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I've been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I've later regretted.

I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough.

When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn't want to play.

I always choose roles that are, you know, hopefully different from the last role. I don't wanna do the same thing over and over again because that's, well, first of all that's no fun.

I know I'm responsible for not having got the kind of roles that I'd have liked to. '

Up to that point I never really knew what my character would be expected to do, and prior to accepting the job I had actually turned down the role three times before finally giving in.

I don't think I've ever had a real desire to pick out any particular role - I just see what comes up.

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

There's this misconception that I've been turning down roles. It's just not true. The reality is, there was nothing for me to do, nobody was calling, the phone wasn't ringing.

I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing.