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The studios always had their idea of what I was, and they'd give me the dumb-blonde roles.

There are times when you get several great, exciting roles; there are times when you don't.

Everyone has ups and downs. You can't always get exciting roles.

I have played many cop roles in my career, and my effort is to make each role different.

I don't consider any film of mine bad. I give all my films the importance they deserve. I look at all my roles with the same kind of seriousness.

I have roles in plays that I hope that I'll be able to do one day. I might be doing them at, like, the East Wilton Playhouse in wherever. But I think that Edie Falco... to get something even resembling her type of roles, that would be amazing.

I don't think it pays to just be an artist, particularly for kids of color - there will be fewer roles.

I was doing those roles on ABC Family late in the year, and at the same time, I was auditioning for 'Galavant.' But 'Galavant' was quite a wide casting call. I wasn't recommended or anything. It just kind of happened.

I believe it's important to have equal opportunities as a black actor. My way of fighting for it is through my art, by not accepting that there are roles that aren't for me.

I realized after my first play that no one was going to offer me roles for theatre. So I started my own theatre company even though I was in deep debt in 1988.

What I love about my job is challenging myself and finding weird, different roles.

I enjoy roles that are quite physical.

Because I've done so many different roles, I don't want to repeat myself. It's getting harder and harder to find something interesting. You never know - I might never make a film again.

I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.

I look for roles that are a good story for me as an actress and what I think will grow me as an actress and person. I also just really enjoy working with people who are passionate about what they do.

I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.

I have played a lot of roles in my career where I'm the sexual interest. I'm always having to fight that.

Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.

I have played bad-guy roles, but they were significant to the story.

With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.

I like to think I've done a lot of different kinds of roles, but obviously I have done quite a lot of comedies.