Anne Hathaway has struggled to get roles after being told that she was not 'sexy'.
Hathaway is set to return to the big screen next month in Interstellar, which is set to be the sci-fi film event of the year.
Despite have a Best Supporting Actress Oscar gong and a Best Actress nomination under her belt, Hathaway reveals that has not meant that the roles have come flooding in.
Speaking to Harper's Bazaar, the actress said: "Even though I've had great success, touch wood, it hasn't been easy. A lot of people have told me, 'You're not this and so can't play that,' and I can't tell you the amount of times I've been told I'm not sexy.
"I just go, 'I'm a lot of things. Just because I don't wear my sexiness overtly doesn't mean that I can't become that girl for a role. That's what I do; I become things. Use your imagination, buddy.'
"So in terms of not listening to what other people told me about who I was as an actress and then really pursuing it, I think I've been daring in that way."
Interstellar is the biggest role of Hathaway since the success of Les Miserables at the beginning of 2013, and is a film that sees her work with Christopher Nolan once again.
The pair reunite for the second time, after Hathaway played Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises.
Hathaway is also set to star in comedy The Intern with Robert De Niro, which is directed by Nancy Meyers. She is also set to reprise the role of the White Queen in Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass.
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