Accept Quote by Zareen Khan

I had a very hard time accepting myself as a character actress, because I wanted to be glamorous and a leading lady like everybody…

— Beth Grant

The first role I ever played I had the lead and it's pretty much stayed that way, though people take great relish in calling…

— Jack Nicholson

I did odd plays, took up small roles. The good part was that the audience always remembered me. However, it used to be quite…

— Asrani

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

Actors were the first people to accept me.

— Michael Lindsay-Hogg

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you…

— Janet Montgomery

In my theater days I assumed that you had to get rid of yourself to do a character well, and I don’t think I…

— Charlie Day

I was doing well for myself and wanted to play different roles and not just be happy portraying glamorous characters.

— Payal Rohatgi

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

I was offered some film roles, and I did not do them. It would have been interesting, but I have no regrets. I am…

— Peter Scolari

I always saw myself as a character actor.

— Lana Parrilla

What acting offered me was the chance to be many other people.

— Charlton Heston