Actors Quote by Stephen Root

I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type.

— Burgess Meredith

I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.

— Malcolm Gets

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

— Clint Eastwood

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

— John Travolta

I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to grow up…

— Claire Danes

I've never taken a job as an actor that I wasn't 100-percent sure I wanted to do. I've never had to think about whether…

— Max Minghella

I come from a show-business family, so wanting to become an actor never crossed my mind. It was just a part of my life.

— Christopher Walken

I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became…

— Barry Levinson

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

I never thought I would become an actor. When I started out, I never thought I would come so far. Acting was not my…

— Jackie Shroff

I realized that being an actor was something I never owned up to, in a weird way. I would be a hostess or a…

— Sandra Bullock