Actor Quote by Ron Cephas Jones

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 consider myself absolutely a character actor, and that's what I want as a career. I don't need to be the lead star or…

— Aaron Paul

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

The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work.…

— Jacki Weaver

I don't come to work as an actor. There are many directors who can direct without ever having acted and do a great job…

— Abdellatif Kechiche

As an actor, of course, you want to be in something that's successful.

— Marina Sirtis

Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I knew I…

— Stephen Root

As an actor, you just want to continue to work on things that you like. You can be in this business a long time…

— Mike Colter

I think it would be amazing to be a character actor and still be a lead now and then in movies.

— Britt Robertson

As the lead actor, you naturally get involved with a show.

— Melina Kanakaredes

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…

— Josh Holloway

Sometimes in the life of an actor you're not getting offered any jobs that speak to you. The trouble with acting is that you're…

— Ethan Hawke