Sentences with phrase «small roles taken»

Even small roles taken by great actors like Michael Stuhlbarg, Michael Pitt, Zeljko Ivanek, Stanton, and Cornish seem livelier than normal.

Not exact matches

The smaller the company, the more important it is that employees can think on their feet, adapt quickly to shifting priorities, and do whatever it takes, regardless of role or position, to get things done.

In an interview with the Boston Globe, Pelosi made clear she is still the boss and has no intention of taking on a smaller role after the 2018 midterm elections this fall.

Recent graduates flock to startups to develop diverse skill sets, working on smaller teams where they have opportunities to take on roles they would not at a company with specialized departments.

These industries are full of small businesses that have taken advantage in the evolution of employment by filling some roles typically held by full - timers at organizations.

More than 60 % of sprinters took a smaller role at some point in their career.

He's taken on small roles in TV shows like «Law & Order» and «Stitchers» as well as larger parts in movies like «The Thinning,» which The Verge called «a mess.»

«The Internet is a powerful platform, taking control from gatekeepers and large corporations and letting small businesses and start - ups play a much larger role in creating value for almost every industry out there... this fundamental shift will create an incredible amount of innovation and opportunities for start - ups, and I hope Canada will be at the forefront of this development.»

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 9 - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is kicking off an effort to get U.S. small businesses to spend more on advertising as the image of the social media network's ads have taken a hit for their role in alleged Russian attempts to sway U.S. voters.

And to save money, many small business owners find themselves taking on many roles.

She could assume a Robert California / Charles Minor role where she comes into Scranton and takes names and asserts herself as the big fish in the small pond.

The lack of emphasis on a single religion does not stop Disney from taking up a catechizing role, Pinsky notes, «In the Western world in particular, the number of hours children spend receiving moral instruction in houses of worship is dwarfed by the amount of time spent sitting in front of screens large and small, learning values from Disney movies,» Disney's evangelistic entrepreneurship has been extraordinarily successful.

Because Sparkling ICE started as a very small company, its employees had to take on multiple roles as it grew.

«We're disappointed that NSW Health has taken this position given the relatively small role soft drinks play in the average person's diet,» said the Council's CEO, Mr Geoff Parker.

Even the legendary Clint Dempsey needs to take a much smaller role moving forward.

If only Wenger could finally hear the funs cry and bring in someone who could take slow Mert's spot and ultimately improve us (am sure even Mert would accept a small part role or been rotated at this stage of his career and at a top club like Arsenal).

These small, soft lightweight animals immediately took on the role of transitional objects, comforting both children through many a challenge over the years, even making their way to college with my daughter.

To establish the roles that members can take on (note: it's important to be flexible regarding roles, especially with a small group; members may take on responsibilities as action items arise).

Abuse is less likely to take place, and more likely to be reported, in small centres where staff can take a mentoring or teaching role over the children.

Alex Hilton, the editor of Labourhome, said: «It's a real concern that a small majority of Labour members and supporters want Gordon Brown to step aside, though this poll was taken before it was clear the role the Prime Minister had played in the merger of Lloyds - TSB and HBOS.»

Lord Sugar appears to have let his TV personality from «The Apprentice» take over and the language he has used to describe this country's small business owners is hardly appropriate given his current role.

State Senator Michael N. Gianaris, a Queens Democrat who served in the Assembly with both Mengs, said they differed on issues as well — Mr. Meng emphasized the concerns of small businesses, while Ms. Meng focused on women's issues and took «very seriously her role as a representative of an underrepresented community.»

Our smaller cities and towns are taking an active role in their revitalization, utilizing historic buildings, waterfronts and green spaces to create places where people want to come live, work and play.»

Fratus sees his role as an early stage advisor, «taking a small equity position» and helping young companies through the pre-revenue stage.

As our role in the HapMap concluded, we took on a new grant: constructing the genetic map of C. briggsae, a small roundworm similar to the well - known model organism, C. elegans.

The theory goes that if the body is poorly positioned, we compensate by asking big, mobilising muscles to take on the role of smaller, stabilising muscles which robs joints of their mobility.

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John Cameron Mitchell's rock opera about a transgender East German rocker made a surprisingly strong transition to the big screen — thanks, in no small part, to retaining Stephen Trask's great songs and retaining Mitchell in the lead role — in an adaptation that took advantage of the switch in medium by enlivening some of the musical numbers with quirky animations by Emily Hubley.

After appearing in a pair of supporting roles (Trapped in Paradise and The Road to Wellville (both 1994)-RRB- and a cameo (1996's The Shot) shortly thereafter, Carvey disappeared almost entriely from the public eye until resurfacing in the 1999 Saturday Night Live; Presidential Bash and once again taking a small role in Adam Sandler's Little Nicky (2000).

A peppery gentleman with steel - rimmed glasses and an executive air, Vogan appeared in hundreds of films in a variety of small «take charge» roles.

She played a similar character the same year on the small screen, taking a memorable turn as ex-pep queen turned good - time girl Connie Bradshaw in PBS» Tales of the City (she would later reprise the role for More Tales of the City in 1998).

Taking her acting a step further, Katee made her way to the small screen when she took on the role of a teenage mother in the Lifetime original movie Fifteen and Pregnant with Kirsten Dunst.

Full of really great and odd performances, it contains many great actors who usually take on smaller and yet substantial roles such as Peter Sarsgaard as a grave digging kleptomaniac, Ian Holm as Andrew's psychiatrist father, who had put his son into a lithium infused haze, and strangely enough a cameo from rapper Method Man as a bellhop.

Continuing to take smaller roles in big movies between her stage work, Jones followed Erin Brockovich with a turn as one of the residents on land forced to come to grips with the tragic effects of The Perfect Storm (2000).

In 2006 Huston took on a small role in Terry Zwigoff's Art School Confidential, and appeared in Martha Coolidge's Material Girls opposite Hilary and Haylie Duff.In 2008, Huston joined the cast of the made - for - HBO period film Iron Jawed Angels, in which she played an activist opposed to the National Woman's Party, which encouraged rewarding American women with the right to vote and hold citizenship.

The film also has some great random casting with established stars like Paul Rudd, William Baldwin and Jonah Hill taking small cameo roles and making their characters so quirky that they're not the stock supporting cast members you'd typically expect.

As Boston private detective Patrick Kenzie, taking on small - time cases with his girlfriend, Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan), Casey — just off a standout turn gunning down Brad Pitt's Jesse James — grabs his breakthrough role and runs with it.

Payers take the role of Frank West, an everyman photojournalist who sneaks into the small town via helicopter to get the scoop on the big story.

But Ethan Hawke has become such a supple actor that he takes the role of Ernst Toller, a former military chaplain who has found refuge in his life as a small - town reverend, and makes it convincing.

Gavin Hood not only directed EYE IN THE SKY, the erstwhile actor also took a small role as a military officer overseeing drone pilots.

Michelle Williams takes on the small role of Affleck's ex-wife and will blow you away with how memorable and impactful she is on the story.

But even yesterday it looked like a long shot, and despite Carrey's apparent love of Matthew Vaughn's film, The Hollywood Reporter is saying that their sources think the chances of Carrey taking the role of Colonel Stars (a mobster - turned - fundamentalist - Christian - turned - superhero - recruiter) are slim — presumably the smaller budget of the sequel to the underperfoming original can't quite afford him.

Prolific actors seem happy to take smaller roles.

Kathy Bates has played a plethora of roles for the big and small screens but her next project looks to take her to higher ground.

The Scottish director had never met Phoenix before the weeks of furiously prepping her first American film — needing to take advantage of a small summer opening in Phoenix's packed schedule, just one month after having secured financing at the Cannes Film Festival — but he more than confirmed her instincts that he would be perfect for the 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.

Kenny Wormald takes the Kevin Bacon role of Ren, a hard - edged Boston kid who moves in with relatives in the small Georgia town of Bomont, which is still recovering from a tragedy that inspired the passage of several rules about teenage behavior, among them a dance ban.

Like his most acclaimed contemporary, Daniel Day - Lewis, Gary Oldman got his start in British theater before taking smaller roles in films and television.

Ben Gazzara (who passed away earlier this year) is the defendant, a hot - headed army officer arrested for murder, and Lee Remick, Arthur O'Connell and Eve Arden co-star, with rising star George C. Scott getting a «featuring» credit for a small role and a brilliant performance as a big - city attorney who steps in to take over the state's case late in the trial.

Nichols elects to bring back the lead from his previous thriller (Take Shelter) Michael Shannon, but gives him a much smaller role in this film.