Coolidge: 'I'm not good at schmoozing'

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Jennifer Coolidge has revealed that she would like to be more well-known.

The Gentlemen Broncos actress explained that she believes that she could get more roles if she was better at networking.

"I've never gotten a really good role from going to a Hollywood party," she told Parade. "I think it only works if you're a babe. I've heard those stories, like Daryl Hannah got Splash because she was seen dancing at a party. But my dancing wouldn't get me anything. I wish I had more exposure, but schmoozing with people has never been my thing."

However, Coolidge added that she had landed a serious role because Werner Herzog didn't know who she was.

"I heard Werner Herzog was doing that movie Bad Lieutenant, so I auditioned and actually got a part, probably the only dramatic role I think I'll ever get," she explained. "Fortunately, Werner didn't know who I was. I guess he'd never seen Legally Blonde or American Pie, much less Pootie Tang, so he mistook me for a dramatic actress."

Nevertheless, Coolidge claimed that she enjoys the variety of roles she is asked to play.

"You really do get to play a range of people, from nice to nasty gold-diggers," she said. "I do kind of feel like I play a lot of oddballs, and that maybe it would be good to play just a normal person.

"I don't know if people always expect me to be funny, but I'm sure they expect me to be weird."