Girlfriend Quote by Jacqueline Bisset

I would always worry that I was only going to play the girl next door or the cute girlfriend. But I've been really lucky…

— Sydney Sweeney

It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I…

— Lena Dunham

I was always a character actress.

— Janet McTeer

The roles I used to be cast for were typically objectified women, so I was always being shown or spoken about through the lens…

— Alice Eve

I've never been someone who is cast for having a lovely figure but for whatever qualities I could possibly bring to a role, so…

— Miriam Margolyes

I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years.

— Gabrielle Union

I would love to play your common, everyday guy, but I never get cast as that.

— Richard E. Grant

I just always want to play people. I don't want it to be necessarily that you relate to the character as female or male,…

— Felicity Jones

My very first role was the character of Barbara Winslow in the movie 'Marmaduke.' Up until that point, I had only done commercials. I…

— Caroline Sunshine

I've auditioned for normal characters. But I never get cast.

— Jared Harris

I always saw myself as a character actor.

— Lana Parrilla

I was really serious about being an actress. I was playing young female characters and not feeling very connected to them.

— Marielle Heller