Quotes about Character Actor

To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon. Votes: 2

I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man. Votes: 2

I do think I'm a character actor. Votes: 1

I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor. Votes: 1

I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood. Votes: 1

I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Votes: 1

I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man. Votes: 1

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor. Votes: 1

I like the wild characters. I like the idea of being a character actor without being a character actor. Votes: 1

Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me. Votes: 1

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed. Votes: 1

I'm 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. Votes: 1

As an actor, particularly because I'm - I would call myself a character actor. I change my look, my physical appearance and my body, my hair color, my whatever all the time for a role. Votes: 1

I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for me. I've never been that comfortable playing people that are like me. Votes: 1

I lost 90 pounds and my blood pressure went down to a normal level and the salt in my urine disappeared. And that was when I had to make the transition from fat character actor to thin character actor. Votes: 1

You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are in life and career, and I'm very comfortable with what I'm doing - working on projects I'm proud of. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

I was working in Chicago, in theater and in commercials and anything that anybody would let me do. When I moved to L.A., I had made a choice to be a character actor, meaning that I wanted to become somebody else. That's what attracted me to becoming an actor in the first place. Votes: 1

I enjoy being a character actor; I enjoy being different in everything. I want a private life; I want to be able to go to 7-11 and not get into a fight with a guy because he saw me in a movie, or not have people hitting on me simply because they saw me in a movie. Votes: 1

I haven't always had the money rolling in. I'm a character actor; it's not like I'm Gwyneth Paltrow - so I do have hard times still in my life. And that's even more why it's like you know what, I'm not that different from people going through it. I struggle; I look for a better deal at the grocery store. Votes: 1

I'm a character actor. Votes: 0

I was born a character actor. Votes: 0

Yeah, I am a character actor. Votes: 0

Im a character actor at heart. Votes: 0

I consider myself a character actor. Votes: 0

Any good actor is a character actor. Votes: 0

I really love being a character actor. Votes: 0

I've always considered myself a character actor. Votes: 0

I'm a character actor; that's my skill set. Votes: 0

Every actor turns everything round to their character. Votes: 0

My journey has been that of a character actor. Votes: 0

Matching character and actor is what a good director does. Votes: 0

I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor. Votes: 0

Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor. Votes: 0

My goal has been to be a great character actor. Votes: 0

I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man. Votes: 0

I would rather be called a character actor than a star. Votes: 0

As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character. Votes: 0

Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays. Votes: 0

The role of an actor is to make every character believable. Votes: 0

Every character actor, in their own little sphere, is the lead. Votes: 0

There's always down time when you're an actor, especially a character actor. Votes: 0

As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character. Votes: 0

I'm an actor who plays an intriguing character, not a political pundit. Votes: 0

It’s not the job of an actor to judge your character Votes: 0

I haven't aged into a character actor. I'm an old leading man. Votes: 0

I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things. Votes: 0

My definition of a character actor is - they never get the girl. Votes: 0

I think a good actor will always know the character better than anybody. Votes: 0

I'm not a very good actor, so I break character all the time. Votes: 0

If you're a 'character actor,' you get hired to play baddies a lot. Votes: 0

I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type. Votes: 0

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really. Votes: 0

I'm an actor. I'm trying to be the character and do what they're doing. Votes: 0

The chance to play a character with a split personality is an actor's dream. Votes: 0

In my experience, it's usually up to the actor how a character is portrayed. Votes: 0

I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man. Votes: 0

Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing. Votes: 0

There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character. Votes: 0

Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character. Votes: 0

I'm a character actor, so as a character actor, I'm always looking for something interesting. Votes: 0

As an actor, anything that you have to help get you into character is helpful. Votes: 0

I'm not a leading man. I'm a character actor. That's what I want to be. Votes: 0

I want to prove to people that I'm an actor and not just a character. Votes: 0

Your face needs to have character if you're an actor - otherwise you're just a face. Votes: 0

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor. Votes: 0

I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that. Votes: 0

Like an actor who transforms into the character that they're playing, you can transform into yourself. Votes: 0

As an actor, I'm limited to re-in acting someone else's vision or portraying a fictitious character. Votes: 0

I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles. Votes: 0

I think once you've allocated an actor to the role that the character will evolve slightly. Votes: 0

As an actor, you use the things from yourself that you can apply to the character. Votes: 0

It's properly scary playing a leading man. Growing up, I always wanted to be a character actor. Votes: 0

You should always challenge yourself, as an actor, to find the connection between you and the character. Votes: 0

That's what makes a character interesting from an actor's perspective - the more screwed up, the better Votes: 0

That is exciting to reinvent myself, to invent a new character. As an actor that is revitalizing. Votes: 0

I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics. Votes: 0

I think theater has given me the opportunity to show what a character actor I can be. Votes: 0

The actor needs to find out what the basic fight is in every character in every scene. Votes: 0

I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday. Votes: 0

If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character. Votes: 0

That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real. Votes: 0

Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time. Votes: 0

Because he's a character who's looking for his own identity, [He-Man is] an interesting role for an actor. Votes: 0

Strength of character is already written. What we bring, as an actor, is an almost 3D-ness to it. Votes: 0

I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character. Votes: 0

For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true. Votes: 0

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies. Votes: 0

As actors, sometimes we want our character to go somewhere different than it goes, but that's being an actor. Votes: 0

For me as an actor, it's absolutely so thrilling to hear anybody talk about the character that I play. Votes: 0

There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier. Votes: 0

The most fun part for an actor is the writing and the story and the character. That's very fulfilling. Votes: 0

As an actor, I usually have to find something to love about my character in order to play her. Votes: 0

As the actor, you just have to believe in what your character is doing in order to play them. Votes: 0

...if you're an actor, and you've thought your way into the part, then you're character portrayal will have authority... Votes: 0

I'm an actor. I try to play a character in a really cool story, the very best I can. Votes: 0

I think as an actor, it's very exciting when you have a really fully realized, complex, multifaceted character already established. Votes: 0

I think an actor can actually gather moments, memories and emotions for his next character. So, it's a constant work. Votes: 0

Every actor hopes that the character that they're playing continues to be a challenge throughout their tenure of their show. Votes: 0

I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else. Votes: 0

I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one Votes: 0

I would compare it to an actor. I drive myself into the character that later on is in the ring. Votes: 0

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave. Votes: 0

I played crying people in corsets for a long time, but I went into acting to be a character actor. Votes: 0

Regardless of how dark and heavy the character is the actor has to approach it with that frame of mind. Votes: 0

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. Votes: 0

As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is. Votes: 0

To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen. Votes: 0

As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character. Votes: 0

Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not. Votes: 0

New York is the greatest character actor ever. Any film that is shot in New York is elevated by the city. Votes: 0

It gives a different kind of high when, as an actor, I get to submit myself to the character I play. Votes: 0

I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man. Votes: 0

Look, every actor has a different way of preparing or creating a character and yeah, we all are from different backgrounds. Votes: 0

As an actor, it's my job to prepare myself for a role. If the character is realistic, one can't go wrong. Votes: 0

The most important thing for me as an actor playing a character is to make you laugh. That's my No. 1 goal. Votes: 0

I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office. Votes: 0

Anytime you have an opportunity as an actor to really grow along with your character, I think thats a real gift. Votes: 0

Well, Ive always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys. Votes: 0

Well, I've always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys. Votes: 0

I've just never been the kind of actor that things have stayed with. I've never needed to carry a character off stage. Votes: 0

As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you. Votes: 0

As an actor, you can have your own backstory and prepare all the details that you need to know for your character. Votes: 0

As an actor, you wouldn't be able to play a character if you were worried about the reaction to what you're doing. Votes: 0

If you're a good actor, then you channel enough of yourself into the character so that you do get that other thing. Votes: 0

The Baha'i celebrity, or the Belebrity, is a character actor with a big head playing an annoying creep on a TV show. Votes: 0

I don't have any room in my heart for that character [Kevin McCallister ]. I like the actor [Macaulay Culkin], but the character, no. Votes: 0

You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact. Votes: 0

The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft. Votes: 0

No actor can play a villain if they don't sympathise with him or her - otherwise the character just becomes a two-dimensional caricature. Votes: 0

Well, I'm a character actor, and actually throughout my life I've... I have relatively speaking played few heroic leads, but I've done it. Votes: 0

Tim [Omundson] is just so wonderfully delicious. He has the sexiest beard on television. He's such a fabulous actor, and a great character. Votes: 0

Mostly, I have to say as an actor, to find a character that's been rich enough for 10 seasons of shows... that's very rare. Votes: 0

For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his reality. Votes: 0

I like Edward G. Robinson - he started as a character actor and became a lead, which is probably why I like him. Votes: 0

The theatre has built a whole art round the actor, based on the man and his double - the actor and his character. Votes: 0

Every role affects an actor a little bit. There's always a little chunk of a character that stays left over in your heart. Votes: 0

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge. Votes: 0

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to. Votes: 0

I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor. Votes: 0

I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl. Votes: 0

I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor. Votes: 0

I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man, or any of that. I'm a character actor. Votes: 0

As an actor it's your job to empathise with your character regardless of whether they have a different sexual orientation, spiritual beliefs, or anything. Votes: 0

Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications. Votes: 0

I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part. Votes: 0

Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind of schizophrenia. Votes: 0

I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you dont recognize someone because theyre so lost in the part. Votes: 0

The delineation between the actor and his part is a practical matter. When the camera runs, you want the actor to be the character. Votes: 0

I really am a character actor, in my heart of hearts, because I really do like developing characters and painting a past for them. Votes: 0

I'm a rational person, and I'm not a method actor. You don't need to call me by my character's name while I'm not shooting. Votes: 0

If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a character actor. Votes: 0

Each movie was a challenge for me, as a man, as an actor. After each movie, something changed in my life, in my character... Votes: 0

If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true to yourself. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world. Votes: 0

My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor. Votes: 0

All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever ask for. Votes: 0

When you're an actor, you're very much exposed, but in a strange way you're totally protected behind a character, behind a script, behind a director. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor. Votes: 0

There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode. Votes: 0

With Superman, there are certain limitations for an actor. You can't go past certain boundaries because then you cease to be what the character is. Votes: 0

My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life. Votes: 0

Always be original. Never duplicate what you've seen another actor do. Be true to the character that you've been given, and the rest will come easy. Votes: 0

I just thinks it's interesting what it takes an actor to find their characters through the wardrobe, or the hair, or the way a character walks. Votes: 0

That's where everything starts, as an actor: you've gotta have great writing and great character development, and then you have really great materials to work from. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

How many times can you play an action character, or a quirky romantic? Every actor has to find his own way to make each character unique. Votes: 0

I'm not really a Method actor. I'm always afraid of working with someone who's afraid to [break character] and won't talk to anyone because they're in character. Votes: 0

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 bring to it. Votes: 0

As an actor, it's your job to find the way to play a character. I think you can latch on to some things that might have happened. Votes: 0

The interesting thing about my character Sylar is that my strengths as an actor seemed to go completely against the shape of a character in the shadow. Votes: 0

Actually, I played Pontius Pilate as nice. An actor spends his life thinking he is Christ, and then he gets to play the character that killed him. Votes: 0

The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows Votes: 0

Stephen Moyer is probably the most gracious, gifted actor that I've met. He's really intelligent. He has a real sensitivity to his character, to scenes, to scripts. Votes: 0

There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character and coming out from there. Votes: 0

The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows. Votes: 0

Stephen Moyer is probably the most gracious, gifted actor that Ive met. Hes really intelligent. He has a real sensitivity to his character, to scenes, to scripts. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or whatever situation might rear its head. Votes: 0

I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the moustache or an accent. Votes: 0

I'm not a comedian. I don't do stand-up. I don't tell jokes. I'm a comedic actor, and approach my work that way. The comedy comes through the character. Votes: 0

Everybody always feels that they're right even if they're wrong and that's what a whole actor's career is built around rationalizing your way into whatever character you're playing. Votes: 0

I would love nothing more to participate in a real struggle to find a character, and really delve into and develop a character. That's why I'm an actor. Votes: 0

I had a very low voice for the character in the show. I said, "That's not actually my voice. That's the character's voice." I'm being such an actor. Votes: 0

I see pictures in my mind and become the character in the song as I'm writing. It's kind of method songwriting, where you're the actor in the song. Votes: 0

Any actor who is being honest will admit there's always a small or large part of the real you in every character. It's impossible not to have that. Votes: 0

All of us have a lot of sides to ourselves, but the fun thing about being actor is you make one side predominant for the character you're playing. Votes: 0

I've actually always been interested in following a character more long term, but the only place to really do that as an actor is on a TV series. Votes: 0

As an actor playing a character, I can't come in with my judgement, or else I can't play it honestly. My judgement has to be reserved for later. Votes: 0

You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to the director who creates the character. Votes: 0

Not knowing what's happening, from script to script, as an actor and as a character, lends itself to the same tension and anxiety of not knowing what's happening. Votes: 0

I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in their professional and chronological lives. Votes: 0

Every actor's greatest ambition is to create his own, definite and original role, a character with which he will always be identified. In my case, that role was Dracula. Votes: 0

I'd love to be remembered as a character actor who brought illumination to roles in wonderful plays and who delivered performances that made people think and rethink those roles. Votes: 0

For me, one of the most important things I look for in an actor is whether we can converse. Do we have a similar ability to discuss a character? Votes: 0

I don't cry. Well, you know, I think coming from an acting background that's really helped me because I more than anyone know that an actor creates a character. Votes: 0

I've never thought of myself as a classic leading man. I'm a character actor who happens to play leading roles. Come on, look at me. I'm really Desperate Dan. Votes: 0

Every actor wants to have a character that changes, that has some kind of movement, that gets from point A to point B, that doesn't just supply one note. Votes: 0

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange. I'm a bit quirkier than that. Votes: 0

I'm a fan of the western genre. When I see a character actor, I see a whole movie behind a scene before and after. There's a whole other movie behind it. Votes: 0

I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good! Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different things, whether it's through wild accents or a crazy bad guy or a drunken good guy. Votes: 0

The people I've respected most in the industry over the years - Paul Newman, for instance. I just loved the way he handled growing old on-screen. It's understanding that you're now basically a character actor. Which is fine, but you have to pay attention to it. Votes: 0