Character actor Quotes · Page 2

I have no qualms being a character actor.

— Ranvir Shorey

Every actor is a character actor.

— Harry Dean Stanton

Any good actor is a character actor.

— James Remar

I was born a character actor.

— Charles Durning

But I'm not, I'm legitimate, I'm a legitimate character actor of the theatre and film.

— William Hartnell

To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.

— Giancarlo Esposito

I think theater has given me the opportunity to show what a character actor I can be.

— Mark Hamill

I just wanted to be a working character actor.

— Michael Horse

I would rather be called a character actor than a star.

— Louis Jourdan

I'm a Jack of all trades character actor, really.

— Steffan Rhodri

I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type.

— Burgess Meredith

There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character.

— Richard Gere

You can't be upset for someone's loyalty to a character. As an actor, that's a gift to see fans care that much.

— Juliana Harkavy

Hollywood has decided I'm a Scottish character actor, even though I'm not Scottish. And there is no sense in even talking to…

— James Doohan

I've never thought of myself as a classic leading man. I'm a character actor who happens to play leading roles. Come on,…

— James Nesbitt

“How do I wish to be remembered, if at all? I think perhaps just as a fairly desirable sort of character actor.”

— James Mason

Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.

— Michael Gambon

Fortunately and unfortunately, people don't see me as a character actor. They see me as a leading man or nothing, which makes…

— Josh Holloway

I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into…

— John C. McGinley

There is no such thing as playing someone else's character. Every actor takes a character and makes it his/her own while enacting…

— Abhimanyu Singh

The great exception to that, of course, is Johnny Depp, who is absolutely the ultimate character actor. Johnny Depp is the future…

— David Suchet

If you put me in a box, I'm a character actor. The thing that keeps popping up for me - it sounds…

— Gayle Rankin

You can't do what you've been asked to do unless you do the best you can. And roughly speaking, the best you…

— Vanessa Redgrave

I don't know what I am. I guess you can call me a character actor in the sense that I'll never be…

— Jennifer Coolidge

My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character…

— Ving Rhames

I consider myself as a character actor. I like the sports analogy, which I do all the time; I'm an avid sports…

— Clint Howard

Well, I've always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys.…

— Colm Meaney

It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did…

— Dan Castellaneta

I love being the character actor. I get to stretch my muscles a little more.

— Reggie Lee

I've always considered myself a character actor.

— Jack Huston

I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor.

— Robin Williams

My journey has been that of a character actor.

— Harry Carey, Jr

If you're a 'character actor,' you get hired to play baddies a lot.

— Ben Mendelsohn

Your face needs to have character if you're an actor - otherwise you're just a face.

— Anne Hathaway

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

— Bruno Dumont

I would loved to be called a character actor.

— Paresh Rawal

My goal has been to be a great character actor.

— Nolan Gerard Funk

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

— Matthew Macfadyen

Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor.

— Jess Weixler

I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.

— Val Kilmer