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 Copy Share Image
I don't see a difference between the idea of what an actor does and what someone supposes a character actor is, really. — Michael Stuhlbarg Copy Share Image
I never thought I would sing or dance - ever, ever, ever. My idea was to be Laurence Olivier or Peter Lorre… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I think most actors don't start out wanting to be either a lead or a character actor. You just really want to… — Ron Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies. — Patricia Clarkson Copy Share Image
One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it… — Joe Pantoliano Copy Share Image
I am a character actor and one of my characters just happens to be a loud, vulgar woman. — Divine Copy Share Image
The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other… — Dan Castellaneta Copy Share Image
I was working in Chicago, in theater and in commercials and anything that anybody would let me do. When I moved to… — Janina Gavankar Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the… — Edward Herrmann Copy Share Image
First of all, it was wonderful to have a home. Consistent work when you're a journeyman actor, when you're a character actor,… — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
Sometimes an actor performs a character, but sometimes an actor just performs. With writing, I don't think it's performing a character, really,… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I realise that certain actors project their own image onto the screen - those who are the same on as they are… — Peter Sellers Copy Share Image
The first role I ever played I had the lead and it's pretty much stayed that way, though people take great relish… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
My job as a character actor is to make me fit the character, to serve the character. To present this human being… — Timothy Spall Copy Share Image
It's a great challenge to get to play a real-life character. Every actor would love to get a chance, at least once… — Madhur Mittal Copy Share Image
I played crying people in corsets for a long time, but I went into acting to be a character actor. — Anna Maxwell Martin Copy Share Image
Dad began his career in 1941. He started as a character actor and remained one right up to '87. — Raza Murad Copy Share Image
I suppose the underlying current for me is the idea of not doing something I've done before. I call myself a character… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
I want to play around with my looks. It's very boring to appear the same in all your films. Then people are… — Fawad Khan Copy Share Image
I have my character actor side as a kid and my more leading man side. It's all been beneficial. — Kevin Schmidt Copy Share Image
I'm a leading lady character actor; I don't fit in one slot simply. I've always been used to a certain amount of… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen. — Rupert Sanders Copy Share Image
I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one — Michael Vartan Copy Share Image
I was never a leading man. I've always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which… — Geoffrey Rush Copy Share Image
It's so much easier to write for an actor than for an imaginary character and then try to fit that character to… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
I'm definitely a character actor. I've tried to limit anything with a uniform because I've done it so much. There's a lot… — Brent Sexton Copy Share Image
My sense of myself is that I'm a character actor, and character actors are ready, willing, and able to do anything, to… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
If you are the kind of guy who draws in 100 million people to see his film, you've got every right to… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
I'm so excited about 'Shattered;' it's something I've really enjoyed working in, and it's very different from anything I've done before. I've… — Callum Keith Rennie Copy Share Image
You wanna do a lot of backstory for your character - as an actor, you wanna research that. But on the show,… — Alison Brie Copy Share Image
I think I enjoy working obviously as a lead, but also you know I feel I'm also a character actor as well,… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I haven't always had the money rolling in. I'm a character actor; it's not like I'm Gwyneth Paltrow - so I do… — Debi Mazar Copy Share Image
The thing is, I want to play real characters and not all girls can be pretty. The thing is, you get these… — Juliette Lewis Copy Share Image
The people I've respected most in the industry over the years - Paul Newman, for instance. I just loved the way he… — George Clooney 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
“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
