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Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along. -- Paul Giamatti
You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. -- Imelda Staunton
You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. Does that make sense? -- Imelda Staunton
I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections. -- Boman Irani
I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do. -- Morgan Freeman
Perhaps I have managed some sort of longevity because I haven't won the lead roles. I don't have the pressure of being a world-famous bombshell that has detonated. -- Selma Blair
I've seen an increasing willingness to hire Canadians for lead roles that shoot up here. When I started, they would always just fly in L.A. people to do the lead roles. -- Brandon Jay McLaren
It never really worked out for me in my own country. They said, 'You're not famous enough for the lead roles, and you're too present for the supporting roles - you'd overpower the lead.' -- Antje Traue
I've probably had my best time acting - or not acting, or trying to not act - on things like 'The Low Down' or 'Treacle Jr.' I'm happiest doing things like that. Not just because they're lead roles, but because there's more freedom in them. -- Aidan Gillen
I've only auditioned for one non-culturally specific role. I went through drama school and studied classic texts and played lead roles in 'Measure for Measure' and 'The Importance of Being Earnest' alongside a very culturally diverse group of acting students. But as soon as we graduate and enter the industry, all of those roles fall away. -- Shari Sebbens
Being able to do lead roles in pictures or onstage or whatever it is that you're doing in acting is obviously what you strive for because you want to better yourself as an actor and you want to better yourself as a person as well. But that does come with a lot of responsibility and a great deal of weight. -- Jamie Campbell Bower
Perhaps I have managed some sort of longevity because I haven't won the lead roles. -- Selma Blair
I have enough drama in my career, and then always playing dramatic roles and storylines... I like to lead a very low profile. -- Jessica Lowndes
Good roles are hard to come by, and whether they're a few lines or a lead, you snap 'em up when they come along -- Charlie Hunnam
Playing roles in any relationship is false and will inevitably lead to the relationship's collapse. Noone can be any one thing all the time. -- Portia de Rossi
When executives lead as teachers, stewards, and designers, they fill roles that are much more subtle and long-term than those of power-wielding hierarchical leaders. -- Peter Senge
When you're asking about roles for men and women, men certainly have a longer shelf life. Men can play the sexy lead for 20 years longer than we can. -- Jennifer Lawrence
I've always chosen the roles that aren't the direct lead because I like being a very poignant character in the story, rather than being seen in every single seen. -- Chloe Grace Moretz
I didn't understand that playing roles in any relationship is false and will inevitably lead to the relationship's collapse. No one can be any one thing all the time. -- Portia de Rossi
I just hope this [Emmy] is now a part of the status quo that women of color are included in the narratives that continue to write lead roles for us. -- Viola Davis
Ive seen an increasing willingness to hire Canadians for lead roles that shoot up here. When I started, they would always just fly in L.A. people to do the lead roles. -- Brandon Jay McLaren

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