Quotes About Role

I hate being asked what it's like to play someone iconic.

I am not into the mother sentiment, really. My heart is not into this ideal mother role; it does not work for me.

People say you get identified with a role, and you get stereotyped, but I haven't found that to be the case.

The role that I played in 'Gaana Bajaana' was that of a tomboyish girl who identified with the guys. There was nothing feminine about her.

It's fun to play a character that you can identify with.

When you take on a role, even if the character is somebody that you are dissimilar to, you have to identify with the role and look for an emotional connection even if there is not a biographical one.

I like myself. I think I'm cool. But I think when you're in a band you take on a role within the band, and I think people over the course of years can identify those roles as almost being bigger than just the individual. I don't know. It's kind of hard to talk about.

Obviously, any time you're closer in terms of what your knowledge is to a character, you can add something. But an actor's job is not to play only people he can identify with.

I think that I identify with my role in pretty much everything I have tried to do. I try to find something that I can understand about each character's behavior.

It's fun playing a more feminine part. I can identify more with a woman of passion and emotion than with a cartoon character. Who knows what a cartoon feels?

I played Duryodhan, the young prince, 28 years ago. People still identify me as Duryodhan. But at 55, I cannot hope to play a 25-year-old.

Every once in a while I play a true idiot, and they're really fun to play.

Our role, to be an idol, is very important. Kids follow everything we say and we do.

I am playing Elvis Presley in 'Hello Darling.' The project is really exciting for me because I get to play my idol.

I think the role was great; I loved working with all of the people at 'Idol.'

If I could say what my dream role to dance was that I didn't get to do, if I had to choose one, it would be Giselle in 'Giselle.'

My only model for being a father was my father, an illiterate on the margin of society.

If there is illness in your home, do you not need a doctor from outside? If your home catches on fire, do you not need fire fighters from outside? God has sent me to America in the role of a doctor, in the role of a fire fighter.

I usually feel like the role comes to you to sort of illuminate some piece of where you are in your life. I feel like I myself am a single woman and I'm childless - by choice - at this point, and I don't know what will happen.

I'm an illustrator. I have to accept my role.

I wanted to play a domestic help all my life... Because I wanted to break my image.

Essentially, I'm untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I'm going to be playing.

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.

I'd never really imagined myself as an action star.