Character actor Quotes · Page 2

I really love being a character actor.

— Missi Pyle

I'm a character actor, always have been.

— Van Heflin

I'm a character actor; that's my skill set.

— Kristin Lehman

I consider myself a character actor.

— Brittany Murphy

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

— Richard Gere

I believe I am a character actor who likes to hide behind my characters.

— Sanam Saeed

I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

— Michael Caine

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.

— Dennis Quaid

I'm not a leading man. I'm a character actor. That's what I want to be.

— Dave Bautista

I'm interested in the intersection of character and actor.

— Sebastian Lelio

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

— Giancarlo Esposito

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

— William Hartnell

I would love nothing more to participate in a real struggle to find a character, and really delve into and develop a…

— Amber Heard

Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not…

— Carroll O'Connor

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

— Robert Duvall

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien…

— Jeremy Irons

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there…

— Curtis Armstrong

I have never been an easy fit. I'm a leading lady character actor; I don't fit in one slot simply.

— Holly Hunter

I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to…

— Brion James

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I think of myself as a character actor, compared to a straight actor. I know a character actor in England is pretty…

— Burn Gorman

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

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 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

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

I've always been a character actor, although I'm not quite sure what that means. All my scripts are absolutely covered in notes,…

— Christopher Walken

I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting…

— Alessandro Nivola

I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that.

— Jeff Bridges

I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.

— Joe Mantegna

Luckily, the public sees me as a character actor.

— Tony Shalhoub

There's always down time when you're an actor, especially a character actor.

— John Cariani

Every character actor, in their own little sphere, is the lead.

— Dabbs Greer

As a character actor, you go out for all different kinds of things.

— Arden Myrin

My definition of a character actor is - they never get the girl.

— James Cromwell

I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.

— Paul Newman

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

— Stewart Granger

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

I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man.

— John Travolta