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Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's voice-over narration and scenes were added after the fact.

I look at leading men because that's ultimately what I'm aspiring to do. But I also look at character actors and people that I'm just in awe by, just because I can relate to it.

Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.

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.

Strength of character is already written. What we bring, as an actor, is an almost 3D-ness to it.

I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.

I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful.

As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart.

Actors have an unusual perspective on clothing. You've really got to know the impact of what you're wearing on the character you're playing

I consider myself a character actor.

I've always wanted to be an actor that explores different genres and different characters.

As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.

Well, Ive always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys.

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

I'm a character actor.

William Hartnell was one of the great unsung character actors of his time

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.

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.

I like Edward G. Robinson - he started as a character actor and became a lead, which is probably why I like him.

The actors I looked up to when I was a teenager, they all just disappeared into different characters.

The actors I admire are character actors.

A lot of actors are like, 'Why do I do this? My character wouldn't do this? This doesn't make sense.' And in a comedy, you kind of just need to walk into the door.

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once.

I much prefer to watch actors and writers create "humanizing" moments for characters. In a drama, "humanizing" is far more impactful and powerful than "redeeming."

There are so many examples of talented actors working today, no matter how they live their private lives. I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character.

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.

Every actor hopes that the character that they're playing continues to be a challenge throughout their tenure of their show.

My job as a double was always to put [actors] at ease. My job was to make my character, or the actress that I was doubling, look as badass as possible by being there.

As an actor, anything that you have to help get you into character is helpful.

I feel very fortunate to be an actor on a network whose tag line is Characters Welcome and not Procedurals Welcome.

The Russian famous actors involved [into The Darkest Hour], they are very creative and they will create sympathetic characters.

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

In general, I did what a lot of character actors do: I did it to get girls.

I think actors always like to think they don't bring the character home, and then their family all laugh and tell you otherwise.

As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds.

I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.

We as actors doubt up until the last minute that we can be this person. So everything matters, the more work you do, you get in touch with who the character is.

I've always considered myself a character actor.

I think actors, because we're in the world of the characters and the movie, are more isolated, and it always really fun to wake up and be a family with the entire crew.

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

Any good actor is a character actor.

A lot of actors are frustrated because they want to do things that are different and test themselves. Character actors are always looking for something the opposite of what they did.

I call myself a character actor all my life. I've done a certain amount as a leading man, but character actors in my estimation - it's a lost art these days.

Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor.

Character actors aren't a brand in the same way that high-profile leading men are.

There's always down time when you're an actor, especially a character actor.

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

It becomes more and more popular to call actors who play characters "character actors." But I've always been somebody who is much more invested in who I am playing than how they look.