It's good to be able to be a leading lady, to be a romantic lead, to play opposite people who are talented, and charismatic and stuff.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have friends who are leading men, and they're only ever allowed to play leading men of a certain type. But as a character actor, there's a wider variety of projects available. On the big Hollywood films, all they care about is having their lead in place, so it's actually easier for someone like me to slip in. And I'm happy to do so.
Would I like to be the lead girl? Who wouldn't?
I am the actor that I am. I do what I do. I've been a 'leading man' playing romantic leads for a long time now.
You can't always be a leading lady.
I've been really lucky to have had a variety of roles, and I don't think I'm in danger of being typecast as the romantic lead. I think there's honour in working as constantly as you can. That isn't easy. And I'm no matinee idol.
I'm always looking for that sense of fun and adventure and even unlikeability. I don't want to be the obvious leading lady. I have the most fun playing these girls who are a little damaged and maybe a little insecure and trying to overcompensate for it.
I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue.
I don't have to be a leading man. I can be a character actor. That's really what interests me anyway.
It would drive me crazy if I picked roles with the goal of being a leading man. You never know what you're getting into when you sign onto a project, and more times than not, the characters that are close to the leading man are more interesting and more fun to play.
I'm a character actress. It doesn't mean I can't do leading roles; I don't think of myself as a leading lady.