#character actor

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

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

— Patricia Clarkson

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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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I was born a character actor. ↗

— Charles Durning

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I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

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