Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or Roseanne Barr, and an actor being Morgan Freeman and Alfre Woodard or Marlon Brando.
“But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.”
“For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.”