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I couldn't get any of the ingenue roles when younger because at 5 feet 9 inches with a deep voice I was always too... genue. My career has completely happened since I was 29.

— Olivia Williams

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When I was 10 or 11 people started saying there was something special about my voice. But when I was 15 or 16 is when I really thought my hobby could become my career.

— Jessie J

I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.

— Katey Sagal

I was lucky enough to be able to grow and mature in a natural way as an actress.

— Kate Burton

From the time I was 16 to really up until turning 21, the roles were really, really few and far between. I had people say that I just wasn't a good singer. They didn't know what to do with me; I would never fit in any markets. I almost quit acting altogether.

— Naya Rivera

Really, I was such a late bloomer, I really didn't learn how to be me until I was in my late '40s, which is when I started playing roles that were closer to me.

— Ron Perlman

I became an actor when I was 22.

— Sibel Kekilli

I've played a lot of younger, more coming-of-age roles as well as roles that aren't such an imposing physical presence.

— Josh Keaton

I started acting when I was about 18. I was a model for a couple of years before that.

— Catherine Bell

✗Opposing Perspectives

I have been really lucky to play roles younger than myself for most of my career.

— Miranda Otto

I've always been short and stocky. So when I got into repertory theatre after graduation, I found myself doing character roles: because of my deep voice, shape and height, I was playing 40-year-old, 50-year-old roles at the age of 23.

— David Suchet