I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office. — Vincent D'Onofrio Copy Share Image
I like the wild characters. I like the idea of being a character actor without being a character actor. — Britt Robertson Copy Share Image
I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man. — Bruce Boxleitner Copy Share Image
I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm… — Alessandro Nivola Copy Share Image
Sinbad is a great character for any actor to be able to play: impulsive, adventurous, passionate, loyal, and brave - a true… — Elliot Knight Copy Share Image
I look at it like, I'm just a character actor. If I get cast as the stoned sidekick, fine. But I just… — Steve Zahn Copy Share Image
Though I'm considered a leading man, I still consider myself a character actor. Because acting, to me, is creating a character, not… — Michael Beck Copy Share Image
Honestly, when you think of any great action hero or any great hero out there or great character actor, you kind of… — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
I do feel fortunate in that I am probably allowed more often to be a character actor then most actors are allowed… — John Travolta Copy Share Image
How you look is part of what acting is, but the way I look at it, every actor is a character actor.… — Santiago Cabrera Copy Share Image
I enjoy being a character actor; I enjoy being different in everything. I want a private life; I want to be able… — Alexis Arquette Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor. Nobody's ever seemed to think of me as a leading man. I'm 6'6''. I've got a big nose.… — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor. I have to find work in good movies where I can make something of my role. I'm a… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I consider myself absolutely a character actor, and that's what I want as a career. I don't need to be the lead… — Aaron Paul Copy Share Image
I liked 'Scream of the Banshee' because it was a real challenge. I thought, 'How am I going to pull off this… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor. — Vincent D'Onofrio Copy Share Image
I'd rather be Vincent Price than a red-neck character actor. You can't predict what will happen. — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
Being a character actor, I can go on until I'm 70 or 80; I'm not bound to the way I look. — Sophie Okonedo Copy Share Image
I never saw myself as a character actor or a lead actor; I've only seen myself as just an actor. — Swara Bhaskar Copy Share Image
I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles. — Malcolm Gets Copy Share Image
I think it would be amazing to be a character actor and still be a lead now and then in movies. — Britt Robertson Copy Share Image
In 'There Will Be Blood,' my character was someone who was an actor himself almost. He had a rehearsed quality about him.… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
That is exciting to reinvent myself, to invent a new character. As an actor that is revitalizing. — Amanda Tapping Copy Share Image
If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine. — Dennis Farina Copy Share Image
I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats.… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
The ability to stretch my range into all genres and characters is something I take great pleasure in doing. I thoroughly enjoy… — Brian Tee Copy Share Image
I'd love to be remembered as a character actor who brought illumination to roles in wonderful plays and who delivered performances that… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I… — Stephen Root Copy Share Image
“Character actor' is a technical term denoting a clever stage performer who cannot act, and therefore makes an elaborate study of the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
As an actor, particularly because I'm - I would call myself a character actor. I change my look, my physical appearance and… — Lynn Redgrave Copy Share Image
There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which… — Tim Roth Copy Share Image
It takes a while for audiences on film to see you as something different if they've seen you for so long as… — Omar Dorsey Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
As a young actor, I was advised to bide my time. Back then, there weren't good roles for someone like me. There… — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
I was never an ingenue. I've always just been a character actor. When I was younger, it was a real problem, because… — Kathy Bates Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor and that's what I do. All the roles that I've had have been mainly support roles, because character… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
