Actor Quote by Amanda Crew

I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.

— Malcolm Gets

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

— John Travolta

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

— Bruce Boxleitner

I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

— Jeremy Renner

I was always a supporting actor. It is nice to know one has the equipment to be a leading actor.

— Nigel Hawthorne

I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other actor on…

— Kevin Costner

I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.

— Clint Eastwood

To be the leading man it's about the celebrity and the looks, and it's tough to do that. People who do it great are…

— Jamie Foxx

Though I'm considered a leading man, I still consider myself a character actor. Because acting, to me, is creating a character, not playing the…

— Michael Beck

I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor.

— Robin Williams

I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.

— Val Kilmer

I've never thought of myself as a classic leading man. I'm a character actor who happens to play leading roles. Come on, look at…

— James Nesbitt