Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.
If you play a gay role, it sticks more than it does if an actor were to play a murderer or a psychopath.
I think that is the role of the artist in society - the cultural role of the artist is to perform a healing function.
Communicative skills develop when there's something meaningful for children to communicate about-when they are taking an active role.
Faith Hill is a big role model.
Cooking today is far greater than it ever was, and more importantly, a chef's role today has changed dramatically over the last decade.
There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, look!
Role model? I don't have one. I want to be one.
There's a real tension between it being a collaborative art process, which is almost like performance art of yourself, and, as we talk about the movie, it's kind of a mix between melodrama and cinéma vérité. This involves ideas about playing the role of yourself and the movie of your life and all these other things.
The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.
I think the nation as a whole has a role in making sure that each individual, each citizen maximizes one's potential.
I approach every role from scratch.
The role of the storyteller is to awaken the storyteller in others.
I read a script and I know immediately whether that role is for me or not.
I once took on the role of the Batman for a commercial about equal pay for women.
But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!
When you look at biology, look at the natural world, the roles of a male and a female in society, and other animals, the male typically is the dominant role. The female, it's not antithesis, or it's not competing, it's a complementary role. We as people in a smart society have lost the ability to have complementary relationships in nuclear families, and it's tearing us apart.
A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there.
We can follow the example of those who remembered that the role of an activist is not to navigate systems of oppressive power with as much integrity as possible, but rather to confront and take down those systems.
[Hillary Clinton] is hinted a little bit about what his[Bill Clinton] role might be, but just a little bit.