Character Actors Quotes (page 2)

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• movie
• career
• greatness

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. Joe Pantoliano

• great
• character
• greatness

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

• character
• door
• old

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

• character
• look
• acts

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

• kids
• manly
• character

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. Anthony Michael Hall

• film
• happy
• caring

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

• work
• life
• comforting

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. George Clooney

• kindness
• character
• jump

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

• kindness
• thinking
• character

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

• romantic
• feeling
• character

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

• nice
• angel
• character

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. Dan Castellaneta

• expectation
• star
• character

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

• character
• great
• greatness

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. Martin Short

• star
• character
• made

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

• small
• movie
• old

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