Confidence Quote by June Whitfield

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 a character actress. It doesn't mean I can't do leading roles; I don't think of myself as a leading lady.

— Rena Sofer

I think I'm a character actress in a leading lady's body, but the industry doesn't really see me that way.

— Sanaa Lathan

It was hard to be taken seriously being model-turned-actress. I needed to work on my acting chops. There are so few parts available that…

— Amber Valletta

I used to audition for all those Disney Channel shows, and I was always told that I had the leading-lady personality but was too…

— Denise Bidot

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…

— Tom Riley

[And on going from character to leading actor] I don't approach anything differently; I just approach it as a character. I'm always astounded at…

— Steve Carell

Even though I try not to overthink and dress the way I want to, I admit that there's way too much pressure on female…

— Alia Bhatt

I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of confidence ruin…

— Marilyn Monroe

I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange.…

— Joan Allen

I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.

— Val Kilmer

I had a very hard time accepting myself as a character actress, because I wanted to be glamorous and a leading lady like everybody…

— Beth Grant