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I never said I wanted to be a lead actress; I never said I wanted to be a film actress. This need to trump everyone bewilders me. I'm only 25. I'm not better than anyone. I just want to watch other people and learn to be good.

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 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.

If you're a lead actor, people are just waiting to say 'you're too old' or 'you're too unhip.' If you're a supporting actor, you can just work forever.

Being an actor does make you aware of your age.

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

There's a very small group of elite actresses who are my age, who people want to work with. It's not easy to get a good job with good actors.

I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.

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.