Character Actor Quotes

89 quotes by 81 authors

I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably… — Sam Shepard
As an actor, particularly because I'm - I would call myself a character actor. I change my look, my physical appearance and my body, my… — Lynn Redgrave
I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man. — Bruce Boxleitner
I was never an ingenue. I've always just been a character actor. When I was younger, it was a real problem, because I was never… — Kathy Bates
I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch… — Curtis Armstrong
I was born a character actor. — Charles Durning
I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange. I'm… — Joan Allen
I've always considered myself a character actor. — Jack Huston
I have about as much control over how I look as the guy who's short and looks more like a character actor - we both… — Armie Hammer
Fortunately and unfortunately, people don't see me as a character actor. They see me as a leading man or nothing, which makes it really hard… — Josh Holloway
I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to be the lead.… — Brion James
My journey has been that of a character actor. — Harry Carey, Jr.
I look at it like, I'm just a character actor. If I get cast as the stoned sidekick, fine. But I just want to act. — Steve Zahn
Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor. — Jess Weixler
Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me. — Michael Gambon
I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to. — Vincent D'Onofrio
And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor. — Vincent D'Onofrio
I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office. — Vincent D'Onofrio
I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience. — Robert Duvall
To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon. — Giancarlo Esposito

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