I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading…

First of all, it was wonderful to have a home. Consistent work when you're a journeyman actor, when you're a character actor, is really…

— David Krumholtz

I was born a character actor.

— Charles Durning

I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in…

— Annie Potts

Well, I'm a character actor, and actually throughout my life I've... I have relatively speaking played few heroic leads, but I've done it.

— Rene Auberjonois

I haven't aged into a character actor. I'm an old leading man.

— Stewart Granger

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

— Colm Meaney

The people I've respected most in the industry over the years - Paul Newman, for instance. I just loved the way he handled growing…

— George Clooney

My sense of myself is that I'm a character actor, and character actors are ready, willing, and able to do anything, to be totally…

— John Lithgow

I like Edward G. Robinson - he started as a character actor and became a lead, which is probably why I like him.

— William Sanderson

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 actors don't…

— Samuel L. Jackson

Yeah, I am a character actor.

— Jim Gaffigan

I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor.

— Shirley MacLaine

I really am a character actor, in my heart of hearts, because I really do like developing characters and painting a past for them.

— Dylan McDermott

As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.

— James Cromwell

I really love being a character actor. I have to say I wish it were a little easier. There are still a lot of…

— Missi Pyle