Quotes About Role

I've played some great ladies. Mame. Agnes Gooch in 'Mame,' when I started out in the '60s... it's a beautiful role.

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.

I don't feel like a first lady.

I could have spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on flowers. I could have focused on decor. I could have focused on entertainment. Because any First Lady, rightfully, gets to define her role. There's no legislative authority; you're not elected. And that's a wonderful gift of freedom.

You can make the First Lady's job whatever you want it to be. To some women the job is more involved with the entertaining. They feel at home doing the things at home.

There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.

When you become first lady, it's like, 'O.K., now what do you do?'

It's a lot of fun to just say to people, proudly, 'I get to play the First Lady.' It's just fun to say.

I want to play Eva Peron. I've already done a lot of Shakespeare, but I'd like to do Lady Macbeth.

If it's a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there's lots of material laid out.

I landed the role in 'Caddyshack' auditioning, like everybody else. It wasn't a role I thought I'd get, so I had nothing to lose.

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

My agent set up a meeting with George Lucas. They were casting in England.

The first time I ever experienced someone hating something I did on television was on 'Boy Meets World.' I remember these kids coming up to me and calling me a 'home-wrecker,' and so I had flashes of that going into my role on 'Mad Men.'

My most memorable role would have to be Agnes Calay of 'Forevermore,' probably because it was my first lead role.

When you have a meaty character to play opposite an actor you like, it becomes a memorable experience.

At home, my mom and my dad shared equally in the responsibilities of the family and our home and always demonstrated the importance of men and women having an equal role.

I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.

An actor is only merchandise.

Just wearing expensive and glamorous clothes do not merit for me to do a film. There has to be a good story and a good role.

You know, I've always tried to look at things as just what the part was. I never tried to worry about whether it was the lead or not the lead, because I think you can really mess your mind up when you're too caught up in those things.

You give the guy an Image Award three years in a row and then turn on him like that? If that's the role they want to fulfill, they need to send a clearer message.

Any manager of any big institution, which is what Manchester United is, internationally, you have a role and a responsibility to give out the correct messages.

I always say my role in Metallica is to support the song and to support my team, and whatever that means, I'm there for it.