Great Roles Quotes

I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.

Actors, lots of times, are great when they have great parts. For me, a lot of times, it's been the part.

I'd rather do a great play than a mediocre play in New York. As much as I'd like to be seen in New York, that's not my driving motivation. My motivation is to play great roles, wherever they happen.

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

Yet in the celebrity-obsessed culture, where everything of you is a shot on the red carpet, I don't want that to dominate my image. First and foremost, I am an actor. I want great roles.

I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women.

I hope I have quite a few great roles to come.

I think anger does fuel a successful acting career. To play the great roles, you have to learn how to blaze.

I really want to act and act in great roles, which have scope of performance.

I have to make myself available for work. If I'm going to sit around only for great roles, I won't get the right one.

I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first. Lay a foundation - get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.

If I get an offer, and I think there is something I can do, then I will think about it... I am ready to consider any film and TV acting offers, provided it is great.

I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.

I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.

The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.

I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women. You can see that clearly with things like 'The Hunger Games.'