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I guess I'm attracted to these off beat roles because my life has been a bit abnormal. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.
Johnny Depp

Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.
Angelina Jolie

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.
Harvey Fierstein

The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important roles to play for a young actor.
Leonardo DiCaprio

The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process.
Meryl Streep

I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.
Orlando Bloom

I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.
Morgan Freeman

I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do.
Morgan Freeman

After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully.
Maureen O'Hara

There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles.
Maureen O'Hara

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.
Jack Nicholson

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
Jack Nicholson

When I came back to Britain, I realized that I was no longer a very young woman. I had to meet my new consciousness, my new age, with roles that reflected it somewhat.
Julie Christie

I longed to break out of the system and do different roles.
Leslie Caron

You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them.
Leslie Caron

It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future.
Winona Ryder

I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
Sally Quinn

I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people.
Isabelle Adjani

I can't believe I've been doing it so long. In the last three or four years, I've slowed down. I'm doing only the roles I really want to do.
Jacqueline Bisset

I like roles that are on the extreme ends of the spectrum, and there's special appeal in exploring these slightly forgotten plays that people might think of as subjects for academic term papers instead of live theater.
Geoffrey Rush