A lot of new girls are arriving every day - let them do the glamour roles! I am done with ultra glam outfits and five song routines - hereafter, I want to do meatier roles, now that I've acted with all the biggies.
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VERNE TROYER I'm a huge fan of good, procedural-type shows on television... there are a lot of roles for wome... RACHAEL TAYLOR I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, bec... NATALIE DORMER Coming out of 'Spy Kids,' I immediately wanted to do more grown-up roles, and I was turning ... DARYL SABARA Every role is easy. As an actor it is my job to make my job easy. If I start hyperventilating about ... RANI MUKERJI I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that. ABIGAIL BRESLIN When you get into your 40s, the roles do tend to drop off, and I've seen it happening to friends... KEELEY HAWES 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 am a strange creature. I want to challenge myself and keep people guessing with the roles I take. EUGENE SIMON I want to do a lot more roles like I did in 'This Is My Father,' AIDAN QUINN I've accepted I can't rely on my work alone; I must market myself. The truly spectacular rol... EMBETH DAVIDTZ All I will say is that I'm playing a lot of different roles that, to be honest, are more interes... SOPHIE MARCEAU Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They'... EDIE FALCO I do keep getting these bad girl roles. The funny thing is that, honestly, I don't think I'm... KATIE MCGRATH I don't feel that any kind of narrow stereotypes are representative of the work I've done, n... RIZ AHMED I've done a lot of work other than sci-fi, and between half-hour comedy, stage, and various movi... SCOTT BAKULA I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Sm... ADAM BRODY I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every bo... CHARLAINE HARRIS I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality. RANDEEP HOODA I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing. BARBARA COOK I've built a career in Asia for 18 years, playing roles that had nothing to do with my race beca... DANIEL WU The roles... the deep roles that I've gotten to play have turned my course. They've changed ... SALLY FIELD I've seen an increasing willingness to hire Canadians for lead roles that shoot up here. When I ... BRANDON JAY MCLAREN Women in their 40s have gone through quite a few different things, and so the roles are going to ref... NAOMI WATTS I love the action that I'm able to do. I grew up in Maine, outdoors and playing with the boys an... RACHEL NICHOLS I feel lucky that I've managed to get the roles I've wanted. ESSIE DAVIS I haven't been offered a lot of comedy. In theater, I've done quite a bit of comedy or drama... MIREILLE ENOS The choices of roles I made had to do with educating and entertaining. And as a result I found mysel... CICELY TYSON I have roles in plays that I hope that I'll be able to do one day. I might be doing them at, lik... MAMIE GUMMER I wanted to build up a little nest egg and go back to L.A. and choose roles that I wanted to do inst... ESTELLA WARREN Certainly he would have liked meatier roles or roles that allowed him to go beyond just the look, th... LEONARD MALTIN I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've don... ROBERT WYATT It's so funny because the roles that I've been offered in the indie film world have been sim... COURTNEY FORD There are roles I am never considered for. Meryl Streep roles, let's say. Why not? I really want... WHOOPI GOLDBERG I like doing what I do, but I like having the opportunity to do different things, and obviously come... JASON WILES We have tried to set goals for them to achieve by the end of the year. I just want them to go out th... KATIE LOMAN I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier si... ORLANDO BLOOM I've always felt like I've had the ability to choose which roles I was going to play. I don&... BRIE LARSON I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl... TARA LYNNE BARR The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you're in this heavy headspace ... VIN DIESEL Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE I want to try as many different roles as I can. I want to do everything. ANA DE ARMAS I haven't had a lot of experience with glamour. I've never had to mask myself, as many now n... MELISSA LEO Any actor wants to do interesting roles, different roles. It's not all that much fun to do the s... CHRIS PINE It's funny, oftentimes the really great roles that I enjoy are in classic plays, and there aren&... LAILA ROBINS 28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON What I really want to do is create great roles for women. And I'm not talking Nicholas Sparks ro... MELISSA ROSENBERG Even though these days I'm very selective about what roles I want to do, I will do Stargate anyt... RONNY COX Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with bru... DONALD JUDD In the roles that I do play in, there are a lot of opportunities for a person to make plays. Every t... CALVIN LOWRY I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of t... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really wa... SALLY FIELD I've always done food that can work in a set time frame. The message I'm trying to get acros... EMERIL LAGASSE The only thing I insist that everybody do is there has to be a basketball court in every game I do, ... WARREN SPECTOR I just wanted to get out there and do different roles and try new things. BEN HARDY I've done a lot of surveys and interacted with a lot of students, and I was shocked to see that ... DANICA MCKELLAR With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got... M. C. GAINEY I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am. IDRIS ELBA I've got quite a big fan base, and people like to see you do the same thing - that's why you... DANNY DYER When I have to play the same role every day, I have the flexibility to play the character in so many... SIMON BAKER It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... 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QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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And I am a survivo... SAMANTHA FOX Listen, it's very easy not to be ripped off, you know. Get yourself a lawyer. SAMANTHA FOX As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've don... SAMANTHA FOX All my life, it's been the same with men. Being a woman who is famous and adored by men is very ... SAMANTHA FOX I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week. SAMANTHA FOX The simple things in life make me very happy. SAMANTHA FOX My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedd... SAMANTHA BOND One of my earliest memories is of being about three and a half, climbing through the legs of a man w... SAMANTHA BOND Sometimes I'll work through the crossword sections of three separate papers. SAMANTHA BOND I get so nervous before I go on stage that I can never eat very much, so I'm always completely s... SAMANTHA BOND If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down. SAMANTHA BOND Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called ... SAMANTHA BOND The middle-aged woman is the ground bed of the audience that watches television, and yet they are ab... SAMANTHA BOND The big thing that Moneypenny changed was the amount of charity work that I was able to be involved ... SAMANTHA BOND I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work. SAMANTHA BOND I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong. SAMANTHA BOND I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason... SAMANTHA BOND It's always been a dream of mine to be Ginger Rogers or Cyd Charisse, and here I am performing a... SAMANTHA BOND I've been married to the same man - even after the separation - longer than most people in this ... SAMANTHA BOND When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first ... SAMANTHA BOND I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative th... SAMANTHA BOND Filming is quite exciting because every day is different, but it can involve long hours standing aro... SAMANTHA BOND I lost a girlfriend when I was in my 30s. She was 46. It all sounds so trite, but I put a Post-it on... SAMANTHA BOND It's one of the oldest theatrical adages: never work with children or animals. SAMANTHA BOND I always have bananas with me for energy. SAMANTHA BOND I tend to opt for relaxed family holidays when I can. SAMANTHA BOND 'Downton' is one of the best jobs in the world, and I'm looking forward to the next seri... SAMANTHA BOND Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent. SAMANTHA BOND I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been v... SAMANTHA BOND If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50.... SAMANTHA BOND Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I... SAMANTHA BOND My best friend is my husband. SAMANTHA BOND I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada. SAMANTHA BEE It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life. SAMANTHA BEE I learn something in the interviews from time to time. SAMANTHA BEE If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a sh... SAMANTHA BEE I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors. SAMANTHA BEE I don't think the show would be funny to you if you didn't already have a base of informatio... SAMANTHA BEE I continue to be very shy. I think a lot of actors and performers are really weird, shy people worki... SAMANTHA BEE