Actor Quote by Edward Herrmann

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

— Dave Bautista

I think most actors don't start out wanting to be either a lead or a character actor. You just really want to work, whatever…

— Ron Cephas Jones

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

— 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

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 would love a shot at a lead role, but it's not up to me right now. I just try to make the most…

— Ice Cube

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

— Robin Williams

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

— Val Kilmer

I am the actor that I am. I do what I do. I've been a 'leading man' playing romantic leads for a long time…

— Pierce Brosnan

I'm not a leading man; I don't think I've got the face of a leading man, and I don't think, ever in my life,…

— Toby Kebbell

I'm a character actress. It doesn't mean I can't do leading roles; I don't think of myself as a leading lady.

— Rena Sofer