Careers Quote by Winona Ryder

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

Ruth Gordon was such a delight to watch in 'Rosemary's Baby' after I had first seen her in 'Harold and Maude.' And Ellen Burstyn…

— Lauren Ashley Carter

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 thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.

— Parker Posey

Growing up, I didn't have a lot of role models - Bonnie Raitt, Lita Ford, Jennifer Batten.

— Orianthi

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

— Patricia Clarkson

I always just wanted to be a movie actress, like Lily Tomlin or Ruth Gordon. I just imagined myself being in a movie, wearing…

— Jenny Slate

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've made a career of taking roles that other actresses didn't want.

— Jennifer Coolidge

My most memorable role would have to be Agnes Calay of 'Forevermore,' probably because it was my first lead role.

— Liza Soberano

“When I was a kid I adored Katharine Hepburn, especially when she played Jo, the ballsy sister in Little Women. All the kids in…

— Ray Hagen

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