If I showed you scripts from my first few movies the descriptions of my characters all said 'the ugly girl'.
I couldn't tell you a good bad or ugly pilot just from reading it but I can tell you a character I want to play.
I always played the ugly sister instead of Cinderella or the Wicked Witch. But those are the parts I love and actually to be a character actress you have more longevity hopefully.
I sort of fall in love with every character I do; you have to understand how they became what they've become whether they're the ugly kind or the very beautiful kinds of characters.
Gamma rays are the sort of radiation you should avoid. Want proof? Just remember how the comic strip character "The Hulk" became big green and ugly.
Know that the most neurotic most ugly situation is simply testing you. It is testing capacity beyond his control your flexibility your adjustment and your character.