I've always worked out. I've always gone to the gym. But it was always a chore, and it was always, like, 'Man, I've gotta go do this because if I don't I'll get all dumpy and out of shape and then no one will hire me for good roles. '
I came here knowing nobody. I worked clubs as a singer and even the doors a few times before I landed some TV roles.
To understand my feelings — and my conception of the role of Secretary General — the nature of my religious and cultural background must first be understood. I should therefore like to outline not only my beliefs but also my conception of human institutions and of the human situation itself.
I think if you keep an open mind and actively look, you find these really great roles that you might have otherwise never even known were out there.
I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.
One of Alaska's strengths is our pioneer role in environmentally sensitive development.
Most people's personalities and roles are locked by the time they're nine or 10. I think there's something to that.
But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is.
For achieving good governance political will is necessary. Good governance is a political process. Though role of civil society is critical, without political will and political process, sustainable good governance cannot be achieved.
The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.
The role of the artist, like that of the scholar, consists of seizing current truths often repeated to him, but which will take on new meaning for him and which he will make his own when he has grasped their deepest significance.
It should be emphasized that the balagtasan also served a higher social and political function. More than mere entertainment, it enhanced the tradition role of the poet as purveyor of truth for the people.
In a society where the roles everyone plays are obvious, the refusal to conform to any standard will excite interest. Be both masculine and feminine, impudent and charming, subtle and outrageous. Let other people worry about being socially acceptable; those types are a dime a dozen, and you are after a power greater than they can imagine.
For Rembrandt, reality is role-playing. . . . Everyone is portrayed in relation to a social hierarchy.
Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.
Never change your originality for the sake of others because no one can play your role better than you.
The key role of entrepreneurs, like the most crucial role of scientists, is not to fill in the gaps in an existing market or theory, but to generate entirely new markets or theories. . . They stand before a canvas as empty as any painter's; a page as blank as any poet's.
Growing up, I would say Wonder Woman and Nancy Drew were definite role models for me. Historically, I know Amelia Earhart stands out for me.
I get criticized for taking roles in films like 'Ghost Rider 2', but if you look at my resume, dude, I've mixed it up as much as I can.
I know certain roles are important to me. I know that I really want to play them. I know I can do a good job. But I can never put into words why