Character actor Quotes

I'm a character actor.

— Aaron Paul

Yeah, I am a character actor.

— Jim Gaffigan

Im a character actor at heart.

— Shuler Hensley

I do think I'm a character actor.

— Colin Firth

I'm a character actor at heart.

— Shuler Hensley

I always saw myself as a character actor.

— Lana Parrilla

I was born a character actor.

— Charles Durning

Any good actor is a character actor.

— James Remar

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

I just wanted to be a working character actor.

— Michael Horse

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

— Mark Hamill

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

I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in…

— Alison Elliott

The secret lies in the actor's personal satisfaction. How can the audience be moved by a character the actor himself does not…

— Saswata Chatterjee

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

As a character actor, you have to understand that it's not about you. You have to remember it's about someone else's life.…

— Frank Vincent

Im a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after Mystic Pizza, not to go for the mainstream…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or…

— Joan Allen

What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your…

— Martin Short

I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted…

— Robert Shaw

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

I have played some wonderful leading roles on stage and had the whole 'China Beach' years where I really played a leading…

— Robert Picardo

The reality is that there are so few roles out there for women and for women of color, and I'm a character…

— Octavia Spencer

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 always wanted to be a character actor rather than the poster boy that they tried to make me 100 years ago.…

— Johnny Depp

I didn't really look like a character actor, yet those were the roles I loved to play. If you were a character…

— James Spader

I have a problem with the term 'leading man.' It's so limiting; it involves not upsetting anyone. Obviously, we have anti-heroes now,…

— Jimmi Simpson

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

— David Suchet

You get to know a character that you play on-stage in a pretty profound way over a length of time. I don't…

— Tracy Letts

A lot of times, in film and TV, they just want you to play yourself. But, when you're someone who's more of…

— Carrie Preston

Sometimes you'll see interviews about an actor who was asked to hit the weight room to develop his body for the character,…

— James Preston Rogers

“Confession: I don't want everybody to be beautiful, not in that unlined, creaseless, symmetrical way. Android beauty, like it comes out of…

— Lisa Samson

Age is as much an asset for character players as it is for good wine. Human experiences, both good and bad, leave…

— Strother Martin

Every actor is a character actor.

— Harry Dean Stanton

I'm just a character actor.

— Dennis Farina

I have no qualms being a character actor.

— Ranvir Shorey