#character actor

I think all actors are supposed to be character actors. ↗

— Dennis Farina

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I have friends who are leading men, and they're only ever allowed to play leading men of a certain type. But as a character actor, there's a wider variety of projects available. On the big Hollywood films, all they care about is having their lead in place, so it's actually easier for someone like me to slip in. And I'm happy to do so. ↗

— Eddie Marsan

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

— Patricia Clarkson

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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. ↗

— Harrison Ford

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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

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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

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I'm a character actor at heart. ↗

— Shuler Hensley

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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

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I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man. ↗

— Bruce Boxleitner

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

— Michael Gambon

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