Character Actors Quotes

• I would rather be called a character actor than a star.

  Louis Jourdan

  Stars, Character, Actors

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Any good actor is a character actor.

  James Remar

  Character, Actors, Good Actors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.

  Wallace Shawn

  Real, Character, Men

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor.

  Shirley MacLaine

  Sex, Character, Actors

  Biography/Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• Racing's very much like the world of acting. You have your front runners and you have guys that are there for the long race, and you have other guys that block for other people, that are called supporting and character actors. It's all the same kind of situation.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Block, Character, Race

  Source: cinema.com

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• Every character actor, in their own little sphere, is the lead.

  Dabbs Greer

  Character, Actors, Littles

  "Veteran Character Actor Dabbs Greer Dies at 90", www.foxnews.com. May 1, 2007.

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• I have always weirdly seen myself as more of a character actor. I have never been suave. I could never see myself playing James Bond. I suppose I could fake it, but I am certainly not James Bond in real life.

  James Marsden

  Real, Character, Fake

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• I haven't aged into a character actor. I'm an old leading man.

  Stewart Granger

  Character, Men, Actors

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• Age is as much an asset for character players as it is for good wine. Human experiences, both good and bad, leave their marks on one's face and bearing. A few lines on the face and a few gray hairs coupled with the idiosyncrasies an actor adopts throughout life help out round out the actor's personality. So far as I'm concerned, the older a character actor gets, the firmer his position is.

  Strother Martin

  Wine, Character, Player

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In the years since I worked with John Hughes, there were many years where I literally had hundred of doors slammed in my face because I wasn't that kid anymore, and I wasn't a character actor, and I wasn't a leading man, and I wasn't whatever Hollywood was looking for.

  Anthony Michael Hall

  Character, Kids, Men

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. June 12, 2002.

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• Im a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after Mystic Pizza, not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route.

  Vincent D'Onofrio

  Character, Choices, Eclectic Style

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• I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl.

  Parker Posey

  Girl, Character, Guy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think theater has given me the opportunity to show what a character actor I can be.

  Mark Hamill

  Character, Opportunity, Thinking

  "Mark Hamill can't escape 'Star Wars' spotlight". Associated Press Interview, www.today.com. May 10, 2005.

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• I like to imagine a person's psyche to be like a boardinghouse full of characters. The ones who show up regularly and who habitually follow the house rules may not have met other long-term residents who stay behind closed doors, or who only appear at night. An adequate theory of character must make room for character actors, for the stuntmen and animal handlers, for all the figures who play bit parts and produce unexpected acts. They often make the show fateful, or tragic, or farcically absurd.

  James Hillman

  Character, Night, Animal

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• My definition of a character actor is - they never get the girl.

  James Cromwell

  Girl, Character, Actors

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• I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.

  Joe Mantegna

  Character, Actors, Kind

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• I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

  Jeremy Irons

  Character, Thinking, Swag

  Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. October 27, 2000.

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• One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.

  Joe Pantoliano

  Hurt, Character, Careers

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• I really love being a character actor.

  Missi Pyle

  Character, Love Is, Actors

  "John Goodman and Missi Pyle Talk THE ARTIST, Robert Zemeckis’ FLIGHT, Pixar’s MONSTERS UNIVERSITY, EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE, More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. November 16, 2011.

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• I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.

  Patricia Clarkson

  Character, Thinking, Actors

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• I love villains. You know, I am a character actor, and any chance to get to play a really outrageous villain. I like to play that.

  Bruce Davison

  Character, Play, Actors

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• Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting.

  Matthew Lillard

  Character, Cutting, Past

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think every character actor at some stage likes to carry a film. It can be extremely liberating to just come in for a scene or two and do your thing. But I find it frustrating if I'm just doing little bits here and there for too long.

  Brendan Gleeson

  Character, Thinking, Two

  "Brendan Gleeson: the character actor who steals the show". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I think I enjoy working obviously as a lead, but also you know I feel I'm also a character actor as well, so I enjoy approaching various projects in all sort of capacities. Any film I have been able to do I feel very fortunate to have been a part of.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Character, Thinking, Actors

  "Talking With Chiwetel Ejiofor". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. April 1, 2008.

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• I like flawed characters very much. A lot of times I get asked to do parts that are kind of small but key - three-scene roles that are three kick-ass scenes. Growing up, watching as many movies as I did, I was always into character actors like that.

  Bobby Cannavale

  Growing Up, Character, Keys

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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