Actor Quote by Jeremy Renner

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

Character actors aren't a brand in the same way that high-profile leading men are.

— Alfred Molina

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

— Val Kilmer

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 was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man.

— John Travolta

I don't see a difference between the idea of what an actor does and what someone supposes a character actor is, really.

— Michael Stuhlbarg

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

— Clint Eastwood

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 that different actors bring different qualities to the character.

— Kevin Conroy

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