Somebody like Mailer brings to that role everything that he stands for. The types of characters that I gravitate towards, the types of icons, tend to have a heavy physicality in that way.
Being a mentor is something that's new for me but a role that I take very seriously.
I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.
We surround ourselves with what is better or see other people as role models. You go, "If they can do this, so can I. " That starts to trigger people, as well.
I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity.
With my career in general, I feel like I'm finally getting to do the roles that I've always wanted to do. It's a slow build; you can't ever get the roles that you want in the beginning of your career because you don't have the buzz or the heat, or whatever the hell it is you need for the agents and the studios to be happy.
I'm hoping what all sentient beings hope. . . that somehow I'm part of something larger than myself, in which I play a role, an actual role that is somehow intended and meaningful.
It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.
I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role.
The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all.
Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've never been as hooked into that as a lot of women are, you know, like, 'There aren't enough roles for women. ' There aren't necessarily a lot of good roles for anybody.
People who sleep around to get roles are frail and scared and most likely without talent. It's their own little horror show that only they can deal with.
I had two roles for which I compromised.
I don't necessarily wait for that massive leading role. I want to keep the juices flowing.
I like coming to the United States because the United States played an important role in my life.
I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy.
You don't look at it as the size of the role. Quantity is not the point. You can be as thorough in 30 seconds as you can in three hours.
The term, information at your fingertips, is to remind people what a broad role the personal computer will be playing. It's not a computation device, it's not a word processing or a spreadsheet device. It's a window onto the world of information.
The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.
I wouldn't say I'm drawn to dark roles, and it's not like I pick and choose.
