Sentences with phrase «playing roles like»

«I always dreamed of playing roles like Natasha,» says Benton, a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, who plays the titular hopelessly romantic ingénue.

Black Adder [4/1] Rowan Atkinson may be best known in the States as Mr. Bean (or other dumb - playing roles like Johnny English), but for my money, his absolute best series is Black Adder, where he plays a series of British noblemen (each season is set in a different century) with dry wit and an unfortunate lot of idiotic hangers - on.

That was required of Momoa, when playing roles like Conan the Barbarian and Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones.

This may sound strange to someone who has seen him lately, or what you would expect from someone cast to play a role like Conan.

They play their roles like cartoons come to life.

He plays the role like a live - action Muppet, with wide eyes and big, flapping physicality.

Sandler and Barrymore don't play the roles like they're shopworn personalities in predictable situations.

He plays a role like his father played among Manhattan power brokers and establishment members.

For the past few years, I've begged for Streep to «dirty it up» and play a role like this.

She doesn't play the role like a super hero, but like an actual mom fighting her way to her kids.

Now that the Harry Potter series has ended, Radcliffe is free to play any role he likes,

I've been preparing to play a role like this.

Molla plays the role like Tony Montana on steroids, neglecting only to point his gun and put his own spin on the line: «Say ello to my leettle friend.»

The script doesn't really present him as one either, but Gruffudd more plays the role like an eighties teen romantic lead (and not even the kid from Real Genius).

We can only speculate what is driving these factors but it is likely that both family and school factors are playing a role like they did earlier.»

and «there aren't many chances to play a role like this... I want to do it!

I mean I was using the analogy not in terms of fame but in terms of wanting to play the role like Cezane played with the Impressionists of giving the gesture structure, you know, to make it more structural and less — well, what ever.

Not exact matches

The experience is a bit like a role - playing game that lets you navigate through the world with only the cues given to you by Alexa.

With the tech world playing an increasingly influential role in mainstream politics (and not just in lobbying efforts) it seems like advocating for greater gender equality in tech through Girls Who Code and being separately involved in politics would make Saujani appealing.

Vulture, or Adrian Toomes, played by a very well - cast Michael Keaton — who probably got this role for appearing as another man with wings in «Birdman» — is one of the rare villains in the MCU that has a personal vendetta against the superheroes who doesn't feel like a desperate tie - in.

Films like J. Edgar and The Aviator (for which he got a Leading Role nomination) require him to play a single character through many stages of his life, never allowing the actor to fully inhabit characters at a single point in time.

This possibly explains why other non-nuclear nations play a greater role in the international community and enjoy a higher standard of living than Russia, which prioritizes nuclear weapons above other things like investing in education or infrastructure.

I like to think a supportive media had some role to play, but it's hard to believe that journalists alone somehow managed to convince millions upon millions of people to buy iPods, iPhones and iPads.

While McLeod attributes this anomaly to San Francisco's high concentration of early adopters — the company likes to compare its situation to MySpace and Facebook (with Tinder standing in for MySpace, naturally, and Hinge playing the role of Facebook)-- it's unclear whether or not other cities will embrace Hinge the way the Bay Area has.

Keller discussed Priceline.com's advertising strategy and the role that spokespeople like Shatner play in brand marketing.

The artificial hormone is designed to mimic the role testosterone plays in non-sperm-related functions in the body, like sex drive, musculation, and hair growth.

Many of us relate very deeply to characters in movies, and we like to think that we share similar traits to the actor or, more importantly, to the role they play.

Clearly many people are willing to take a chance on Alex — just like he took a chance on himself when he turned down other driving opportunities and signed a multi-year contract with HMS in late 2016 to play a key role in the organization's simulation and on - track testing programs.

And CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear that he wants news to play a much larger role in Facebook, with features like Instant Articles — the mobile - news partnership where outlets like the New York Times publish entire articles directly to the platform.

RPG stands for «role - playing game,» and the app works like one.

Geopolitical concerns: Considerable geopolitics always plays a role in oil pricing, especially when they involve conflicts — like those in the Gulf Region, where roughly 60 percent of global oil is produced.

It's not just a role - playing game with lush cartoon - like graphics.

Association president Gary Smith, of Brookfield Financial, opened the conference by imploring federal and provincial governments to play more of a role, lauding those provinces like Ontario that have launched venture funds, and taking credit for the repeal of Section 116 of the Income Tax Act in the Harper government's spring budget.

Of course, every owner of a growing business knows what it's like to play multiple roles.

Nevertheless, like Haskayne, a growing number of Canadian business leaders are sick and tired of watching executives at our big - name corporations play the role of feed keeper in an eat - or - be-eaten world.

Still, looking at someone's genome alone will probably never be enough to determine if they'll go on to develop a psychiatric disease — other factors, including environmental factors like severe stress, play a strong role too.

Others spring surprises, like group interviews or role - playing sessions.

Like the entrepreneur, I play roles that arise from the company's needs and what needs to get done.

At the same time, tech firms like Apple, Amazon, and Alphabet's Google have looked to play a bigger role in the $ 3 trillion health market, with mixed success.

Musk played an Oz - like role as master orchestrator, sending signals through earnings calls and blog postings, while keeping the states in the dark and playing on their fears of losing out.

That's why, Monks argues, shareholders have a role to play that regulators can not because they, like the company itself, «transcend global and political boundaries.»

This stockpile of consumer insights would play a critical role when he became P&G's CEO, revitalizing the company under a «consumer is boss» mantra and introducing several innovative new brands like Swiffer and Febreze — while continuing to focus on consumer favorites like Tide.

So a lot of the time, investors like to see two co-founders as opposed to one but in terms of gender and how it plays a role in fundraising, I think it's just a really important thing to tackle head on and look for investors that match you.

Tools like these, and their succeeding iterations, will play a crucial role in evangelizing content marketing to executives on the fence.

Like Alina Tugend's Better By Mistake, another book recently featured in this column, Adapt explores the role that error plays in creating successes.

«Where Canada can play a role is to help countries like Japan and Korea with their India strategy, for instance.»

A chartered financial analyst, he brought financial expertise the company was lacking, allowing him to play a key role in major transactions, like the $ 3.8 - billion acquisition of Provident Energy Ltd. in 2012.

Like more than 10 million others worldwide, I depend on treatment advances to maximize my quality of life, and historically, large pharmaceutical companies have played a key role in spurring these advances.

Pharmacy benefits managers like Express Scripts have recently been on the defensive regarding the role they play in escalating drug prices.

The Equifax hack has highlighted the strange role credit reporting agencies like Equifax play in our financial system.