Sentences with phrase «small role»

Since then, he has played small roles in many TV shows and movies.

The same thing applies to many literary characters, even relatively obscure ones that play small roles in little - known novels.

And those are just the major players — there about ten more notable names in smaller roles as well.

It envisioned a dramatically smaller role for the federal government, a role that was permanently in question through the process of ongoing program review.

The «steady decline» of some rural areas is outlined in the report, which says the days of schools with small roles are «numbered».

Nevertheless, these trade connections played a very small role in the economies of the trading partners.

Going forward, it's likely standardized tests will play a much smaller role in how schools are evaluated.

Preparing youth for a cultured life plays an even smaller role.

Whereas smartphone distribution is dominated by wireless carriers, we expect carriers to play a relatively small role in tablet distribution.

Though he had actually begun appearing in films in 1990, he had, thus far, played only small roles.

There is always so much depth and meat behind him no matter how small the role happens to be.

The movie is also full of small roles by famous actors, which is why only a few names were mentioned in the synopsis.

People are just consuming less printed media than they use to and piracy probably plays a far smaller role than the media companies claim.

He appeared in a number of small roles during the 1980s, gradually shifting back to the stage almost exclusively.

Because dividend income plays a remarkably small role in equity fund returns.

The teacher was just a little small role with this fun little catch all at the end about the hall pass.

And yet, in spite of our certain knowledge that we must die, the thought plays a very small role in our life.

Many large financial companies played small roles in the scheme, and they will all probably pay something to make the lawsuits go away.

It is clear from the research that policies play a much smaller role in influencing undecided voters than they state explicitly.

Whereas smartphone distribution is dominated by wireless operators, we expect carriers to play a relatively small role in tablet distribution.

There are so many big names with small roles that to list them all would take pages.

But playful casting does not a movie make, and these are only small roles.

Men believe emotions play a very small role in their decision - making process, and feelings certainly don't have any place in a debate.

Her very presence in a movie, no matter how small the role, is going to bring something to the table.

«Reach Me» is an indie comedy whose primary virtue is its cast, well - known actors who took small roles on a lark — a chance to play against «type.»

The rest of the supporting cast have such small roles in the film that they're hardly worth mentioning, save for a very young Forest Whitaker as Cronauer's right - hand man, Pfc. Edward Garlick.

Over at the local pleasure palace, Cheng Pei Pei is squeezed into the much smaller role of town madam.

Lately she has been focusing on her music career, appearing on the Warped Tour and taking small roles here and there between gigs.

James Ponsoldt is probably the ideal person to direct this two - hander — which does feature small roles from Ron Livingston as the journalist's boss at Rolling Stone magazine, and Joan Cusack as the author's publicist.

After small roles on episodic television and the occasional film, she hit it big in 1973 by appearing in two of the year's biggest hits, «The Way We Were» and the winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, «The Sting.»

Twenty - five years ago LDTs played too small a role in medical practice for the FDA to pay them much attention.

In between he has been doing smaller roles such as in Chef and Good Night, and Good Luck.

It was truly a labor of love, and much of the star - studded cast (including small roles for Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, and Dustin Hoffman) worked for scale (a pittance compared to the their usual paychecks).

The picture, made at Ealing Studios, starred Leslie Banks and Greta Gynt but Arsenal manager George Allison and trainer Tom Whittaker were given small roles as well.

While the film was not released until 1987 and received poor distribution, Doe's rugged good looks and cool charisma registered well on screen, and he soon landed small roles in Oliver Stone's breakthrough film Salvador and Wayne Wang's neo-noir drama Slam Dance.

In contrast, Marvel has invested money in major films for Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, and the Incredible Hulk and will, at the very least, have introduced a lot of the other Avengers in smaller roles within those preceding films.

Depp starred in small roles before appearing in «The Nightmare on Elm Street.»

The London - born, Canadian - based actress started out as a presenter on Canadian TV, though she managed to mix that with a few small roles on Vancouver - shot TV shows like «Kevin Hill» and the «Kojak» remake.

Otherwise, this was often a fun and entertaining track that discussed experiences during the film and thoughts about characters; most of the actors played fairly small roles in the movie, so it was interesting to hear them provide additional remarks about their personae.

I really liked what he did with the film from the music choices to the casting choices even smaller roles like RZA as Steve were hilarious!

Knowing that she wanted to provide more to the rescue, Samantha started taking on various smaller roles, from transporting supplies and dogs, to attending events.

Numerous theater productions were soon to follow, and after several small roles in television and film, Lowe charmed audiences by taking the lead in the 1984 sitcom Spencer.

She played Chopper's girlfriend, Tanya, and has subsequently played small roles where she's not really had the opportunity to be as good, in the likes of Lost Souls, The Crocodile Hunter and The Matrix Revolutions.

Walken garnered some attention for smaller roles throughout the early 70s, but it was his breakout role in Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter that put him on the map (and gave him an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actor).

Matthew McConaughey as Belforts Wall Street mentor, Rob Reiner as Belforts level headed yet overly forgiving father, Kyle Chandler as FBI agent Patrick Denham and Jean Dujardin as Belforts Swiss banker although in smaller roles make up the near flawless cast.

The eye for strong young actors here is really remarkable; not only do we have Damon, but Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Jeremy Davies, and Edward Burns fill out the unit, while Paul Giamatti and Nathan Fillion pop up in smaller roles along the way.