Role Quotes

A role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, “Yes, someone like me can do this.”

I’m not really a role model; just don’t do what I do.

I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake’s important.

I try to look at every role the same way, regardless of whether the character is real or the character is a fantasy. I always start from myself, because you have to know yourself first.

If there are people who sense they are facing inequality, it is the role of politics to shed light on them.

I think if you’re talented and not desperate to do any film that comes your way, and are doing justice to all your roles, then you’re fine, because you can’t predict the rest. You also can’t predict the audience’s reaction.

One thing I love about Lady Gaga is I feel like her sound is always evolving and changing with her and her phases of life.

[On women’s role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.

One role of prohibition is in making the drug market more lucrative.

For me, my role is about unleashing what people already have inside them that is maybe suppressed in most work environments.