Always Quote by Sullivan Stapleton

I played the lead in 'Kutumb,' my debut serial. But after that if I had been stubborn asking for lead roles, just a few…

— Hiten Tejwani

My friends in Australia, they grew up with me acting, so they're used to it.

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

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

— Burgess Meredith

I came to the United States to see what would happen in 2000 after working for 20 years in Australia and asked my agent…

— Alan Dale

I never ever played the lead role in a play, except at school. I guess the industry that we're in, boys that look like…

— Mark Indelicato

It never occurred to me that I was a leading man until I was 19 years old. I had been acting since I was…

— Christopher Reeve

I never studied acting in Australia. I never had an empty stage and black pajamas to run around and express myself.

— Heath Ledger

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

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

— Melina Kanakaredes

I've done second leads in movies, I've done really small roles, too. Other actors never bother me, I believe I'm decent enough to make…

— Anita Hassanandani Reddy

When I was in high school, I was the guy directing plays after class. I started my first theater company at 19, and my…

— Matthew Lillard

I come from the theater, and I've done a lot of character work in the theater, but Hollywood stuff in film and TV, they've…

— Sanaa Lathan