I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly.
A. R. Rahman
I love playing odd roles.
Aaron Paul
Typecasting is an interesting thing because, in a way, if you're good at something, you're going to work at that thing. In other ways, you constantly have to change people's opinion of you as one thing, especially if you want to play different roles. You have to shatter that image sometimes.
Aaron Tveit
People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.
Aasif Mandvi
When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.
I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part of the American Diaspora, the American tapestry, perhaps the way that African American and Hispanic roles have developed.
I was always looking for relatability, because I am not someone cut out for larger than life roles.
Abhay Deol
I want to do different roles and not get stuck in a rut and 'Shanghai' will be one film I'm absolutely looking forward to.
Larger-than-life roles have never excited me. I'd rather play someone real who goes through obstacles and becomes a hero.
That's my only plan: to keep doing good roles and win appreciation.
Abhimanyu Singh
I think once you get noticed as an actor you get roles irrespective of the characters you portray.
I'm not the type who will go and ask people for roles.
I was pleasantly surprised that south directors started creating roles for me after watching 'Rakta Charitra.'
It's been two years since I am off television, but I am constantly being offered roles for TV projects. People from the TV industry continue to be kind to me.
Abhinav Shukla
I choose roles where I do not have to devote a lot of time.
I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
Abhishek Bachchan
It feels great when you get to contribute in a show or a film in several ways. When you see lesser known actors coming in small roles and leaving an impact, you feel like they are your babies.
Abhishek Banerjee
I would not want compliments that 'I can do different roles'. I want compliments that whatever I did, I did nicely. That's how I see acting.
Because I have done different kinds of roles, I hope that people take me as an actor they want to experiment with.
I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that.
Abigail Breslin
If any fantastic filmmakers want to offer me roles, I'll consider it!
I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.
For women to achieve equal representation in leadership roles, it's important that they have the backing of men as well as women.
I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I'm glad I lived out both roles.
As a kid, I'd go into the bathroom when I was having a tantrum. I'd be in the bathroom crying, studying myself in the mirror. I was preparing for future roles.
There was a time when 'Batman' really kept me from getting some pretty good roles, and I was asked to do what I figured were important features. However, Batman was there, and very few people would take a chance on me walking onto the screen. And they'd be taking people away from the story.
Every player has a dream to play at Barcelona for a long time, but you have different roles for the team.
Many women try to advance in their careers by having all the answers; by being the go-to person for information and advice; or by building expertise in a particular field. However, as they progress, gain broader responsibilities, and grow into leadership roles, they realize that their span of control is too vast to be able to know every answer.
No artiste wants to be boxed. We thrive on challenging roles, and they can come from anywhere. I consider myself blessed to be recognised as a pan-Indian actor. Yes, it means more hard work, prepping more for the roles, but I'm all for it.
Yes, I will probably concentrate on solo roles, but I would not say no to multi-starrers if they come from good directors and with a good script. I would allow myself the freedom to do it.
Even when I was doing supporting roles, I always had this belief that one day the opportunity to play a lead would come my way.
I have always chosen roles that I believed in - not ones that I thought might further my career.
The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you invest so much in it. And when they don't come to fruition and nobody sees them, there's a part of you that dies a little bit. It's like, 'Ah! But I worked so hard!' But that's the business.
I'm naturally athletic, and I think playing strong, female roles just kind of happened.
The odd thing is how, I think, the intensity and devotion to my craft and the intensity of certain performances or types of roles I've played overshadow the comedic stints that I've had. 'Darjeeling Limited' is a comedy; The 'Brothers Bloom' is a comedy.
Some roles require less, and some roles require a great deal of commitment.
But when I think of superchicks, I think of the roles, not the variety.
I've probably had my best time acting - or not acting, or trying to not act - on things like 'The Low Down' or 'Treacle Jr.' I'm happiest doing things like that. Not just because they're lead roles, but because there's more freedom in them.
You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I'm not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.
I'm not particularly a career-oriented guy. I'm lucky. I can make really interesting films much of the time with interesting people yet be anonymous, have a private life. But, I'd like to have the choice of the better roles.
I get to do interesting roles and make a living.
The more you're out there singing, learning, and adding roles to your repertoire, it reforms the next piece.
I try to do more intelligent roles, unusual roles, and stronger women, and that's helped me a little bit with my casting opportunities.
I want to be remembered for my roles and films rather than my looks.
I used to visit one production house every day, and I used to take up auditions even for small roles. Before my debut, I must have auditioned at almost every single production house.
In the kind of films offered to me, I don't even get the role of a city-based college girl. How do I let people know I can do sophisticated, contemporary roles, too?
I don't see anything wrong with my films in 2016, except maybe 'Kadalai' and 'Parandhu Sella Vaa.' I did do a lot of different roles.
Anybody can do glamorous roles. With the latest technology, any girl can be shown beautifully on screen.
I am sure that I don't want to take up stupid roles. And by stupid, I refer to those which doesn't have any sense. A role should have some life in it, right?
There is a fine line between being glamorous and vulgar. I am open to glam roles as long as they don't look vulgar on screen.
