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You can't always be a leading lady.

I've never considered myself a leading man, don't look like one, don't want to be one.

I did not see myself as a leading lady. I thought I was really funny-looking and I would never be the lead, and I certainly would never do film or television. I wanted to do theater. I wanted to be the grand dame of the American stage.

For some reason, I struggle seeing myself as a leading man.

I'm not a conventional leading man at all and have no wish to be.

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

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.

Part of me would love to have been a leading lady because there's a lot of glamour that goes with that and a lot of applause, but I've been very blessed.