Top 100 Play A Role Quotes
#1. There's a long history of subsidized philanthropy - particularly in the USA - and again the public has come to expect corporations to play a role in their social welfare. It's become easy for some companies to profit from citizen goodwill and volunteerism.
Ravida Din
#2. The brain internally simulates what will happen if you were to perform some action under specific conditions. Internal models not only play a role in motor acts (such as catching or dodging) but also underlie conscious perception.
David Eagleman
#3. Necessity is an independent concept. It has a different structure from logic, morals, or meaning. Its function lies entirely in the role it plays. What doesn't play a role shouldn't exist. What necessity requires does need to exist. That's what you call dramaturgy.
Haruki Murakami
#4. Listen to me: a family man is never a real family man. An assassin is never entirely assassin. They play a role, you understand. While a dead man, he is really dead. To be or not to be, right?
Jean-Paul Sartre
#5. Audiences just naturally hate me on screen. I could play a role in a tuxedo, and people would think I was rotten. You can do much more with a villain part.
Lee Van Cleef
#6. Playing Sheldon is just heaven for me. I realize how enormously lucky I am to play a role that makes me so incredibly happy. As I told Chuck Lorre in a Christmas card a few years ago, I'm living a version of the dream.
Jim Parsons
#7. I would love to play a role that is a lead role that people appreciate and a lot of people get to see. I just don't want to have to fight for every role anymore.
Madeline Zima
#8. Especially in the Dixie Chicks, everyone wants you to play a role. Natalie was the feisty one. Martie was the nice one 'cause she smiles all the time onstage, and I was the quiet one.
Emily Robison
#9. When it comes to action, capability could play a role. But when it comes to response, it is just a question of willingness. If
Sadhguru
#10. Over time, however, the endless war in Iraq began to play a role in natural selection. Only idiots signed up; only idiots died. Back home, the average I.Q. soared.
Ted Rall
#11. It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting.
Michael C. Hall
#12. True friends give a sense of security; accompanied by true friends, you need no longer play a role in your life.
Kristian Goldmund Aumann
#13. Look at those words, 'role' and 'model.' Both of those are fake words, to play a role and to model, that's fake. I'm real. Being real, I drink, I hang out, I party
Tupac Shakur
#14. I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character.
Matt Bomer
#15. Information obtained under dubious circumstances cannot play a role in legal proceedings in a constitutional state. But everything that's available must be taken into account in threat prevention.
Angela Merkel
#16. You can never know about about your own destiny: are the people you meet there to play a part on your oun destiny, or do you exist just to play a role in theirs?
Libba Bray
#17. Everybody has an opportunity to play a role, a playmaking role, so it makes it harder to coach. It takes a little more time.
Phil Jackson
#18. Most problems in poor countries are locally generated even though international factors do play a role.
Andrew Mwenda
#19. Mozart's joy is made of serenity, and a phrase of his music is like a calm thought; his simplicity is merely purity. It is a crystalline thing in which all the emotions play a role, but as if already celestially transposed. Moderation consists in feeling emotions as the angels do.
Andre Gide
#20. I'd say that my profession ends where architectural thinking ends - architectural thinking in terms of thinking about programs and organizational structure. These abstractions play a role in many other disciplines, and those disciplines are now defining their 'architectures' as well.
Rem Koolhaas
#21. I cannot stay silent ... I refuse to play a role in this massacre of people's happiness.
Non Nomen
#22. Human beings are under the control of a strange force that bends them in absurd ways, forcing them to play a role in a bizarre game of deception.
Jacques Vallee
#23. In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss ... you have to have hearing loss.
Katie Leclerc
#24. I thought it was interesting to see that Israel did not play a role in this revolution. The man on Cairo's Tahrir Square doesn't want anything from me, but he does want something from his government. That's a good sign.
Tom Segev
#25. When I thought about having the greatest impact with my life, I thought about all the times people lose loved ones because diseases weren't detected early enough. I thought, 'I can play a role there.'
Elizabeth Holmes
#26. When I was younger, I used to write to directors when I was unsure I could play a role. I'd say: 'You've made a terrible mistake.'
Kelly Reilly
#27. We want to take our time with 'Descender' and let the story unfold at its own pace. But we have carefully planned each world and worked to give each its own look and feel. And each of the 9 core worlds will play a role in the series.
Jeff Lemire
#28. I'd lose weight if I was an actress and had to play a role where you're supposed to be 40 lbs lighter, but weight has nothing to do with my career. Even when I was signing a contract, most of the industry knew if anyone ever dared say lose weight to me, they wouldn't be working with me.
Adele
#29. Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.
Nelson Mandela
#30. Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing.
Brent Spiner
#31. I've always turned down stuff where you had to be fat. I may be fat, but that's not why you play a role. If the guy has to be that way, I say get somebody else because I'm not doing any fat acting.
Richard Griffiths
#32. They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.
Imran Khan
#33. It's a damn shame that duels don't play a role in the modern world anymore.
Elle Kennedy
#34. There's nothing that compares to being in a band with your best friends. We're so comfortable together, we understand each other. It feels, like, normal. Whereas solo period felt like I was trying to be something, and play a role, and pretend.
Gwen Stefani
#35. I have no problem having any actor from anywhere play a role. I'm excited for any actor that gets a job, I truly am. Even if it's a role that I'm up for and I don't get it, I never begrudge any actor having it work out for them.
William Fichtner
#36. To play a role where you get to reveal intellectual change is wonderful.
Richard O'Brien
#37. The FHA's success provides strong evidence that government can and should play a role in the nation's mortgage finance system. It also demonstrates that although government intervention in the economy during the Great Recession was messy, things would have been a lot messier without it.
Mark Zandi
#38. I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it.
Mira Sorvino
#39. The private sector must play a role in ensuring the prosperity and health of the people who comprise its market. It is time for the private sector to become a proactive partner contributing to the efforts of governments and philanthropies.
Simon Mainwaring
#40. I thought for a long time about leaving Albania, but at the same time to play a role in its life.
Ismail Kadare
#41. I am a National Football League player of American Samoan heritage. Because of my status as a professional athlete, I have been blessed to play a role in educating players and fans about the culture and history of America's southernmost territory.
Troy Polamalu
#42. It would be easy to say that I want to play a role that was very much like myself, but more or less with acting, you get to be all these different things, and you aren't trying to be yourself, so it's escapism in a way.
Summer Altice
#43. 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.
Anne Rice
#44. It would be nice to not have to prove myself and for people to know that I'm good and can play a role. Whatever role that is that lets people know that I can play the next role is what I want to do.
Madeline Zima
#45. I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies.
Eva Herzigova
#46. Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
Abdallah II Of Jordan
#47. I was thrilled to play a role on 'Dora the Explorer,' a show that has touched the lives of many children around the world, including my own child. Dora is such an iconic and important Latina heroine, and I'm proud to now be a part of the show's ever-growing legacy.
Thalia
#48. I used to a play a role-playing game called Dungeons and Dragons, and that was about levels of experience; as you gained experience, you were able to deal with much greater and far more kind of global creatures.
Ben Edlund
#49. Children's lives are not shaped solely by their families or immediate surroundings at large. That is why we must avoid the false dichotomy that says only government or only family is responsible ... Personal values and national policies must both play a role.
Hillary Clinton
#50. Little did I know that the sport I loved and the skills I learned would later play a role in my relationship with God.
Clint Dempsey
#51. I think there's a lot of reasons for having an extended primary. I think super PACs play a role.
Reince Priebus
#52. TV can play a role in delivering that emotion as well as the obvious ability to reach a lot of people quickly with that message.
Jill McDonald
#53. What Secrist's findings really show is that businesses are much more like the cities in Wisconsin. Superior management and business insight play a role, but so does plain luck, in equal measure.
Jordan Ellenberg
#54. I don't believe chance can play a role in my literature.
Italo Calvino
#55. Being able to play a role where you're there almost every day and you're just in it ... I remember it was a whirlwind, but it was a lot of fun.
Peter Jacobson
#56. I want to play a role of a 24-year-old woman, not 17-year-old girls. So I have picked a couple of films like 'Butter' to show that. And it's perfectly fine not to do anything for a year if I don't find the right thing.
Ashley Greene
#57. You cannot open a major New York restaurant today and not be aware that showbiz will play a role.
Danny Meyer
#58. I really do think that every time you play a role well, you are in danger of being identified with that role until the next big thing comes along.
Michael Emerson
#59. I've always wanted to play a role in inspiring people to be better, to live higher quality lives and to feel good about the way that they look and feel.
Apolo Ohno
#60. I don't think I can play a role without falling in love with something about her; even the most despicable people who I have portrayed had some aspect of them which I found beautiful.
Rachel Miner
#61. The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.
Gary Larson
#63. Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
Ben Harper
#64. Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
Yves Saint-Laurent
#65. I never understood who all those people are behind the actors! When you see them on the red carpet on TV, you go, 'Why does that person need such a large entourage?' And then you realize that every single person there has a role to play.
Lupita Nyong'o
#66. I've never had any problem with criticism. I've given a lot, and I've copped a lot. But I believe I've got a role to play by insisting that women be judged by their contribution - not somebody's view of what they should be about.
Joan Kirner
#67. There are a thousand ways to play any role.
Val Kilmer
#68. There is a great amount of precision within each individual's technique and role in the play. When you put 22 of them out there, it can look chaotic but when you break down individual performance, it looks less so.
Brendan Daly
#69. I believe that FEMA plays a key role in working with states and localities to prepare for and respond to natural disasters. As president, I will ensure FEMA has the funding it needs to fulfill its mission.
Mitt Romney
#70. Our Sages refer to Prayer as "Service of the Heart". But the heart cannot work properly unless the brain functions to stimulate and control its operation. In the physiology of Prayer, too, the mind plays as vital a role as the heart.
Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits
#71. I have a recurring role on 'Person of Interest,' which is my husband's show. I play the love of his life. It was really fun to do that.
Carrie Preston
#72. I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.
Scott Walker
#73. Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through, you can succeed in this country. And in fulfilling this promise, entrepreneurs also play a critical role in expanding our economy and creating jobs.
Barack Obama
#74. Let's pretend there's a pandemic. Let's everybody run around and play your role. Main result is that there is tremendous confusion ... Nobody knows who's in charge. Nobody knows the chain of command.
Laurie Garrett
#75. Smart financial planning - such as budgeting, saving for emergencies, and preparing for retirement - can help households enjoy better lives while weathering financial shocks. Financial education can play a key role in getting to these outcomes.
Ben Bernanke
#76. Sexual role play provides a creative platform for us to safely express certain aspects of our shadow self.
Miya Yamanouchi
#77. You can find a connection with any Shakespeare role you play.
Michelle Dockery
#78. Sometimes we give up a dream to play a larger role in someone else's dream.
Robert Breault
#79. Asked what role he believes art plays in society, Baselitz replied, 'The same role as a good shoe, nothing more.
Georg Baselitz
#80. My first lead role was a stage play called 'A Kestrel for a Knave'. I was 11.
Justin Chadwick
#81. I don't want to play a superhero. Drogo may not be Superman, but it is a phenomenal role. I didn't want to get typecast. Drogo is an exceptional character. Conan is iconic. Whether it does good or not, you just try to elevate it to the next level.
Jason Momoa
#82. Everyone plays a role and no one says what's truly on their mind.
Richard Ramirez
#83. Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children
Nelson Mandela
#84. Right now I just want to play good roles, and if the role happens to be a gay man, that's not of any import other than, 'Is it a good story? Does it say something that's interesting?'
Chris Pine
#85. My new hotels will play a leading role in promoting world peace.
Conrad Hilton
#86. When my turn on the program comes, I am not nervous at all - because all this is happening out of time, out of space. I am, for a moment, a figure of my own fantasy, and I play my appointed role as if I were in the movies.
Eva Hoffman
#87. My responsibility is simply being who I am and not buying into any projection as real. No projection is finally real, but projection does play a very important role.
Gangaji
#88. Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms.
Jackson Katz
#89. Each human being can at once be a fighter and forgiver. When self-doubt tortures him, he most play the role of a fighter. And when his own ignorance humiliates him, he must play the role of a forgiver.
Sri Chinmoy
#90. Unions can play a valuable role in large organisations where it is difficult to talk to a thousand people. They can negotiate annual pay awards with management, represent grievance cases, and explain and advise on complicated changes in employment or pension law.
Jim Ratcliffe
#91. I think a lot of the instincts you have doing comedy are really the same for doing drama, in that it's essentially about listening. The way I approach comedy, is you have to commit to everything as if it's a dramatic role, meaning you play it straight.
Will Ferrell
#92. There may be such a thing as habitual luck. People who are said to be lucky at cards probably have certain hidden talents for those games in which skill plays a role. It is like hidden parameters in physics, this ability that does not surface and that I like to call "habitual luck".
Stanislaw Ulam
#93. We believe that in times like these we should turn to each other, not on each other. We believe that government has a role to play, not in solving every problem in everybody's life but in helping people help themselves to the American dream. That's what Democrats believe.
Deval Patrick
#94. Oxygen plays a pivotal role in the proper functioning of the immune system. We can look at oxygen deficiency as the single greatest cause of all diseases.
Stephen Levine
#95. When the epistemologists' concept of consciousness first became popular, it seems to have been in part a transformed application of the Protestant notion of conscience."Consciousness" was imported to play in the mental world the role played by light in the mechanical world.
Gilbert Ryle
#96. Cunt-lapping, mother-fucking, and cock-sucking are words to provoke a sense of outrage. Being forced to play the role of a woman in sexual intercourse is the deepest imaginable humiliation, which is only worsened if the victim finds to his horror that he enjoys it.
Germaine Greer
#97. We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive.
Arne Duncan
#98. Spring me from this role I play of the smothered son in the Jewish joke! Because it's beginning to pall a little at thirty-three!
Philip Roth
#99. The State Department desperately needs to be vigorously harnessed. It has too big a role to play in the formulation of foreign policy, and foreign policy is too important to be left up to foreign service officers.
Evan G. Galbraith
#100. California's drought affects everyone in the state, from farmers to fishermen, business owners to suburban residents, and everyone has a role to play in using precious water resources as wisely and efficiently as possible.
Frances Beinecke
