Actor Quote by Maz Jobrani

I just wanted to be a working character actor.

— Michael Horse

I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be…

— Robert Shaw

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor in classics like Shaw and Shakespeare and Chekov and Ibsen.

— Alice Ripley

I am an actor and I like to play characters.

— Mohnish Bahl

Once I won the roles in 'Spender' and 'First Knight' it was much easier for everyone, me included, to get their heads around the…

— Ralph Ineson

I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.

— Ed Westwick

I always wanted to be an actor. I did drama at Manchester University and then had a stand-up comedy double act with a guy…

— Mathew Horne

I always saw myself as a character actor.

— Lana Parrilla

From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I…

— Wallace Shawn

I wanted to be a jobbing actor who went from play to play. That was the plan.

— Aimee Lou Wood

I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor.

— Ray Liotta

I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.

— Idris Elba