Top 1200 Lead Role Quotes & Sayings

Music has a role, fashion has a role, cinema has a role, intellectuals have a role, parliamentarians, politicians, diplomats - all of it.

My first lead role was probably 'Party Girl' in 1994.

There were so many lead roles available when I was in my thirties. Once I hit 45, there was a real downturn. But I got an incredibly provocative, delicious lead role in a television series called 'Saving Grace,' and I loved the character.

The first thing you do is sit down with your wife and say something like this, Honey, I've made a terrible mistake. I've given you my role. I gave up leading this family. ... I'm not suggesting that you ask for your role back, I'm urging you to take it back ... Be sensitive. Listen. Treat the lady gently and lovingly. But lead!

It's great to be somewhat of a role model. I want to be a positive and good role model and lead by example and try to do the best I can. Playing good golf definitely draws attention, but I want to have a good attitude on the course and do the right things.

Now, there doesn't have to necessarily be a white man in the lead role. That's the way forward. That's diversity. It's cool if an Indian is playing the lead role in a Hollywood project, and we should be proud of this.

My dream job would be starring in a lead role on a Broadway musical.

I am eagerly waiting to play the lead role in a romantic show! I have such a strong role in 'Balika Vadhu,' but none of the guys in the show romance me on screen.

Being a lead role in a play in Vegas? Like, come on! How much bigger can it get?

Making the choice to cast someone in a lead role is a big one. You don't want to squander your opportunity.

I would play the lead role in films which have scripts that suit me.

Be it a cameo, a character role or a lead role, I am happy that people are finally recognising my acting calibre and are casting me in their films.

It doesn't matter if I'm playing a lead role or that of a comedian; I want my audience to have entertainment worth their money.

What we have to ask is this: what can we morally expect of and allow to people whom we deploy to fulfill this or that social role :police officer, school teacher, physician? This may sometimes lead to difficult social decisions - e.g. should police be permitted to illegally import drugs as part of a sting operation? In the end, I think "common - that is, critical - morality" should determine the limits of the police role.

I've never wanted to play the lead role; I make the most of whatever opportunities come my way.

"This is why alchemy exists," the boy said. "So that everyone will search for his treasure, find it, and then want to be better than he was in his former life. Lead will play its role until the world has no further need for lead; and then lead will have to turn itself into gold. That's what alchemists do. They show that, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too."

In theatre, I get comedy or nice lead roles. I don't understand a grey or negative role.

We have so many guys in the NHL who can lead by example and I embrace being a role model for a lot of kids.

Acting in 'Mr. And Mrs. Iyer' was a unique experience. It was the first time that my mother was directing me in a lead role.

I was auditioned for 'Sultan' for the lead role in 2015. My auditions were very detailed as it was for the female lead. They took around 10-11 auditions for it in the span of 2 weeks. It was very hectic and tiring for me.

Bleak Night' presented my first lead role in a long feature.

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.

My most memorable role would have to be Agnes Calay of 'Forevermore,' probably because it was my first lead role.

In my journey, I got amazing characters to play which were as interesting as a lead role. In 'Commando,' my role was so good. I feel no actor have rejected that kind of a role.

My ambition was always to bag a lead role in a film, and hence, I refrained from doing any ads, TV serials, music videos, as I felt that a fresh face always works much better. It was a gamble, and I took that gamble telling myself that I will give it my all to bag a lead role.

I never ever played the lead role in a play, except at school. I guess the industry that we're in, boys that look like me don't get the lead role.

[The Man] was a case where it was a funny role teamed up with another actor. It's a great teaming. And the role was a bigger role. It wasn't so much that it was a co-starring role. This is not a new direction. I'm not saying, 'No. I'm only now co-starring.' It just happens it's a co-starring role.

Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too must the good man perform whatever Fortune assigns. For she, says Bion, just like a poet, sometimes assigns the leading role, sometimes that of the supporting role; sometimes that of a king, sometimes that of a beggar. Do not, therefore, being a supporting actor, desire the role of the lead.

I'm kind of at the mercy of writers out there. I need a writer out there who wants to write a vehicle for me. Do it and get it to me immediately. I do want to be a lead. I want to play a lead role in a movie.

I had to audition for Fandango. When I read the script, the role that was interesting - so everyone thought - was the role that Costner played. He was the cool guy. And I read the script, and my representation at the time said, "That's the role you should read for." And I was like, "Really? How about I read for this other role." And they went, "Well, you're not going to get that role."

We can't do both. If you want us to lead, don't criticize us. And if you want us to play a supporting role, then tell us who is going to lead.

Labour needs to lead - lead on Brexit, lead in Europe, lead for the people.

If a casting breakdown said 'All-American Type' or 'Lead Role,' I knew they weren't thinking of me.

I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead

You can't really be picky and choosy for your first lead role.

I have never been of the opinion that I will only play the lead in a serial. For me, just the role needs to be good.

I will only do a Bollywood film if I am offered the main lead role.

My first lead role was a stage play called 'A Kestrel for a Knave'. I was 11.

I've gotta check, but I think I'll be the first UFC fighter in history to have the lead role in a big movie.

My first lead role was a stage play called A Kestrel for a Knave. I was 11.

I have always accepted films based on what my role is. Of course, I do look at who is playing the lead opposite me, the producer and the director.

The significance of playing a South Asian character that's a lead role in a network primetime television show is certainly not lost on me.

Leadership in its best sense has never been about the pre-determined role cast on some to lead others.

I think typically you'd start in a supporting role or an ensemble role, or maybe even an off-Broadway role. So to come into a lead role on Broadway, especially taking over a role that has been played by two phenomenal actors in the past, that is some large shoes to fill.

I don't believe in terminologies like 'lead role' or 'supporting role' or 'cameo role,' etc.

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.

I never got a lead role and I make no bones about it.

It's rare to see a person of colour in a lead role. It does matter to a lot of people.

I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I'm looking for, I'd like to do a lead action role.

I think when you're doing a lead role, there is so much more pressure. If you fail, not only do you fail, but everybody else fails, too. As opposed to when it's a supporting role and it's only you that sucked.

Its rare to see a proud and out LGBT person win an Oscar in a lead or supporting actor role.

My ideal role would be the lead in a film with a director that I really appreciate and admire.

When it comes to the big issues like immigration, everyone has a role. The government has a role. The church has a role. Every Christian has a role.

I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead.

Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction.

I do like ensemble work. I would like to do a lead role, though. I didn't shy away from that. I'm desperately looking for a lead role to do in a film, an independent film, and it just hasn't come my way yet. I'm desperately looking for that role that will put me in a lead category. Or a television series.

I don't care whether it's a chance meeting or playing a role that you thought was totally wrong but you did it anyway. It will often turn out to be the thing that will lead you to the role which is sublime.

The lead actor, along with the director, plays a big role in what the vibe will be on set, and that's a huge responsibility.

Somehow, I don't see myself doing a lead role.

Leadership is an active role; 'lead' is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is headed for burnout, and in a powerful hurry.