#character actor

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

— Joe Mantegna

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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 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. ↗

— Ron Perlman

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

— Jeremy Renner

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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. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

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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

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

— Tracey Ullman

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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. ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

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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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