Quotes About Role

I guess everybody is doing a movie thing, so I'm doing the 'Scorpion King 4.' My role in the movie is as one of the king's guards, with a very original name: Roykus. Apparently, back in the day, everybody's name was 'us,' so 'Roy' plus 'us,' and put a little 'k' in there: Roykus. I'm one of the royal guards, and I do my own stunts like Jackie Chan.

I like my role in 'Akira,' which is a remake of a south Indian film. I play the role of a pregnant cop like the original. So, since it's the role of a pregnant cop, luckily I didn't have to do any stunts.

It'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I'm not a baby sitter.

When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.

I would love to do a really stupid character on 'The Office'. I'm so an 'Office' fan.

I think that first-person narration is very characteristic of contemporary optics, in which the individual performs the role of subjective center of the world.

For me, I had to overcome shyness to be an actor. But as a director, you lose your subjectivity, your self-consciousness. And instead of just your role, it's the life of the whole play that becomes a reflection of you.

The media has not done a great job in fulfilling their role - journalism's role in a democracy is to provide information on profoundly important subjects so we're an informed citizenry.

I don't see myself playing the docile, submissive bahu on television!

'Mariah' was the first series-regular role for me, and that really came about because of 'Secret Honor.' That really was a direct result of that. Because now I had an agent and was submitted for that part, for James Malone. And... I was the casting director's first choice for James Malone.

I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now. The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks and Geeks Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl.

I don't subscribe to the idea of a first and second heroine. I go by if a role is strong.

I don't look at the length of the role, but yes I'm looking for substance.

Being an actor, I have no issues with a character being negative or positive as long as the role is substantial and meaty.

I have been wanting to do a substantial role for quite sometime.

'Heartless' is a rare commercial film where I have a substantial role.

I prefer to take up films where I have a substantial role and screen space, though there's nothing like a conscious decision of doing one film a year because I haven't reached that stage yet.

I mean what had always been attractive to me about the State Department spokesperson role is that it's traditionally been a very substantive position.

Private sector cannot substitute the role of the government in primary education.

Some parents really bring their children up; others let them down

Each sport favors a particular body type. The principle of "form follows function" determines the particular physique that tends to perform best in a given sport or in a given position or role within a sport.

Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.

School is like theater. Teachers are like directors, students are like actors, and classes are like theatrical presentations.

Our bodies, apart from their brilliant role as drawing exercises, are the temples of our being. Like the bodies of all fauna, they deserve both our study and our appreciation.