Character Actor Quotes

89 quotes by 81 authors

I think theater has given me the opportunity to show what a character actor I can be. — Mark Hamill
Every character actor, in their own little sphere, is the lead. — Dabbs Greer
I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor. — Shirley MacLaine
I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me. — Jeremy Irons
I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies. — Patricia Clarkson
I think I enjoy working obviously as a lead, but also you know I feel I'm also a character actor as well, so I enjoy… — Chiwetel Ejiofor
I have always weirdly seen myself as more of a character actor. I have never been suave. I could never see myself playing James Bond.… — James Marsden
I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl. — Parker Posey
My definition of a character actor is - they never get the girl. — James Cromwell
I love villains. You know, I am a character actor, and any chance to get to play a really outrageous villain. I like to play… — Bruce Davison
I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type. — Burgess Meredith
I'm a character actor; that's my skill set. — Kristin Lehman
I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor. — Matthew Macfadyen
I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor. — Alessandro Nivola
I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for… — Alessandro Nivola
I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really… — David Oyelowo
I'm a character actor. — Aaron Paul
Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I knew I wanted… — Stephen Root
My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character actor in the… — Ving Rhames
When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave. — Vincent D'Onofrio

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