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I'm a character actress.

I'm primarily a character actress.

I've had my share of villains and played some fairly nasty characters. But I've been acting for so long. I started out as the girl next door. Now I'm the grandmother next door.

When a family film is done well, there's a character that every member of the audience can relate to. I want to be one of those guys.

I'm a character actor.

Well, I'm not a method actress by any stretch of the imagination so the best thing that I can do is be as real as possible and find whatever commonality in that character that I can see myself.

I don't want to be known for anything other than the fact that I play characters in movies.

I didn't picture myself as a movie actress. I began to think about it around college. I remember thinking, 'Well somebody has to be in them,' so maybe I could do that eventually. It's all been a surprise.

What always leads me in terms of my movies are characters.

I'm trying to show I'm a trained actress - I can transform myself into different characters. I'm not just an ingenue.