Competing Quote by Cesar Romero

I can't ever see myself playing the romantic lead because that's not me; I'm not that girl.

— Maisie Williams

I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue.

— Melanie Lynskey

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…

— Kathy Baker

I'm never the romantic lead. I'm the guy walking in on the romantic lead, going, "Oh sorry! I'll leave you guys alone."

— Bill Hader

I was also the romantic lead in The Boston Strangler - I was the only one that lived to tell the story - so…

— Sally Kellerman

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.

— Patricia Clarkson

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…

— Heather Graham

I was certainly never conscious of 'playing the woman.' I would not have approved of that. It is not a winning tactic. I operated…

— Anonymous

I think I usually play the woman that, after the person tries to go for some extraordinary feat of romantic accomplishment, they happily wind…

— Jessica Hecht

I have represented romance all my life. Some have called me the 'King of Romance.'

— Engelbert Humperdinck

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…

— Selma Blair

I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc…

— Bea Arthur