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Quotes About Role

I don't sing lead - I am not the lead singer - but I do sing some stuff sometimes.
~ Billy Magnussen
The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands.
~ Maria Jeritza
I love singing live, actually. And I'm dying to sing in a role, whether it's in a musical or a biographical film about a singer. It's always been one of my aspirations.
~ Michelle Dockery
I started singing for The Phantom in January, and we started filming in October and I sang all the way through to the next June. In fact, I was singing for about two months before I even knew I had the role.
~ Gerard Butler
Every single film I've done, it's about the character.
~ Idris Elba
When I was shooting for 'Mahabharat,' in those one or one and a half years, I didn't live my life. I was living as Arjun. Not even one single day I was Shaheer. But that paid off very well, as everyone loved my role.
~ Shaheer Sheikh
Playing a sinner is very liberating!
~ Michelle Yeoh
I saw Mani sir's 'Bombay,' and I wanted to be a Mani sir heroine.
~ Aditi Rao Hydari
In 'A Few Best Men,' I play a lesbian character. I played the lesbian sister of the bride who ends up kissing a dude at the end, but she was, like, a full-on lesbian in that. And I beat out famous Australian lesbians for the role.
~ Rebel Wilson
My sister is not my mother, but more than anyone else, she fills that role for me now - like it or not. And indeed, all women I know play that role for somebody - like it or not.
~ Sandra Tsing Loh
Two things happened - One, I was already in search of a positive role for a long time when I came across 'Shastri Sisters.' Two, I missed being a part of Hindi television.
~ Sudha Chandran
I never knew what my role in art was, because I was such a deep appreciator and such a passionate appreciator. But every time I would try to sit down and be an illustrator or painter, it was just not my best use.
~ Alexa Hirschfeld
Because I am a character actor, I thought I would be the fourth or eighth banana on a sitcom, and that would be OK.
~ Nia Vardalos
I was genuinely shocked to even be in the frame for a sitcom role on British TV.
~ Ardal O'Hanlon
If one of my friends said they'd written a little role for me in a sitcom, I'd definitely do it and I'd enjoy it. But I have no interest in being a serious actor.
~ Josh Widdicombe
I'm a natural technophobe, but I can see the importance of the digital role, and you have to celebrate it - our site is obviously an incredibly important part of our business now.
~ Matthew Williamson
Any role that's proactive is a great role, and action roles are by their very nature proactive. You get to do stuff. I hate sitting in a corner - I'd much prefer an action role in a popcorn movie rather than pining in a corner not doing anything.
~ Helen Mirren
As a media artist and filmmaker, I'm constantly considering the role of situational context when creating my work.
~ Jason Silva
Six years is a long time to play the same characters on the same show.
~ Chris Wood
A lot of sixth men have more responsibility, and they've made more of an impact sometimes than 80 percent of the rest of the guys on the team, so it's just a name.
~ Andre Iguodala
I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.
~ Steve Buscemi
Hollywood is difficult to navigate if you have integrity, so I opted not to work if there wasn't enough to do in a role, which doesn't have to do with the role's size.
~ Robin Wright
I am not hugely famous; I am not a name. For me, it's not the size of the role, it's the material and the people you are working with.
~ Ruth Negga
When I look at a character, I never look at the size of the role. I always look at the whole person, no matter how much they're featured in the movie.
~ Toni Collette