Others, often due to shortcomings in vision, ability or character, are relegated to bit parts and footnotes.
That's galling for traditional voice actors, who regard theirs as a well-honed craft -- and who are increasingly consigned to bit parts.
The cast includes Ornella Muti, Marisa Tomei, Peter Riegert, Richard Romanus, Don Ameche, Kurtwood Smith, and (in bit parts) Yvonne De Carlo and the always juicy Kirk Douglas.
Bit parts, such as Tatjana Patitz 's turn in 1993's Rising Sun, or turns on reality shows such as Janice Dickinson 's season on VH1's The Surreal Life, often fail to launch acting careers.
His early TV career saw him land bit parts in series such as Minder, The Sweeney and Bergerac, while he also played small parts in major films such as Chariots of Fire, Superman II and Gandhi before the big breakthrough came in Withnail and I.
The storm could linger a bit longer in parts of eastern Long Island, which might see a bit more snow pile up.
Speaking to Parliament's Treasury Select Committee on Tuesday, Sir Edward said he thought price rises would moderate "to zero, or maybe minus a bit in some parts of the country in the next couple of years".
Other parts of the region were bit by torrential rainfall, including parts of County Durham and Teesside.
Right now, equivalently specced version of these machines will cost you a bit more than the parts list here, but the option is there.
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Holding it in your hand, you can tell the Samsung phone's plastic parts are a bit cheaper than Apple's luxury glass-and-metal components.
With a bit of editing of the parts about the need to cut a trillion dollars spending in a year, you could mistake him for a left-wing Democrat.
There are a few parts that might be a tad bit scary for the very youngest kids, but the rest is so enchanting that they might be too caught up in the magic to get too worried.
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On that day my son Callum and I engaged in some father-son bonding by swapping the faulty motherboard on the family PC - the motherboard is the bit into which you plug all the other parts of a PC - processor, graphics card, memory et cetera.
Another bit of the ebb and flow thing is understanding how different parts of the rally fit together.
Though Asus is widely known for its computer parts, laptops and netbooks, it remains a bit player in the global cellphone and smartphone markets.
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"There's nothing worse than having a ball changed just when you're getting a bit of rhythm, and the new one getting hit to all parts, " he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
Obviously their situation in some ways is a little bit more unique based on the dependence on auto manufacturing, on auto parts supply, that the President has taken steps to address.
The other parts of the story, whether it's joblessness or employment, are a bit murkier.
So let me tell you a little bit about what "Let's Move" is all about, just quickly, because there are four parts.
"I think to call us the cricket police is a bit strong, " Smalley said of the team, four of whom have served in police forces in various parts of the world.
But for parents in other parts of the country, the teachable moment, more than just a subway ride away, is a bit more abstract.
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