Felicity Huffman had nothing to risk in becoming a man

Risk? There was nothing to risk for Felicity Huffman in playing a man becoming a woman.

"I'm not a beauty. That's not my thing. So it wasn't like I was risking anything," Huffman told the San Francisco Chronicle in Sunday's editions. "What I was risking is whether I could do it. There are many places to fall."

Huffman, 43, was nominated for two best-actress Golden Globes on Dec. 14 — as Stanley/Bree in the film Transamerica and as the beleaguered mom Lynette in TV's Desperate Housewives.

As for rumors of dissension with co-stars Nicollette Sheridan, Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria and Marcia Cross, Huffman denied them.

"They were waiting for us to fight before we even started airing," she said. "I mean, it was last year before we even got on the air, and we were reading rags, and I'd say, 'Look, Nicollette. I'm in a fight with you.'"