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.
When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one`s too tall and that one doesn`t have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one - there`s a billion reasons not ...