Quotes About Roles

I have stopped looking at roles as lead or parallel lead. Also, I feel these are very misleading terms.

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.

I don't know Hollywood very well. I've never lived in Los Angeles or New York. But what I can see in Paris, where I live, is that actresses like Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Charlotte Rampling, still get the chance to play strong, sexy roles even though they're not 20.

I want to do all kinds of roles. It's a part and parcel of my job.

You get involved with a studio, and optional pictures and sequel options and that sort of thing are becoming part and parcel with the roles they're handing out.

Failure is part and parcel of the process of experimenting with roles and films.

Once into films, an actress can't say that she would only take on particular kind of roles.

Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take.

There's so much more work for a man in his mid-30s: a lot of female-driven shows, where everybody needs a husband or partner.

More often, I'm asked to play somebody's mother, somebody's partner, somebody's wife.

Not only is my husband the most encouraging partner, he is more demanding than me when it comes to films, wanting me to do better roles.

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

It's interesting going between small parts and then bigger roles where you carry the film. If the writing is good, and if the people involved have integrity, then you'll do it, even if it's only five minutes on screen.

I'm interested in playing all kinds of parts.

I just gravitate to those more testosterone-filled sort of parts than me playing something a bit more fairy-like.

Looks and age determine whether you play leading ladies or characters. And I'm very happy playing character parts.

I just like to do different parts.

Maybe I'm more drawn to those kind of parts because they are meaningful to me. I mean, more parent-y ones, I find them interesting to do.

What you are is what you are, and I don't think you should ever fight it. But as an actor, I feel lucky to play different parts.

I like Shakespeare, but it's not my bread and butter. It's not what fires me up about acting at all.A lot of the ingenue parts leave a lot to be desired, in my opinion.

I've played so many different parts in the last 40 years.

Actors, lots of times, are great when they have great parts. For me, a lot of times, it's been the part.

There are always good parts. They may not pay what you want, and they may not have as many days' work as you want, they may not have the billing that you want, they may not have a lot of things, but - the content of the role itself - I find there are many roles.

I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy.