Character Actors Quotes

• 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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• Any good actor is a character actor.

  James Remar

  Character, Actors, Good Actors

  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 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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• I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man, or any of that. I'm a character actor.

  Aaron Paul

  Hero, Character, Men

  Source: collider.com

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• I look at it like, I'm just a character actor. If I get cast as the stoned sidekick, fine. But I just want to act.

  Steve Zahn

  Character, Actors, Want

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• I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin.

  Robert Shaw

  Character, Men, Actors

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• The actors I admire are character actors.

  Chaske Spencer

  Character, Actors, Admire

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• Dustin Hoffman said this one time, that if he hadn't made it as a film star, he would still be happy as a character actor because he was a character actor because of his face from day one, so he would always work in the theater.

  Denis Leary

  Stars, Character, Actors

  "Denis Leary Wants David Bowie & Steven Tyler In ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ Season 2 – Comic Con". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. July 12, 2015.

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• Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor.

  Jess Weixler

  Character, Actors, Known

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• My goal has been to be a great character actor.

  Nolan Gerard Funk

  Character, Goal, Actors

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• William Hartnell was one of the great unsung character actors of his time

  David Bradley

  Character, Actors

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• 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 me a character actor, which I am. There are a lot of short parts I could play, but I only do them when they are like this ("A Few Good Men"), central to the idea of the movie.

  Jack Nicholson

  Character, Play, Ideas

  "COVER STORY : Still Simmering Under the Shades : Jack Nicholson remains one of Hollywood's hottest actors and talkers. So, what, if anything, has changed? You might be surprised". Interview with Hilary de Vries, articles.latimes.com. December 6, 1992.

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• I'm not actually a psychopath. I don't look evil. People don't normally want to put me in the same kind of things afterward, so I'm looking forward to people taking a few risks and hopefully seeing me as the character actor that I think I am.

  David Oakes

  Character, Thinking, Evil People

  Source: collider.com

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• Yeah, I am a character actor.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Character, Actors, Yeah

  "Oh, 'Boys': New Show Centers on a Female Sportswriter Who Likes Guys and Likes to Drink. Just Don't Call Her 'Hot'". Chicago Sun-Times, November 19, 2006.

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• Character actors aren't a brand in the same way that high-profile leading men are.

  Alfred Molina

  Character, Men, Way

  Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. October 29, 2009.

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• My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character actor in the true sense of the word. Unless I'm doing my autobiography, I'm playing a character.

  Ving Rhames

  Character, Roles, Actors

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

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• The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You know, like maybe the character actors who are just coming into their own and you're realizing how great they are.

  Terry Gross

  Lying, Character, Over You

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• I've always considered myself a character actor.

  Jack Huston

  Character, Actors

  "Jack Huston on 'Boardwalk Empire,' Playing Richard Harrow, the Mask, and More". Interview with Jace Lacob, www.thedailybeast.com. October 23, 2011.

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• I have about as much control over how I look as the guy who's short and looks more like a character actor - we both have the same drive to be actors and we both have the same drive to assume these different characters, it's just harder for me to get the chance because they look at me and say, 'Oh, he's this type,' and they stamp me.

  Armie Hammer

  Character, Guy, Looks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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 hard to get work.

  Josh Holloway

  Character, Men, People

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

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• I love ensemble pieces, I love being a part of the entire tapestry of a piece, but I think character actors do have a lot more fun, and there's a versatility involved that's challenging and fun, to come up to speed and do what's required of you.

  Mark Hamill

  Fun, Character, Love Is

  "Mark Hamill revisits Sushi Girl, Batman, and The Simpsons". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. November 8, 2012.

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• I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to be the lead. He takes the hit, I don't.

  Brion James

  Character, Doe, Actors

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