Sentences with phrase «dramatic roles into»

At open auditions, he meets the plucky yet overdramatic Ruth (Alison Brie of Community and Mad Men fame), an aspiring actress bound and determined to shoehorn her dreams of serious dramatic roles into a gig that's mainly about big hair, fake falls and all - around exaggeration.

Not exact matches

Chad has repeatedly betrayed: his non-comprehension of what a species - level change is (i.e. the focus of PE) and that this most minor of changes does not require a wholesale reordering of a genome; his inability to grasp that gradualism, although the clear minority in the fossil record, is present in various lineages (See Gould's various references to Foraminfera); his non-comprehension of the role of historic genetic contingency (i.e. that silent mutations can coalesce into rather dramatic novel functionality, e.g. Lenskis» E. coli); that the nodes of PE are more than sufficient for the requisite species - level evolutionary changes (See Pod Mrcaru lizards); etc, etc..

Let me give you a dramatic hypothetical — If Ozil was shunted into a Full Back role, I could understand his inability to be a very effective FB... the mistakes — missed tackles, etc... but he would still be expected to TRY to track / mark out the wingers, still TRY to tackle, still TRY to bomb forward and make the crosses.

To understand TH, director emeritus Donald Brown studies one of the most dramatic roles of the hormone, the control of amphibian metamorphosis — the process by which a tadpole turns into a frog.

With her role as the epnoymous character in Frida (2002), Hayek disappeared into her subject so convincingly that not only would she return to the good graces of critics, but earn an Oscar nomination as well.Hayek would spend the coming years enjoying superstar status with everything from comedic turns on sitcoms like Ugly Betty (which she produced) and 30 Rock, to meaty roles in dramatic thrillers like Savages.

Within a decade, Wallace leapt into the then - nascent medium of television with full abandon, working in any and every capacity allowed him, including dramatic roles, game shows, and the occasional assignment hosting a talk show, such as the now - forgotten Mike and Buff.

Dissatisfied with a mere taste of the theatrical arts and eager to extend acting into a full - time passion, Eigenberg subsequently moved to New York and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, working odd jobs on the side (construction et al.) to put himself through school.Scattered roles followed, including a guest appearance on The Cosby Show and a bit part in the awful 1989 generation - gap comedy Rude Awakening (co-starring Cheech Marin and Eric Roberts), but Sex and the City (which Eigenberg auditioned for out of innumerable hopefuls) represented the actor's first huge break.

Bill Murray, who has only had limited success in the past with dramatic roles, slips effortlessly into the part of a laconic sadsack.

Unlike their more recent roles, in which she played a delightful weirdo and he played a taciturn weirdo who also was capable of murdering you, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves will have to stretch their dramatic chops a bit for their next acting gigs, venturing into territory less in line with their actual personas.

There's a long tradition in film of comedic actors transitioning into dramatic roles with indies that gravitate towards a grey area in between the two genres, particularly in movies that make sure to hit the Sundance Film Festival before their wide release.

Taking a role as a fairly straight - laced, if imposing stepdad, was a departure for the firebrand comedian back in 1993, but he would eventually move into far more dramatic roles on «Rescue Me» and more.

«I was intimidated coming into the process,» Forte said of his first dramatic role after years of being known as a comedian.

After breaking out with Wedding Crashes and The Hangover a few years back, Bradley Cooper «s been trying to make the transition into more dramatic roles.

But first, we discuss how she broke into the business despite having no encouragement from her parents at the time; why she loves to go on auditions even if the prospect of getting work is hopeless; her time in The Groundlings and how it led to having the part of Rita in the movie smash Bridesmaids (written for her by fellow Groundlings Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo); as well as taking on a real - life dramatic role in the upcoming Felt, the story of infamous Watergate «Deep Throat» Mark Felt — played, she says sensationally, by Liam Neeson.

Playing roles on opposite ends of the genre spectrum has provided Arturo Castro with keen insight into what makes both successful comedic and dramatic acting.

Of course, I don't think Samantha Morton could act badly if you told her to, but this has to have been one of the more challenging roles she's ever taken on... not just anyone can turn a whimpering, confused (psychic) kidnapping victim in a sci - fi picture into a serious and introspective dramatic role.

Bullock's role as white mother who takes in a poor black teen and helps propel him to success contains just the right cuts of juicy dramatic meat that the Academy loves to sink their teeth into.

Having built a sterling reputation as a dramatic performer, she began mixing comic roles into her repertory starting in 1989 with the sour She Devil before scoring with the absolutely delightful Defending Your Life (1991).

Joaquin Phoenix (Ladder 49, The Village), while not exactly a dead ringer for Johnny Cash, does nail down his mannerisms and singing style well enough that you can readily accept him in the role, and he does an exceptionally fine job in the dramatic moments that are crucial to making what might otherwise look like a self - centered S.O.B. into a sympathetically troubled soul yearning for guidance his whole life and never quite able to find it until it appears in the guise of another woman.

As Tommy Saunders, the police sergeant who joined first responders and investigators in pursuing the perpetrators of the attacks, Wahlberg capably steps into the role of dramatic leading man.

Williams, who only breaks into his spastic brand of humor in one scene, makes one of his better dramatic turns here and Perry, Hawke, Hansen, Charles, and Smith are all believable and effective in their respective roles.

For dramatic play, have lots of props, think about the words or curriculum objectives you want to reinforce, and encourage students and elders to get into their roles.

The ice mass itself moves at about four kilometers per year into the ocean, a dramatic acceleration of the glacier's natural role as an outlet channel for the Antarctic ice sheet.

The real thrust of the project is to act as a catalyst for integrating the School's history, library collections and archival resources into the life and work of the Osgoode community by involving the students in developing and curating exhibitions, both physical and virtual, that illustrate the dramatic changes in legal education and the profession over the course of the past century and document Osgoode's role in them.