Quotes About Acting

Everybody is an actor, whether you play the main lead or one of the supporting characters.

I have played lead roles, supporting roles and also miniscule roles in my career so far, and have never been image conscious.

People sometimes say, 'Oh, you were a movie star,' and I'm like, 'No, I was a supporting actress.' I wasn't an A-list actress, and I'm fine with that. I'm proud of what I did in film.

Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along.

I feel so comfortable in an acting role, you know, as an actor. Maybe it's because I came into it late. If anything, I've felt frustrated that I can't carry a film because everything since 'District 9' has been supporting roles.

I was offered a lot of supporting crazy parts in comedies because that's all I had done.

I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.

Sometimes it's the lead, but there are not always leads out there, so then it's an interesting supporting character, or there's a lot of dough, although that happens less and less. Let's have a good laugh about that one.

I don't mind playing a supporting character if it has some substance.

I have done so many films in which either I have been the main lead or part of the supporting cast.

I don't have any problem playing second lead, or doing supporting roles. I am fine with it.

I don't think I've been in a supporting role in any of the plays I've done, ever.

My whole life, not just in my professional career but in community theater, I played the supporting role.

I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead.

In 1990, I was in 'The Three Sisters' at the Royal Court and won the Clarence Derwent award for my supporting role as Natasha - the prize was £100. I could have paid the gas bill, but I ended up buying a porcelain and silver Bavarian coffee set in an antiques shop in Penzance.

Though I played a supporting role in 'Lootera,' I am mostly getting offers for leads.

I don't believe in terminologies like 'lead role' or 'supporting role' or 'cameo role,' etc.

My father, Ralph Fernandes, was a model before he became an interior designer. He was very supportive of my decision to become a model and then an actress.

My family was very supportive of my acting. They didn't really have a choice because I got jobs acting before anyone could really say anything. It paid my way through college and helped my family out.

My family was always supportive when I decided that I wanted to pursue this thing called acting.

Papa is a very chilled out person. He was very supportive from the beginning. I think Papa helped ease Mama into the idea of me acting. He told her that she seems passionate about it. He was very cool about it.

I didn't have an acting job when I moved to L.A. I was just naive enough to think that moving to L.A. was the next step after college. My parents were really supportive.

I was on a show called 'SliDE' when I graduated from college, and then that set the premise of my love for acting. It was so much fun. I was on set with my best friends every day. From that, I got 'Home and Away' and it was such a relaxed, friendly environment. Everyone's so kind and supportive.

You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional parents but also great friends. My father was able to take his hobby, photography, and turn it into a beautiful career. So when they saw how much I loved acting, they were 100 percent behind me.