I just pick the best roles that are left over, and they usually aren't the heterosexual, leading-man, non-drug-addict parts. And once you get into doing them, people know you do them.
Peter Sarsgaard

I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it.
Hilary Duff

I know I'm responsible for not having got the kind of roles that I'd have liked to. '
Peter Fonda

I like doing films and I wish that I could do more but I still have to audition. I don't get offered starring roles in movies even though I've written and starred in a movie.
Tim Meadows

I like roles that are on the extreme ends of the spectrum, and there's special appeal in exploring these slightly forgotten plays that people might think of as subjects for academic term papers instead of live theater.
Geoffrey Rush

I like roles that people don't recognize me in.
Penelope Cruz

I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.
Morgan Freeman

I like the way that different people recognise me for the roles I done.
Casper Van Dien

I longed to break out of the system and do different roles.
Leslie Caron

I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.
Penelope Ann Miller

I loved doing Shakespeare. My two favorite roles, in fact, have been Viola in Twelfth Night and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Blythe Danner

I loved working with Valerie. That was the most wonderful revelation to find that when we are on a set and we're playing our roles, we're like separated twins. We can almost finish each other's dialogue.
Mary Tyler Moore

I most often land up taking up the roles that I most detest.
Christine Lahti

I never played the right roles, or very rarely got the right roles offered, except on stage.
Maximilian Schell

I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown.
Rose Byrne

I play a huge variety of roles.
Casper Van Dien

I played a real nasty little girl but most of the roles I had up until then were very sweet and very nice.
Morgan Brittany

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against - I have to try to make roles happen for me that aren't written black.
Gregory Hines

I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.
Sally Field

I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing.
Barbara Cook