- Nov 07, 2020
Different Roles Quotes
On the joy of never playing just one part.
Actors here describe the pull toward repertory work and varied characters over getting stuck in one familiar part. Related reading: Doing quotes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
All I will say is that I'm playing a lot of different roles that, to be honest, are more interesting and demanding than any I've played before.
- Interesting
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Part of what's interesting about the 'Star Wars' world is, villains are complex, obviously, and they occupy, as in life, different roles within different organizations.
- Doing
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It is very essential as an actor to be a perfectionist and have a knack for doing different roles over a period of time to keep their fans entertained.
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An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd be a boring career. When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting... It's a challenge.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have tried to look different and play different roles through my life because I am passionate about my work.
- Business
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I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades.
- Blockbuster
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to do as many different roles as the system will allow me. That's the benefit of not being in a giant blockbuster where you're the lead and you get typecast in that kind of role. I am able to slip in or out of a lot of different parts.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to do a lot of repertory theater. You're playing different roles all the time, and I love that.
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I'd rather do a lot of movies than a TV series and do a lot of different roles than be stuck in one TV thing.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've become so earthy. And I never was earthy. I'm doing all kinds of different roles which are not at all like the intellectual and the legal mind of Ben Stone.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I have come to realize over the twenty years when I have worked in different roles as a legislator is that no legislation is as good as the enforcement of it.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've only gotten directly offered two or three movies, ever. I don't have the luxury of being able to say no a lot, and I don't really have the luxury of just getting to pick and choose certain things. If I did, I probably would choose even more different roles than I've played.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the joy of getting to be an actor - getting to play all kinds of different roles and showing so many different sides of yourself.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an actor, I feel I need to take up challenges and do different roles without thinking about whether the audience will accept me in those roles or not.
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- Nov 07, 2020