Sentences with phrase «more dramatic roles»

(Can he please get more dramatic roles?)

JS: Well, the thing is, I would probably say that, over my career, I've done more dramatic roles, but of the ones that were higher in profile, many of them have been comedic.

I sat down with Craig to discuss his family background in music, taking on more dramatic roles, his character in Mr. Robot, his relationship with the James Franco gang and the lasting legacy of The Office.

How do you compare the experience of working on an action - packed film like RAMPAGE and more dramatic roles, such as Moonlight or Mandela?

Indeed, Offerman has quite a bit in common with his signature creation — like Swanson, he's a genuinely talented furniture maker — but in recent years he's broken from his man's man persona to branch out with more dramatic roles in films like The Founder and the second series of FX's «Fargo,» for which he received a Critics» Choice Television Award nomination.

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.

He's an executive producer on «Another Period» and has been exploring more dramatic roles with films like «Brad's Status.»

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.

This comic actor proves that he can handle more dramatic roles with grace.

She quickly moved on to more dramatic roles in films like «Any Given Sunday,» «Vanilla Sky» and «Gangs of New York» before starring as one of the three super-spy bombshells in «Charlie's Angels» and its sequel, «Full Throttle.»

Nesbitt has since appeared in several more dramatic roles; he starred alongside Liam Neeson in Five Minutes of Heaven (2009), and was one of three lead actors in the television miniseries Occupation (2009) and The Deep (2010).

The cast also contributed tremendously well with Carell, in my opinion, being the standout and once again showing us that he can definitely do more dramatic roles like this, Bale as always was freakin fabulous with his complex character, Gosling was pretty much the narrator but he was once again really funny and Pitt is the moral center, he didn't had more screentime but he delivers.

Occasionally, Pangborn longed for more dramatic roles, so to satisfy himself artistically he'd play non-comic parts for Edward Everett Horton's Los Angeles - based Majestic Theatre; Pangborn's appearance in Preston Sturges» Hail the Conquering Hero (1942) likewise permitted him a few straight, serious moments.

A humorous bit - part as a conservative 12 - year - old facing the wrath of a group of lethal liberals in 1995's The Last Supper dropped a dollop of humor in the mix before Moss returned to more dramatic roles in Separate Lives (1995) and A Thousand Acres (1997), and the talented young actress continued her winning streak with roles in such diverse films as The Joy Riders and Mumford (both 1999).

This allows the environment, experience, and social interactions with other individuals to play a more dramatic role in organizing the cerebral cortex.

«This was definitely a more dramatic role for me,» the 28 - year - old actress explained in an interview at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

In 1997, he played a more dramatic role as an AIDS - afflicted drag queen who finds romance in Love!

Forte is just coming off a more dramatic role in the Best Picture nominee Nebraska, in which he more than holds his own opposite acting legend Bruce Dern.

Are you excited about a Kevin Smith hockey movie, and can Seann William Scott pull off a more dramatic role?

Doing his turn in a more dramatic role rather than an action role, he's great, in all honesty.

Just when you're applying for a job, first impression plays more dramatic role: on how you can build relationships and hold yourself depend employer's interest to you.

Not exact matches

In 2011, Seth Rogen decided to do something about it with «The Green Hornet,» and while we appreciate the effort, we would've preferred a more dramatic actor in the role.

After a while in office, President Obama, got to realize how dramatic the role of religion, more like bigotry, still plays in American society and politics.

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..

Therapies which emphasize role - playing, dramatic action, and concrete problem - solving are generally more consistent with the cognitive styles of the lower classes.

An even more dramatic experience of role reversal can be had by assigning the couple the job of actually reversing roles for a whole week, or at least a few days or a weekend at home.

However, no phase of that revolution has been more dramatic than the emphasis that has been placed on the role of the parish council in parochial control.

Is it more important for F1 to pursue its traditional role as the pinnacle of motorsport, or is it ok for it to sacrifice some of that in the name of being louder and more dramatic?

When asked last year, if he plans on reprising his role, his answer was vague and consisted of many «I don't knows» and a more dramatic, «I'd rather slash my wrists than play James Bond again.»

An established actress in film and television, she performed in dramatic and comedic roles for more than ten years.

You can hear more about this topic in Julia Rucklidge's TEDX talk: The surprisingly dramatic role of nutrition in mental health and read more about nutritional medicine in modern psychiatry from the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research / ISNPR, and it's founder Felice Jacka.

A gender - bending role in the 1989 comedy Nobody's Perfect provided more exposure for the emerging actor, though it wasn't until his breakthrough performance in the 1991 - 1993 seasons of Life Goes On that audiences truly realized his dramatic abilities.

A true showcase for Aniston's incredible - yet rarely seen - talent for dramatic roles, given how she brings so much weight to a safe drama that never takes risks and prefers the easy way with clichés, dreams and silly hallucinations that would befit more a movie made for TV.

More importantly, Washington's efforts, alongside those of director Spike Lee, have done much to dramatically expand the range of dramatic roles given to African - American actors and actresses.The son of a Pentecostal minister and a hairdresser, Washington was born in Mount Vernon, NY, on December 28, 1954.

Hopefully this role will allow him to stretch his legs and show off more of his dramatic chops.

It was good to see her in Lost In Translation, and hopefully there will be more roles on the way, as I'm convinced that such a great comedic performer has enormous potential as a dramatic actor.

Koechner's Colin is the elephant in the room, as it's not often you see the man take on something that's more clear - cut as a dramatic role.

Over the past few years, it seems like Murray has been taking on more of the smaller indie dramatic roles but here he mixes it up and I liked that a lot.

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.

One could read that the lack of passion he displays comes from the fact that his character is still in mourning, but more likely, Holloway is drawing his anguish from the realization that his career is reduced to starring in vehicles that don't even offer a tenth of the dramatic range as a recurring role on a TV show.

Jack Black shows that he can hold his own against much more experienced dramatic actors, and others like John Turturro and Ciarán Hinds excel in smaller roles.

The former proved that she had chops far deeper than her famously «bubbly» image, and her abilities were then further tested a year later, again opposite Shahrukh Khan, in an even more intensely dramatic role in Yash Chopra's Indo - Pak «love legend» Veer - Zaara; and she has since continued to challenge herself — and triumph — in more ambitious projects such as Deepa Mehta's harrowing Canada - set domestic abuse tale Heaven on Earth (which should reach U.S. screens sometime this year).

While their roles may be rather minimal, Matthew Lillard and Judy Greer deserve credit, both stepping out of the comedic zone to tackle some far more dramatic material and succeeding immensely.

Slate is a gem and needs more roles, but her dramatic acting needs some work.

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.

Are you more comfortable being funny on film or do dramatic roles also appeal to you?

As for the dramatic roles, McAvoy might have been a bigger draw for a female audience if only he had more screen time.

Let's hope the next time Silverman lands a meaty dramatic role — and she surely will — it will be attached to a stronger movie with a screenplay that adds more context and gives more texture to its characters.

A more unexpected choice was Forte, of «Saturday Night Live» fame, for the straight dramatic role of the son, David Grant.

After appearing in a more serious dramatic role in Wes Anderson's «Rushmore,» Bill has been experiencing a film renaissance, with tons of critical praise for his work in films like «The Royal Tenenbaums» and «Lost in Translation,» which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.