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On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once Upon a Time' as well. She's a leading lady, but she's also this character.
Lana Parrilla
When I was young, I was rather attractive, and I thought that I would be a leading lady. I always thought of myself as a dramatic actress, but of course the opportunities for blacks weren't there at the time.
Maidie Norman
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I am a character actress. Well, let's say, I am a leading character actress who does interesting, odd parts.
Imelda Staunton
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I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.


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


Rose Byrne
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I'm quite lucky in that at certain angles I look all right, and at others I don't look so good, which enables me to play some leading roles and some stranger, more 'character'-type parts. I wouldn't say I'm the conventional handsome Hollywood leading man.
Tom Riley
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All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men.


Steve Buscemi
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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
Karen Allen
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As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.
Maureen O'Hara
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Preparation is definitely important, but it depends on the kinds of roles I do. Like, I completely identify with my character in 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.' I had to be myself and I didn't have to actually prepare for it.
Deepika Padukone
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Everybody thinks about Bo Derek as being this extravagant looking lady but she is also a wonderful actress.
Wayne Rogers
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I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin.
Robert Shaw
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I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress.


Robert Wagner
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I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.
Anna Deavere Smith
I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.
Alessandro Nivola
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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.
Selma Blair
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Fortunately and unfortunately, people don't see me as a character actor. They see me as a leading man or nothing, which makes it really hard to get work.
Josh Holloway
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Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.


Ziyi Zhang
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I think of myself as only being an actress when I'm acting, but my friends will say I act all the time.
Marian Seldes
Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.
Olivia De Havilland