Character Quote by Bruce Boxleitner

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

— Jeremy Renner

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

— Dave Bautista

It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about…

— Val Kilmer

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

— Jimmi Simpson

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

— Clint Eastwood

In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.

— Wallace Shawn

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 role is.…

— Edward Herrmann

I have friends who are leading men, and they're only ever allowed to play leading men of a certain type. But as a character…

— Eddie Marsan

I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've…

— John Hawkes

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

— Val Kilmer

Could you ever call me a 'leading man?' Not really. It's not that I don't want leading man roles, but there's only so many,…

— William Fichtner