In school productions, I was always villager No. 7. I was never at the front of the stage dancing and never had any lines.
I don't want to do a film where I have a ten minute role.
I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
I'd always assumed I was the central character in my own story, but now it occured to me I might in fact be only a minor character in someone else's.
Most of the time I was in the background. I never played [the Virgin] Mary. I was always kind of the third angel.
I've done tons of guest spots and in parts where the character invariably dies or is dead.
I was always the smallest role in community theater and school plays. I always had two lines - I was the kid that came on stage and said one thing and then left, and that was my part for the play.
I enjoy sometimes focusing on a character in a scene that's not actually doing the main action or the talking.
I get cast a lot as the best friend or the assistant.
I've always considered myself an ensemble girl, meaning I was always cast in the ensemble.
If you are visible in the whole film, but there is no depth in your role, then the role is not significant.
You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in.
