I think right after 'Up in the Air' everyone wanted me to play the girl from 'Up in the Air,' and it took a little while for people to think of me as an actress from a film that they liked instead of just that character.
I used to play a lot of villains. You have to break out of it, and I did.
I'm not dangerous, but I have a sharp nose. I will probably be playing bad guys forever because of my face.
I've got quite a big fan base, and people like to see you do the same thing - that's why you get offered the same roles.
Sitcoms are incredibly limiting. When you do a sitcom and it becomes a signature part for you, it's harder to do something else; but if you do a drama, you can get lost in it and have a role to do other things.
I have actually lost a couple of roles - film roles - because a director or producer thought I looked too much like George Costanza, and I could not get out of that box.
I've never cared for the character I generally played in films.
I do keep getting these bad girl roles. The funny thing is that, honestly, I don't think I'm believable as these aristocratic mean girls. But I do love playing them.
I don't want to be stuck to one character. I think that's what can happen when you take on a superhero movie.
My acting range is incredibly limited and narrow, but I'm a good heavy. I'm a good authoritarian figure; I don't know why. "Can you be a cop?" Sure. "Can you be a Marine?" Absolutely. Well, at least in a movie.
Because of the way I look, I tend to play bad guys.
If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener.
I get typecast as doctors, principals, middle-management-type guys - which, when you look at me, you realize is completely against my physical characteristics. I should be an action hero. So I don't understand what's going on.
