Built Quote by Jamie Foxx

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

— Bruce Boxleitner

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

— Wallace Shawn

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

— Dave Bautista

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

— Val Kilmer

I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort of actor.

— Ryan Gosling

I look at leading men because that's ultimately what I'm aspiring to do. But I also look at character actors and people that I'm…

— Shemar Moore

A lot of actors get the leading role after doing a bunch of smaller things and people get to know them. I came out…

— Sasha Luss

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

For awhile, I got stupid about only wanting a leading-man role, but I have no illusions. I know I'm not Brad Pitt.

— Breckin Meyer

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