Character Actors Quotes - Page 4

• I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

  Jeremy Renner

  Character, Men, Thinking

  "The Bourne Legacy's Jeremy Renner, action hero at last". Interview with Andrea Hubert, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2012.

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• I was never a leading man. I've always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity.

  Geoffrey Rush

  Character, Men, Circles

  "Capt. Barbossa’s back: An interview with Geoffrey Rush". "Associated Press" Interview, www.ocregister.com. May 23, 2007.

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• You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.

  Amy Sedaris

  Character, Air, Watches

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• What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.

  Martin Short

  Character, Eyebrows, Forever

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

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

  John Travolta

  Character, Men, Looks

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• My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors.

  Tracey Ullman

  Character, Actors, Influence

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• I've always been a character actor, although I'm not quite sure what that means. All my scripts are absolutely covered in notes, so any time I say anything - even 'pass the salt' - I have six subtexts, comments on what I really mean when I'm saying that. Maybe that's what gives the impression that I'm saying one thing and thinking something else.

  Christopher Walken

  Character, Mean, Thinking

  Biography/Personal quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The Baha'i celebrity, or the Belebrity, is a character actor with a big head playing an annoying creep on a TV show.

  Rainn Wilson

  Character, Tv Shows, Baha

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• I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find Hollywood, in my own experience, to be homophobic. ... But I do think the straight folks will continue to play the straight roles.

  Jane Lynch

  Character, Gay, Thinking

  "Jane Lynch: Studios Won’t Cast Gay Leading Actors". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 13, 2011.

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• Im a character actor at heart.

  Shuler Hensley

  Heart, Character, Actors

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• In general, I did what a lot of character actors do: I did it to get girls.

  Kurt Fuller

  Girl, Character, Actors

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• There's a difference in our ages [with Leonardo DiCaprio], but we were both in the same sort of position [on The Quick and the Death movie].Everyone below us in a casting position were all these really famous character actors like Keith David. And they were looking at the two of us going, 'Who are these guys?' So that naturally kind of put us together in a way where we'd just hang out together because we didn't care about status. We just wanted to enjoy the experience. The two things that have changed about Leo [ DiCaprio] since that time: he can drink legally and he's no longer a virgin.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Character, Two, Differences

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• I really love being a character actor. I have to say I wish it were a little easier. There are still a lot of things that I don't get, like I do wish I had more of my own.

  Missi Pyle

  Character, Love Is, Wish

  Source: collider.com

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• As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.

  James Cromwell

  Character, Actors, Watches

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• I'm a character actor. I have to find work in good movies where I can make something of my role. I'm a very lucky guy to be in that kind of position. It's like a kid who dreams of becoming a baseball player and then he gets to play for the Yankees.

  Christopher Walken

  Baseball, Dream, Character

  Source: www.gamesradar.com

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• I consider myself as a character actor. I like the sports analogy, which I do all the time; I'm an avid sports guy. I'm a golfer, but I grew up as sort of an avid fan and participant in baseball, and I'm like a relief pitcher. My job is to come in and throw strikes.

  Clint Howard

  Sports, Baseball, Jobs

  Source: www.bullz-eye.com

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• Each time, I try to find a family of interesting faces. I follow the tradition of films from the 40s - at this time, there were so many interesting faces in France. I often work with the same because there are not thousands and thousands in France. I'm looking for interesting faces and characters actors, and it's not for everybody.

  Jean-Pierre Jeunet

  Character, Interesting, Trying

  "Micmacs". Interview with Nobuhiro Hosoki, hosokinema.com.

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• The great exception to that, of course, is Johnny Depp, who is absolutely the ultimate character actor. Johnny Depp is the future of the character actor and thanks to his success maybe we will see the return of an era when my sort of actor is back in vogue. It's not in vogue for me to be in Hollywood movies as lots of different people.

  David Suchet

  Character, People, Hollywood

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart.

  Willem Dafoe

  Character, Suffering, Actors

  Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. September 25, 2007.

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• I'm a character actor. Nobody's ever seemed to think of me as a leading man. I'm 6'6''. I've got a big nose. I'm gangly. I've got crooked teeth. That's certainly not Brad Pitt. I'm still around and alive, so if they need older guys, I guess they're thinking of me.

  James Cromwell

  Character, Men, Thinking

  "The Construction Of James Cromwell". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 12, 2013.

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• I look at leading men because that's ultimately what I'm aspiring to do. But I also look at character actors and people that I'm just in awe by, just because I can relate to it.

  Shemar Moore

  Character, Men, People

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you dont recognize someone because theyre so lost in the part.

  Alison Elliott

  Character, Actors, Lost

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• There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring.

  Tim Roth

  Mean, Character, Acting

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• Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for like a few days. It's not like I'm the lead in everything I do - far from it. I'm not spending three or four months on a picture; I'm spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days.

  Steve Buscemi

  Character, Three, Credit

  "Buscemi Remakes Film of Slain Filmmaker". Interview with Jake Coyle, www.washingtonpost.com. July 12, 2007.

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• I like Edward G. Robinson - he started as a character actor and became a lead, which is probably why I like him.

  William Sanderson

  Character, Actors, I Like Him

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