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I always knew I'd be more of a character actor than a leading man, and I always wanted to take that and run with it.

I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.

I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.

I don't have to be a leading man. I can be a character actor. That's really what interests me anyway.

I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.

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.

I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.

I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.

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.

For awhile, I got stupid about only wanting a leading-man role, but I have no illusions. I know I'm not Brad Pitt.