When a ‘Life of Brian’ comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward.

I am careful with what I eat because that’s my job. If I had to plump up for a role, I would do it.

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.

I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that.

I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school.

I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.

It’s the transformation that drives me. I want to do it all and never want to be boxed into something as a particular type or style. I never want people to think they know me....

Let your first enemy be mediocrity; it has no role to play, no word to say and no action to display in your life. Never love to swim in shallow waters; they breed nothing than...

It is not the role of Congress to decide legal cases between private parties. That is why we have courts.

It’s interesting to play a role where you don’t really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you’re not acting.

I think it’s absolutely fascinating that in Berlin the parliament can discuss actively the role of their soldiers in Afghanistan because is it still possible, literally, for a German soldier to take up arms.

If I ever have to cast an acting role, I want the wrong person for the part. I can never visualize the right person in a part. The right person for the right part would...

I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera ‘Melrose Place.’

When I can see things through the lens of the director, it’s like being able to see the whole puzzle – it’s not just about my role, but the whole script.

My forte is playing drunks down the ages. When my agent rings me about a role, I don’t ask what the part is, but what century it’s in.

I love the role I’m playing in ‘Conan.’ I’m enjoying making the film tremendously. It’s very physically demanding. You know, Conan is 28 years younger than me and a big dude, so I have to...

I can’t imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.

But I definitely see us playing a major role in St. Louis in the years to come. We already provide service to 95 percent of the markets St. Louis travelers visit the most. And we’re...

I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?

I had a dual role: designer and advocate.

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.

I’m not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids.

Courage is the collective strength of heart, mind and soul, but the character plays the key role.

My role as king will be much like my mum’s as queen, so long as I remain in tune with the people.

The role of a do-gooder is not what actors call a fat part.

As a brunette, I had previously been this serious actress. Then I became a blonde and got to play a completely different, comic role.

All I did was basically play myself in the role of Napoleon Solo.

Especially in the car ride to and from gym. I find myself spacing out a lot, just visualizing what the Olympics would be like and just having such great role models.

If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.

Whenever there’s a role that scares me, I get panicked and nervous. I know that greatness might come because I’m going to get out of my own element and comfort zone.

In the summer after sixth grade, I took a class at St. Robert Bellarmine. My first role, I was the villain in a play, and I forgot all my lines. I think I cried my...

There is a role and function for beauty in our time.

Nobody I represent is pretending to be the pope or a role model for young people. People have to live their lives. They have the right to smoke if they want.

Christianity makes of life a moral drama in which we play a starring role and in which the most ordinary events take on a grand significance.

No role brings greater joy or blessing than being a parent.

Collin Jackson was a little before my time and he was a really good athlete. I’ve raced with him, but he’s now retired. He’s a really good role model and someone that I’ve learnt a...

The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.

In the role of Miss Munim, I had credibility as an individual.

I never had a better role than I had in ‘Little Miss Sunshine.’ That was one of my favorite roles ever.

I’m not a complete libertarian. There is a proper role in some areas of the government to have rules and regulations – I’m not an anarchist.

It’s absolutely physically demanding to play the role of Wolverine. There’s a lot of action, and I try to do as much of it as I can because it’s better for the audience.

It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there’s always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a...

Usually I play the bad guy role, a terrorist or someone.

Sometimes there are customers who get in difficulty because of situations that are out of their control. These are customers with genuine needs, and the role of the bank is to accommodate these customers, and...

Swimmers provide much healthier role models for teenagers than the catwalk.

Before ‘Austenland,’ I got do a lead role in ‘Northanger Abbey’, which is Jane Austen. Growing up in England, you can’t really ignore Jane Austen. It’s always been there.

I never try to show an actor what to do or what to say. He has to find out for himself. The role of the director is to guide him to that state, and then...

I never set out to be a role model for large women, I just do what I feel is right.

There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.

I believe one day nano-robots will play an important role in medicine.