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We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that are ...
DON CHEADLE We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that ...
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There are fairy stories to be written for adults. Stories that are still in a green state.
ANDRé BRETON There just aren't that many roles written for young women that are character-y kind of roles, especi...
ANNA FARIS Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE![]()
I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributo...
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Basically, I would like to be considered for roles that are well-written. I think that part of the p...
RUBEN BLADES I loved 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Lunchbox' because they had 'real' stories. I ...
GARTH DAVIS There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.
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More and more good actors are now transmigrating into the videogame space and playing roles there be...
ANDY SERKIS Flipping through the book there are millions of stories on what is going on in countries and regions...
FRANCOIS BOURGUIGNON![]()
Most films these days are men's stories. Women are for add-on romance. That's very hard.
UMA THURMAN![]()
The availability of roles for deaf actors has always been very limited. After 'Switched at Birth...
SEAN BERDY![]()
You often love someone not for what they are, but for what you are when you are with them.
JEFFREY FRY![]()
Love stories are written in millimeters and milliseconds with a fast, dull pencil whose marks you ca...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right.
MICHELLE FAIRLEY![]()
Wherever you are, be all there.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.
BRIAN W. ALDISS Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.
BRIAN ALDISS Without writers, stories would not be written,
Without actors, stories could not be brought to ...
ANGIE-MARIE DELSANTE In some Western countries, including in the United States, some people have ignored the overall deve...
SUN YUXI So many (older) men and women are relegated to minor supporting roles, ... Christopher Walken. Look ...
CLORIS LEACHMAN![]()
I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on...
DANNY STRONG If you write interesting roles, you get interesting people to play them. If you write roles that are...
PAUL SCHRADER![]()
For reasons which I can't logically explain, in all of the films I've done, I've ended u...
SYDNEY POLLACK What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.
OM PURI There are a lot of stories out there, some probably written and stored with old photographs in shoeb...
RON BRUCH![]()
British actors are renowned for being great villains in movies, like Bond films, all the rest of it.
LUKE EVANS When the scenes are written really great, we as actors try not to mess them up by getting in the way...
BILL CAMP![]()
There are many brilliant actors, including our own Dilip Kumar, but Robert de Niro is something else...
ANUPAM KHER![]()
There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't lo...
STEPHEN BREYER![]()
In the schools of the Western countries, there is always the subject 'Religion.' The Classic...
ZHANG ZHIDONG When I was up in Washington state, I always thought, 'I'm going to go to Los Angeles where f...
BYRON HOWARD I've made a dozen films in the English language. But then, for love, for my family and friends, ...
ORNELLA MUTI![]()
Indian actors, because of the format of our stories, need to be good actors, and be able to perform ...
AMITABH BACHCHAN Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired a...
DANIEL BERRIGAN![]()
Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they...
ULRICH BECK The United States and Turkey are the only two countries that don't have some kind of subsidy for the...
ALEX NORTH![]()
When actors are vying for the same kinds of roles, there's bound to be a little rivalry. Deep fr...
JUHI CHAWLA Some stories are meant to be told.
Some stories are meant to be written down, and some are mea...
JOSELLE ANNE GAYANES I feel even old people can do a nice love story, but here we don't make that kind of films. In t...
OM PURI Meeting Helen Mirren was a fabulous experience. I had played it out in my mind, how I should greet h...
OM PURI When Nandita expressed a desire to write about me, I couldn't stop her because she's my wife...
OM PURI I am grateful to theatre for making me what I am today. But it's not like theatre is my first lo...
OM PURI I personally enjoy theatre, but preferably I do films so that I can reach up to maximum audience. If...
OM PURI Every person wants to stretch himself and widen his audience. Since Hollywood has got more exposure ...
OM PURI Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.
OM PURI Theatre is live content, and you can tell if you have worked your audience.
OM PURI We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Sh...
OM PURI When I was at school, I wanted to join the army. At college, I started acting in college plays, and ...
OM PURI In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you...
OM PURI I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for...
OM PURI I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.
OM PURI As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.
OM PURI Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West - otherwise, Anthon...
OM PURI I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
OM PURI It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility ...
OM PURI The fact is I like Mumbai less and less. My son says, 'Baba, let's go for a drive', and ...
OM PURI I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, ...
OM PURI Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
OM PURI I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old... Your days are gone; it is part of lif...
OM PURI I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.
OM PURI I was very sensitive to the environment around, and this disparity in people, seeing beggars and lab...
OM PURI Two or three countries, including Ecuador ... are negotiating with Spain,
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS![]()
Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a sp...
JAMES TAYLOR There are plenty of roles for older women. They just don't happen to be the roles that normally carr...
FIONNULA FLANAGAN Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human ...
NATALIE WOOD The United States and Turkey are the only two countries that don't have some kind of subsidy for...
ALEX NORTH![]()
There are 100,000 actors in the Screen Actors Guild. Only 2,000 of them make more than $75,000 a yea...
STEVE GUTTENBERG![]()
The greatest love stories are not written by the ink of the pen, but by the ink of the heart.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there...
IAN HART The dialogue is all made up on the fly, but it's not all made up by the actors. There are a few writ...
FRED GOSS People often ask me why I don't take up more heroine-oriented roles. My question is, 'Where ...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU Here's a top tip: get hold of a hardback edition of one of these pompous books, cut out the middle c...
A. CRETAN![]()
You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope.
DAVID LEVITHAN![]()
Peter...” She let her head fall back against the seat and sighed. “Let’s not go there.”
MICHEL FABER![]()
One moment you are here, othere there, then there. Then you can't move!
DEYTH BANGER The films that I really enjoy now are films that are made by, for wont of a better word, mavericks.
PETER MULLAN When younger, I was thin as a rail. As I've grown older, I've put on weight. I have continued to lov...
TROY PERRY I love to go out there and look at those bricks and imagine the stories behind them. There are brick...
CAMILLE RAMSEY As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women ...
ANNE-MARIE DUFF I am not hungry for roles on TV or in films. I am happy being a social media sensation.
QANDEEL BALOCH![]()
In the analogy of a football match, the spectators spend money to view and cheer for the “actors�...
SUNDAY ADELAJA![]()
The most important thing to keep in mind is the incredible diversity of talent that's out there ...
KEVIN KWAN![]()
To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'L...
PETER JACKSON There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the ...
GAL GADOT All good stories are true. Even if they were completely made up by the storyteller, there is somethi...
C.E. LAUREANO![]()
I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.
PATRICE LECONTE While Hollywood has had a huge influence on the Indian industry, Bollywood and its actors, too, are ...
MADHUR BHANDARKAR![]()
When women get great roles in life, they start to get great roles in films and TV. Look at Janet Ren...
HELEN MIRREN![]()
I think when average-size people start taking roles that were meant for dwarfs, that's a little ...
VERNE TROYER![]()
To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the &#...
PETER JACKSON![]()
There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occur...
EUGENIO MONTALE It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors t...
ZHOU XUN![]()
Women are made to be loved, not understood.
OSCAR WILDE![]()
The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you're in this heavy headspace ...
VIN DIESEL There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that r...
ZHANG ZIYI I love 'Love Actually.' 'Love Actually,' there's, like, nine stories in that mov...
IKE BARINHOLTZ We are going to keep on following the African market. As well as the countries in which we are alrea...
CLOVIS MARTINES There are two types of films - one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff mad...
AJAY DEVGAN
DON CHEADLE We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that ...
DON CHEADLE
There are fairy stories to be written for adults. Stories that are still in a green state. ANDRé BRETON There just aren't that many roles written for young women that are character-y kind of roles, especi...
ANNA FARIS Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE
I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributo... RICHARD LINKLATER
Basically, I would like to be considered for roles that are well-written. I think that part of the p... RUBEN BLADES I loved 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Lunchbox' because they had 'real' stories. I ...
GARTH DAVIS There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.
SAMANTHA MATHIS
More and more good actors are now transmigrating into the videogame space and playing roles there be... ANDY SERKIS Flipping through the book there are millions of stories on what is going on in countries and regions...
FRANCOIS BOURGUIGNON
Most films these days are men's stories. Women are for add-on romance. That's very hard. UMA THURMAN
The availability of roles for deaf actors has always been very limited. After 'Switched at Birth... SEAN BERDY
You often love someone not for what they are, but for what you are when you are with them. JEFFREY FRY
Love stories are written in millimeters and milliseconds with a fast, dull pencil whose marks you ca... GABRIELLE ZEVIN There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right.
MICHELLE FAIRLEY
Wherever you are, be all there. CRAIG GROESCHEL Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.
BRIAN W. ALDISS Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.
BRIAN ALDISS Without writers, stories would not be written,
Without actors, stories could not be brought to ...
ANGIE-MARIE DELSANTE In some Western countries, including in the United States, some people have ignored the overall deve...
SUN YUXI So many (older) men and women are relegated to minor supporting roles, ... Christopher Walken. Look ...
CLORIS LEACHMAN
I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on... DANNY STRONG If you write interesting roles, you get interesting people to play them. If you write roles that are...
PAUL SCHRADER
For reasons which I can't logically explain, in all of the films I've done, I've ended u... SYDNEY POLLACK What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.
OM PURI There are a lot of stories out there, some probably written and stored with old photographs in shoeb...
RON BRUCH
British actors are renowned for being great villains in movies, like Bond films, all the rest of it. LUKE EVANS When the scenes are written really great, we as actors try not to mess them up by getting in the way...
BILL CAMP
There are many brilliant actors, including our own Dilip Kumar, but Robert de Niro is something else... ANUPAM KHER
There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't lo... STEPHEN BREYER
In the schools of the Western countries, there is always the subject 'Religion.' The Classic... ZHANG ZHIDONG When I was up in Washington state, I always thought, 'I'm going to go to Los Angeles where f...
BYRON HOWARD I've made a dozen films in the English language. But then, for love, for my family and friends, ...
ORNELLA MUTI
Indian actors, because of the format of our stories, need to be good actors, and be able to perform ... AMITABH BACHCHAN Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired a...
DANIEL BERRIGAN
Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they... ULRICH BECK The United States and Turkey are the only two countries that don't have some kind of subsidy for the...
ALEX NORTH
When actors are vying for the same kinds of roles, there's bound to be a little rivalry. Deep fr... JUHI CHAWLA Some stories are meant to be told.
Some stories are meant to be written down, and some are mea...
JOSELLE ANNE GAYANES I feel even old people can do a nice love story, but here we don't make that kind of films. In t...
OM PURI Meeting Helen Mirren was a fabulous experience. I had played it out in my mind, how I should greet h...
OM PURI When Nandita expressed a desire to write about me, I couldn't stop her because she's my wife...
OM PURI I am grateful to theatre for making me what I am today. But it's not like theatre is my first lo...
OM PURI I personally enjoy theatre, but preferably I do films so that I can reach up to maximum audience. If...
OM PURI Every person wants to stretch himself and widen his audience. Since Hollywood has got more exposure ...
OM PURI Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.
OM PURI Theatre is live content, and you can tell if you have worked your audience.
OM PURI We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Sh...
OM PURI When I was at school, I wanted to join the army. At college, I started acting in college plays, and ...
OM PURI In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you...
OM PURI I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for...
OM PURI I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.
OM PURI As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.
OM PURI Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West - otherwise, Anthon...
OM PURI I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
OM PURI It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility ...
OM PURI The fact is I like Mumbai less and less. My son says, 'Baba, let's go for a drive', and ...
OM PURI I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, ...
OM PURI Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
OM PURI I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old... Your days are gone; it is part of lif...
OM PURI I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.
OM PURI I was very sensitive to the environment around, and this disparity in people, seeing beggars and lab...
OM PURI Two or three countries, including Ecuador ... are negotiating with Spain,
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS
Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a sp... JAMES TAYLOR There are plenty of roles for older women. They just don't happen to be the roles that normally carr...
FIONNULA FLANAGAN Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human ...
NATALIE WOOD The United States and Turkey are the only two countries that don't have some kind of subsidy for...
ALEX NORTH
There are 100,000 actors in the Screen Actors Guild. Only 2,000 of them make more than $75,000 a yea... STEVE GUTTENBERG
The greatest love stories are not written by the ink of the pen, but by the ink of the heart. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there...
IAN HART The dialogue is all made up on the fly, but it's not all made up by the actors. There are a few writ...
FRED GOSS People often ask me why I don't take up more heroine-oriented roles. My question is, 'Where ...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU Here's a top tip: get hold of a hardback edition of one of these pompous books, cut out the middle c...
A. CRETAN
You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope. DAVID LEVITHAN
Peter...” She let her head fall back against the seat and sighed. “Let’s not go there.”MICHEL FABER
One moment you are here, othere there, then there. Then you can't move! DEYTH BANGER The films that I really enjoy now are films that are made by, for wont of a better word, mavericks.
PETER MULLAN When younger, I was thin as a rail. As I've grown older, I've put on weight. I have continued to lov...
TROY PERRY I love to go out there and look at those bricks and imagine the stories behind them. There are brick...
CAMILLE RAMSEY As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women ...
ANNE-MARIE DUFF I am not hungry for roles on TV or in films. I am happy being a social media sensation.
QANDEEL BALOCH
In the analogy of a football match, the spectators spend money to view and cheer for the “actors�... SUNDAY ADELAJA
The most important thing to keep in mind is the incredible diversity of talent that's out there ... KEVIN KWAN
To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'L... PETER JACKSON There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the ...
GAL GADOT All good stories are true. Even if they were completely made up by the storyteller, there is somethi...
C.E. LAUREANO
I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation. PATRICE LECONTE While Hollywood has had a huge influence on the Indian industry, Bollywood and its actors, too, are ...
MADHUR BHANDARKAR
When women get great roles in life, they start to get great roles in films and TV. Look at Janet Ren... HELEN MIRREN
I think when average-size people start taking roles that were meant for dwarfs, that's a little ... VERNE TROYER
To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the &#... PETER JACKSON
There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occur... EUGENIO MONTALE It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors t...
ZHOU XUN
Women are made to be loved, not understood. OSCAR WILDE
The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you're in this heavy headspace ... VIN DIESEL There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that r...
ZHANG ZIYI I love 'Love Actually.' 'Love Actually,' there's, like, nine stories in that mov...
IKE BARINHOLTZ We are going to keep on following the African market. As well as the countries in which we are alrea...
CLOVIS MARTINES There are two types of films - one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff mad...
AJAY DEVGAN
