The early days of being vegetarian meant ordering plain salads with vinaigrette and a baked potato. You could put the potato in the salad, and, if you were lucky, there were kidney beans.
If you really have something to say, sooner or later it will be heard. And if you're lucky you'll still be alive.
I was lucky enough to have a plethora of types of roles before and during the horror movie part of my career.