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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.

I was always a character actress, even when I was an ingenue. But as you age, people know what to do with you, and you're not quite as dependent on maintaining leading-lady beauty.

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

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

I see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity.

I think I'm a character actress in a leading lady's body, but the industry doesn't really see me that way.

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

I've made a career of taking roles that other actresses didn't want.

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.