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“First of all, it was wonderful to have a home. Consistent work when you're a journeyman actor, when you're a character actor, is really hard to come by. When you can get it, you have to cherish every moment of it - cherish the crew, cherish the cast, cherish the stage, cherish everything. Because when it's over, it's really hard to get back.”

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Author:David Krumholtz

“People forget that we are character actors and we can do other things.”

People Character Actors Can Do Forget Character Actors

Author:Robert Englund

“I'm not a leading man. I'm a character actor. That's what I want to be.”

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Author:Dave Bautista

“Honestly, when you think of any great action hero or any great hero out there or great character actor, you kind of transcend the character. You just don't love the character, you love the guy. In any of the great action stars, you see the guy doing the work.”

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Author:Chad Stahelski

“I'm a character actor and that's what I do. All the roles that I've had have been mainly support roles, because character actors don't usually get the lead in movies. It rarely happens.”

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Author:Samuel L. Jackson

“A lot of my colleagues are content to be character actors who are always in the background. I'm not that guy. I'm the guy who wants the limelight. Gimme the ball and I'll run it through a brick wall for you. I'll be your biggest soldier.”

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Author:Terry Crews

“I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.”

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Author:Val Kilmer

“I consider myself a character actor.”

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Author:Brittany Murphy

“I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.”

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Author:Paul Newman

“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.”

Character Actors Doors Needed Offers Knocking Character Actors

Author:Carroll O'Connor

“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.”

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Author:Ron Perlman

“I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.”

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Author:Dennis Quaid

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

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Author:Jeremy Renner

“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.”

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Author:Geoffrey Rush

“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.”

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Author:Amy Sedaris

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

Thinking Men Persons Real Character Actors Real Life Character Actors

Author:Wallace Shawn

“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.”

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Author:Martin Short

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

Men Looks Sometimes Character Actors Character Actors

Author:John Travolta

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

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Author:Tracey Ullman

“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.”

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Author:Christopher Walken

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

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Author:Rainn Wilson

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

Thinking Character Actors Character Actors Redundancy

Author:Jeff Bridges

“I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.”

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Author:Michael Caine

“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.”

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Author:George Clooney

“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.”

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Author:George Clooney

“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.”

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Author:Jane Lynch

“Im a character actor at heart.”

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Author:Shuler Hensley

“Any good actor is a character actor.”

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Author:James Remar

“I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one.”

Ifs Character Courses Actors Wish Mask Hockey Character Actors

Author:Michael Vartan

“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.”

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Author:Dan Castellaneta

“It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized. It did happen, but not in the way you expect it to. In L.A., I'm just another character actor.”

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Author:Dan Castellaneta

“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.”

Wells Done Character Actors Heroic Character Actors

Author:Rene Auberjonois

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

Kind Character Actors All Kinds Character Actors

Author:Joe Mantegna

“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.”

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Author:Joe Pantoliano

“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.”

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Author:Matthew Lillard

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

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Author:Stewart Granger

“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.”

“The thing is, I want to play real characters and not all girls can be pretty. The thing is, you get these girls who say 'I'm a character actor' then you see them in a role and nothing has really changed but the outfit.”

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Author:Juliette Lewis

“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.”

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Author:Anthony Michael Hall

“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.”

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Author:Vincent D'Onofrio

“I really love being a character actor.”

Character Actors Love Is Character Actors

Author:Missi Pyle

“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.”

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Author:Brendan Gleeson

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

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Author:Mark Hamill

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

Littles Character Actors Spheres Character Actors

Author:Dabbs Greer

“I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.”

Thinking Character Actors Supposed To Be Character Actors

Author:Dennis Farina

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

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Author:Shirley MacLaine

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

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Author:Vincent D'Onofrio

“And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.”

Has Beens Character Able Actors Reputation Decent Character Actors

Author:Vincent D'Onofrio

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

Character Actors Worry Office Boxes Box Office Character Actors

Author:Vincent D'Onofrio

“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.”

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Author:Jeremy Irons

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