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They sent me the script, asking me to play the part of a general. I have never played the part of an authority figure. I've never thought of myself that way. I was uncomfortable with it, but I worked at it and knew I had a guttural voice for a general.

— Mark Goddard

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I tend to get comfortable with the dialogue and find out who the person is in the script and try to hit that. People are sort of independent of their occupations and their pastimes. You don't play a politician or a fireman or a cowboy - you just play a person.

— Billy Campbell

Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority is about for me.

— Rupert Everett

I wasn't involved, except to the degree that they sent me drafts of the script as the writer turned them in. They asked me at one point to write a memo about what I thought of it.

— Michael Chabon

When I take on a role, all I tend to do is get to know the script and ask millions of questions, and keep fine tuning what I think the character is trying to say.

— Sophie Okonedo

I think I have been stereotyped as an action director in Hollywood, so all I got were the action scripts.

— John Woo

I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid.

— Denis Leary

My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it.

— Morgan Freeman

✗Opposing Perspectives

I play tons of authority figures, whether it's the dad or the cop or the boss. I think it's a combination of how I look, who I am.

— J. K. Simmons

I've always been cast in authority roles; I think because I have that presence... Comedically, I can play against that pretty well. I enjoy playing that arrogant ignorance. That's one of my favorite games to play in comedy.

— Rob Riggle

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.'

— Linda Hunt