Gene Wilder
Related MORGAN FREEMAN I don't plan my roles or my films. MANJU WARRIER I don't want to play only Latin women. I want to have roles in English. PAZ VEGA I don't take roles I can't respect. If I can't find a reason to be respectful of the cha... ESTHER ROLLE Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I don't think I do that much to prepare for roles in general. CHARLIE TAHAN It's hard because I seek out strong female roles. I turn down a lot of stuff, not because it'... GINA HOLDEN ZOE SALDANA NARGIS FAKHRI I feel fortunate that I'm able to play diverse roles. I don't think everybody in Hollywood g... LAURA HARRING It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON EVA GREEN TARAJI P. HENSON KIRSTEN DUNST I don't feel typecast almost at all, and it could just be because I'm insensitive, but I dou... GRACE PARK I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really a... BEL POWLEY I'm really into strong, female roles - but they don't have to necessarily be loud - I'm ... JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back... DANA BRUNETTI ARUNDHATI ROY It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been do... BARBARA COOK I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong ... MARTHA PLIMPTON RACHEL BROSNAHAN Honestly, I'm willing to experiment with far more variety in roles than I'm given. But ultim... KABIR BEDI KIRSTEN DUNST What I really want to do is create great roles for women. And I'm not talking Nicholas Sparks ro... MELISSA ROSENBERG KATIE MCGRATH I don't really give much thought to the roles that I'd ideally love to play. DYLAN O'BRIEN ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing t... KACEY MUSGRAVES I look to challenge myself with a character that's not like myself or anything I've done bef... DAVID GALLAGHER I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role. ED WESTWICK I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don&... CAMPBELL SCOTT BEN CARSON DAN STEVENS I don't want to do romantic roles where I have to lip sync to a song. A role that explores roman... IRRFAN KHAN I'm not going to throw chairs; I'm not going to cuss. I'm not going to do that kind of s... ANDRE WARD If I'm going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don't do it at all. AL-WALEED BIN TALAL I'm not a dark person at all, so those roles are the most challenging. I don't think I'm... CAMILLA BELLE I get offered a lot of black roles, because apparently I don't look Latino enough. TRISTAN WILDS People often ask me why I don't take up more heroine-oriented roles. My question is, 'Where ... SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU PATRICIA HIGHSMITH VINCE VAUGHN I'm definitely interested in taking on roles where I don't look like myself. But I'm not... DOUGLAS BOOTH AASIF MANDVI I don't want to do stories that don't have a heart. I'm just not going to be satisfied w... AARON HUEY HARRISON FORD DANNY STRONG I don't want to do something that's watered down. I don't want to take what I'm know... BILLY EICHNER YVONNE STRAHOVSKI Because I've done so many different roles, I don't want to repeat myself. It's getting h... MAGGIE CHEUNG Life is short, so I'm knowing exactly where I'm putting my time. I don't want to do thin... MIRA NAIR Theater actors like to change character roles. They don't like to always do the same thing. MARCELLO MASTROIANNI MERYL STREEP I know I need to watch myself because I don't want anyone to think I'm snobby or stuck up. I... AUSTIN O'BRIEN If people liked seeing me in loverboy roles, I don't intend to break that. UDAY KIRAN Assuming roles is something that simply won't work for me, since I don't have a style. None ... MARTIN KIPPENBERGER DELTA BURKE I don't read much when I'm working. When I'm finished work, I don't want a thing to ... PAULINE GEDGE I'm quite lucky in that at certain angles I look all right, and at others I don't look so go... TOM RILEY I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the h... MICHAEL TRUCCO GRACE GEALEY I don't want to be satisfied with where I'm at or happy about what I've done. I want to ... PATRICK KANE LILY COLLINS After that, I was offered lots of lesbian roles, but I didn't want them because I'd already ... RADHA MITCHELL ADELE I just want to keep at it. I can't wait to see, after years of being around, the roles I can pla... TANYA FISCHER GRETCHEN RUBIN I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough.... BOMAN IRANI KARIN SLAUGHTER I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading.... BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL I don't say that I'm going to be like every other comic that's blue, or gratuitous use o... GALLAGHER I'm not 'one of the guys.' I don't want to pretend to be one on stage. I'm not g... NATASHA LEGGERO I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if m... Q'ORIANKA KILCHER Even though these days I'm very selective about what roles I want to do, I will do Stargate anyt... RONNY COX I don't want to put words in Geithner's mouth, but I think he is generally against the revol... ANDREW ROSS SORKIN BRION JAMES I have no deep-seated desire to be famous; that's not what's driving me, so if it's some... CAM MARTIN LAWRENCE ANDY SERKIS IGGY POP There's so many other things I want to do. I don't want to do them to be different or just f... LA INDIA I don't want to pretend I'm any cooler or smarter than I am. M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN ALEXANDRA CASSAVETES PIERCE BROSNAN SUZI QUATRO I am not a fake. I am natural. I am just being Caster. I don't want to be someone I don't wa... CASTER SEMENYA When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know an... CICELY TYSON If I'm being forced to do something I don't want to do, my real self comes out. But whether ... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE FRANK DILLANE I sort of have open invitations from a lot of people to do TV. But it's very hard for me to do r... NORM MACDONALD TOM STOPPARD JANE PAULEY DAVID O. SELZNICK MUSIQ SOULCHILD I started out as a writer and a director. I started acting because I wanted to know how to relate to... CHADWICK BOSEMAN I don't have too many bad days because I just don't let them happen. When I'm having one... MATT DALLAS DIANE LANE
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I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel rel... 
I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles. 
I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles.... 
It's true that I'm drawn to unusual stories. Normal roles don't really attract me. 
I like to disappear in my roles because I don't have an assistant. 
I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me. 
I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes... 
You are the only you. That means you don't lose roles to anybody else. There's no competitio... 
I don't think roles help you resolve your issues. I just think they're good markers. 
I do keep getting these bad girl roles. The funny thing is that, honestly, I don't think I'm... 
I don't want to be entertained. I don't want visuals or musicals. I don't want a vacatio... 
I'm not a politician. I don't want to be a politician, because politicians do what is politi... 
I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I... 
I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to ... 
I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same... 
People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But thei... 
I don't do nostalgia. It just doesn't occur to me. I'm living in the moment, and I don&#... 
I don't use my writing career as a vehicle to get me acting work or to write roles for myself. 
I'm a crier. I always cry. I cry at the dumbest things, too. This is why I sort of steer clear o... 
I was offered, within one year, three different witch roles. It was almost like the world was saying... 
In my teens or twenties I wanted to do Blanche. Now I'm over that. Those roles are not attractin... 
I understand that there are a few roles out there and tons of actors. Just because you don't get... 
I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl... 
I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do ... 
Often, if there's something that I want to do, but somehow can't get myself to do, it's ... 
It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone bei... 
I never play a villain that I don't have something I can either do or say so the audience sees t... 
You might see some of the movies that I'm in where there are shades of drama or whatever, but fo... 
I'm quite contrary. If people agree on something, I tend to gravitate the other way by my nature... 
Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there's a current and just stare into the... 
I'm not cynical, but I don't really want to have a boyfriend or husband again. 
I have said to my agents, 'I want to work. I want to play character roles.' 
I'm told I'm an incredible flirt because I don't know I'm doing it. I don't want... 
I'm sure there will come a time when I won't be able to, you know, walk around so easy somet... 
I'm not one of those writers who insist they don't read reviews and don't care much abou... 
I'm not driven by killer ambition. I'm not a workaholic. I'm a good team player. I don&#... 
I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning. 
I don't want to just do what people classify as 'neo-soul' 'cause everybody don'... 
My roles are in some way like children to me. You don't ever really want to scrape one off your ... 
I never thought of it as God. I didn't know what to call it. I don't believe in devils, but ... 
What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity - in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but t... 
I wanted to do - there was this film called 'Magic' that Anthony Hopkins did. And the direct... 
An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you... 
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on y... 
Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder. 
The best director is the one you don't see. 
If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you. 
Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder. 
If Bronze Bomber got loose in the streets, it won't be something nice. 
When one of these flashbacks was reported to me by a conscious patient, I was incredulous. For examp... 
The problem of neurology is to understand man himself. 
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure. 
I always picture my grandkids looking at their grandfather and saying, 'My grandfather was the l... 
I was raised by both parents up to 17. We had a good family. We had a middle class family, good teac...