Any good actor is a character actor.

The delineation between the actor and his part is a practical matter. When the camera runs, you want the actor to be the character.

— Mike Leigh

I'm very grateful that I'm the kind of actor where I'm not some character actor. I can't disappear into a world.

— Lena Waithe

I'm a character actor, so as a character actor, I'm always looking for something interesting.

— John Noble

Every actor is a character actor.

— Harry Dean Stanton

I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range.…

— John Hawkes

How you look is part of what acting is, but the way I look at it, every actor is a character actor. Someone once…

— Santiago Cabrera

I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.

— Bruce Boxleitner

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

If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true to yourself.

— Robert De Niro

I like the wild characters. I like the idea of being a character actor without being a character actor.

— Britt Robertson

Dustin Hoffman said this one time, that if he hadn't made it as a film star, he would still be happy as a character…

— Denis Leary

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'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

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

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

— Colm Meaney