embrace it, present it, and live in it. (Roles Quotes) For me, choice is the most important thing because I’m going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I’ve got to be choosing the right roles now so that by the time I get to that age there will be wide options available. (Roles Quotes) I think that the more success you have as an actor, I think, the greatest advantage of being successful as an actor or being in this business is that you have the chance to pick and choose, or you have people coming to you with a much more different variety of roles. (Roles Quotes) I think my roles have been wonderfully varied. Not one has been racially stereotypical, and I have purposely chosen them like that. (Roles Quotes) I took the role of Rochelle in ‘Everybody Hates Chris,’ and that was it. I was going to play mother roles all the time. Once you do one mother role, it’s always a trickle down effect. (Roles Quotes) The 1950s felt so safe and smug, the 60s so raw and raucous, the revolutions stacked one on top of another, in race relations, gender roles, generational conflict, the clash of church and state - so many values and vanities tossed on the bonfire, and no one had a concordance to explain why it was all happening at once. (Roles Quotes) If organized religion has become less relevant, it’s not because churches have held fast to their creedal beliefs - it’s because they’ve held fast to their conventional structures, programs, roles and routines. (Roles Quotes) I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women’s roles are growing in power all of the time. (Roles Quotes) I got into this thing called the National Youth Theatre, and to me, that was all about the status quo. It seemed to me like ‘Downton Abbey’ - all the working-class and black people were playing servants, or the gravedigger in ‘Hamlet,’ and the boys from Eton and posh private schools got Hamlet, all the big roles. (Roles Quotes) I think whenever you come in, whenever you try to evolve a company, people will get nervous. But, if you articulate a clear vision, a clear mission to help them understand their roles in it and ask them to buy into the system, everyone will band together to make it happen. (Roles Quotes) Playing the president is interesting because, unlike a lot of different roles, people pay so close attention to who the president is, all of them, everybody’s got an opinion about the president. (Roles Quotes) I’d like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family’s the most important thing to me right now. (Roles Quotes) After many of years of getting cast in sweet, angelic roles, I’m finally getting to play closer to my real life as a horrible person. (Roles Quotes) I don’t pick my roles based on what clothes I have to wear. I pick roles because of the character I have to portray, and the public have enjoyed seeing me in those roles. (Roles Quotes) Cognitive neuroscience, and social theorists from Weber to Bourdieu, have recognized that humans act, most of the time, habitually, not reflectively. Both at intrastate and inter-states levels, habits play critical roles in mitigating uncertainty, providing a sense of order, and entrench patterns of cooperation or enmity. (Roles Quotes) No one ever let me be a bad guy once I started working more frequently after I got out of college and started pursuing acting. I just got all of the good-guy roles because if I walk in the room, not a lot of people believe me as a bad guy. (Roles Quotes) I see film roles as lovely presents that come along now and again. I feel really lucky and say thank you very much. And if they fly me to L.A., I think, ‘God, I must really be doing well.’ I’ve worked with De Niro and Brando and Pacino, and that’s made me feel very lucky. But the films have never meant a lot to me. (Roles Quotes) I don’t really have any dream roles. It’s just things, which come up. (Roles Quotes) If you ask me right now, you’ve seen the last of Mind of Mencia. I don’t want to be a one-trick pony. I would rather walk away and do more movies, comedy and even some dramatic roles. (Roles Quotes)

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