The decision was probably foreshadowed by their real-life roles.

Here, in another real-life role, Sheen proved a natural.

But he remembers a real-life role playing tennis second-banana.

Despite her real-life role as muse to Strindberg, she remained an independent artist.

Once upon a time, these real-life "roles" were written by the movie studios and press agents to serve the images on screen.

And performance style is not a flippant issue here; it suggests how each man would act out the real-life role of president.

But the real-life role of younger brother suits Jonathan Bush just fine.

In this peculiar microcosm, everyone gains practice by playing out real-life roles.

Now that her real-life political role is over, a four-year run having ended in 1997, Ms. Alexander is proving that you can go home again.

The roles available to Asian actresses being limited, she became increasingly obsessed by her real-life role as an Americanized Vietnamese.