The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge.
Because of the fact I look a lot younger than I really am, I think, I end up getting these girl-next-door roles. I mean, I'm not a Gemma Arterton type as far as I can tell.
I may look like the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next door to me.
The girl next door isn't necessarily blonde and blue-eyed anymore. So I don't feel like I need to morph into that all-American thing.
I wouldn't say I'm drawn to dark roles, and it's not like I pick and choose.
As actors, we want to choose somebody who has conflicts. I can't be always playing the girl next door. What's the challenge in that?
There are so many female roles - particularly for young women - that are just somebody's girlfriend or somebody's daughter, or that are accessories to the main story rather than being three-dimensional characters.
Normally, an actress has to work to bring out her male side. In our case, the dynamic is reversed. The actor playing her modelled himself on Sharon Stone.
Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.
I do have the 'girl next door' image.