I have no qualms about doing a character who may be below the lead in the pecking order, whether it's a hero or a villain or a comedian.
Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero.
For me, to get to play an action hero in a science fiction film is a marriage of two genres that I'm a huge fan of.
While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.
Nelson Mandela was a towering figure in our time; a legend in life and now in death - a true global hero.
when you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth- that hero lies in you.
I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero.
Look at a player like Divock Origi. No one was talking about the guy and then suddenly he becomes a hero.
It is easy to be a hero in films as even a weak person can fight with any number of goons and get applauses from viewers.
In every great novel, who is the hero all the time? Not any of the characters, but some unnamed and nameless flame behind them all.
I've been making products for so long, I have a gut feel for what is right - what will work and what won't. I can tell instantly if it's a hero or a zero.
The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain.
He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a hero.
There's the shared imagery between hip-hop and comics, with some producers and emcees taking on super hero personas.
This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a martyr? We are proud of them.
I was no hero. The dearest wishes of my heart were for safety and tranquility. The world was a perilous place, wrong for the likes of me.
You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.
The villain is always more entertaining because he has fewer limitations. The hero is bound by honor, by justice and by the law, sometimes.
Shirley Chisholm is another one [political hero]. She was a dynamic speaker, and the first black woman to run for President.
Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.
My biggest hero was my mother. She told me every day that I could do or be anything. I knew it, I believed it, and I embraced it.
No one on earth is so boring and insignificant that he or she is not worth writing or reading about...One thing's for sure—no one but you can be the hero of your story.
He who allows himself to be arrested for a crime he did not commit will be expelled from the party, but if he resists and comes to us on a stretcher, he is a hero.
Kolaigaran' is not a typical hero-villain subject. We explored the other side of human nature, which is grey.
You aren't a hero and I'm not beautiful and we probably won't live happily ever after " she said. "But we're alive and together and we're going to be all right.
The funny thing is, I was never much of a fighter. Better a live coward than a dead hero, that was my motto.
My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
I pinned Kurt Angle two weeks ago in that tag match...so...I think I've proven that I can hang with the Olympic Hero.
The anti-hero walks the morally gray path and constantly flirts with redemption, and that flirtation is just a blast to write.
Nothing lasts forever. But the thing is, you can reuse some. Use your mind. - Leo's Mother, The Lost Hero
When Donald Trump says women should be punished or Mexicans are rapists and criminals or John McCain's not a hero, he is showing you who he is.
I don’t think I will get married,” Polly said as she stood up. “I’m going to train to be a hero instead.
I'm just getting back into my songwriting groove. It's still pretty early. But I don't want to make 'Hero 2.' It's going to be different.
Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?
When I consider a part, I understand that it will not be as important as that of the hero. My only criteria is that it has significant potential, at least that of a second-in-command.
Muhammad Ali is a true hero, and the fact there's something wrong with him is his badge of valour. He's a great man.
I’m an openly gay man playing an omnisexual hero, who is loved on both sides of the Atlantic. How could I not be proud of that?
Whoever portrays me on screen need not necessarily be a look alike. Any hero could play my part.
I didn't mind going to any length to make people believe that a puny hero had me at his mercy.
It's always better to make a hero than lean on one. My goal is to emulate China in the filmmaking business, not Los Angeles.
Cricketers have to perform in front of millions, and there are no retakes. If then you become a hero, you deserve all the accolades coming your way.
I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way.
Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new.
The kind of hero worship you have, when a parent is lost early and you don't know all their faults and misgivings, is a very strong influence.
I got to work for my hero and travel with him on a regular basis. It doesn't get much better than that for a job.
I always favor the hero and heroine from whichever book I've completed most recently. Yes, I'm faithless and fickle!
'Hate Story 4' is a revenge drama. My character Tasha is the real hero of the film. If you look at the poster, you will know.
Not everyone can stand up and be a hero, Princess. Some prefer to surrender to the inevitable and salve their consciences with the gift of survival.
The hero, therefore, is the man or woman who has been able to battle past his personal and local historical limitations.
Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint.
I am extremely proud and honoured to have beaten Pete's record as he was my childhood hero and I have always looked up to him.
I feel like life is much greater than a hero or a villain: there's good people that sometimes make mistakes.
Quick with advice and always caring, the 41st President of the United States was a statesmen, a role model, and an American hero.
I want to go play a villain or an action hero or a nice, light, romantic comedy or something. That would be good.
Of course, we create a lot of heroes. But the real intention of that is to make the player feel like a hero in all of our games.
I disliked people calling me a chocolate hero initially, as I wanted to explore other genres of acting.
Don't be a hero. Don't have an ego. Always question yourself and your ability. Don't ever feel that you are very good. The second you do, you are dead.
Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.
I drive [Susan Sarandon] nuts. I'm always talking about her being my hero. I'm sure she's probably sick of it.
Springsteen is a hero to a lot of people in New Jersey. He's a role model - because he's a local guy who got out.
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