Character actors aren't a brand in the same way that high-profile leading men are. — Alfred Molina Copy Share Image
Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had. — Vincent D'Onofrio Copy Share Image
I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character… — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a character actor, compared to a straight actor. I know a character actor in England is pretty… — Burn Gorman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Rene Auberjonois Copy Share Image
I really love being a character actor. I have to say I wish it were a little easier. There are still a… — Missi Pyle Copy Share Image
As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors. — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
Character actors like Philip Seymour Hoffman and James Gandolfini have found themselves getting more and more leading roles because they are permitted… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I love villains. You know, I am a character actor, and any chance to get to play a really outrageous villain. I… — Bruce Davison Copy Share Image
I love ensemble pieces, I love being a part of the entire tapestry of a piece, but I think character actors do… — Mark Hamill Copy Share Image
I don't understand when people say character actors. You either have the protagonist or the antagonist and I've played both. It's an… — Kay Kay Menon Copy Share Image
I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find… — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
Each time, I try to find a family of interesting faces. I follow the tradition of films from the 40s - at… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share Image
In a sense, all actors are character actors, because we're all playing different characters. But a lot of the time - and… — Dennis Farina Copy Share Image
As a young actor, I was advised to bide my time. Back then, there weren't good roles for someone like me. There… — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
Actors write movies all the time, but you try fiction and you're an asshole. Everyone wants to try new things, or almost… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I love what I do. And in the true sense, from my training, I try to create a character each time. It… — William Forsythe Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of character actors like Johnny Depp and Gary Oldman. My goal is to continue playing character roles in… — Thomas Ian Nicholas Copy Share Image
There's posh character actors. For God's sake, Olivier was one of the greatest character actors in the world. Hamlet, Shylock, Othello -… — Timothy Spall Copy Share Image
I prefer people to say to me, 'You're one of my favorite actors,' rather than 'You're one of my favorite character actors.'… — William Forsythe Copy Share Image
You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you dont recognize someone because theyre so lost in… — Alison Elliott Copy Share Image
Well, Ive always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys. — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
I call myself a character actor all my life. I've done a certain amount as a leading man, but character actors in… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
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… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a… — Sylvester Stallone 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
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 Copy Share Image
A lot of actors are frustrated because they want to do things that are different and test themselves. Character actors are always… — Jason Statham Copy Share Image
It becomes more and more popular to call actors who play characters "character actors." But I've always been somebody who is much… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a… — Willem Dafoe 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
I really am a character actor, in my heart of hearts, because I really do like developing characters and painting a past… — Dylan McDermott Copy Share Image
I look at leading men because that's ultimately what I'm aspiring to do. But I also look at character actors and people… — Shemar Moore Copy Share Image
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 love character actors. If I'm switching channels, and something with Slim Pickens is on, or Walter Brennan, I'm stuck. I have… — Les Claypool Copy Share Image
