For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've made a career of taking roles that other actresses didn't want.
You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them.
As an actress I take roles I find interesting.
From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I played one part, others came along.
Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.
I write a number of screenplays, and I've never really come up with a part for a movie star.
I'm primarily a character actress.
I had a certain career as an actor that I think was quite personal as well, and had a lot of integrity, but I wasn't writing my own things or directing my own movies.
I think I'm fortunate as an actor in that I do seem to get opportunities to play roles that aren't necessarily typical of what I've done before.
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