Quotes About Perception

Sometimes I am a different character in different languages. I have different enjoyment from them. Sometimes different answers come out of me. Like, I didn't even know that about me. I get to know myself through different languages, actually.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.

I didn't really look like a character actor, yet those were the roles I loved to play. If you were a character actor who didn't necessarily look like a character actor, you had to play bad guys.

I would rather be called a character actor than a star.

How you look is part of what acting is, but the way I look at it, every actor is a character actor. Someone once told me at a casting, 'You're a character actor in a leading man's body,' and I can live with that.

I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that.

If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine.

I don't see a difference between the idea of what an actor does and what someone supposes a character actor is, really.

I never saw myself as a character actor or a lead actor; I've only seen myself as just an actor.

Whether or not I am a 'character actor' or any other kind of actor, I really don't know. When people call me a 'character actor,' I fail to understand what it means.

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

Water is free of charge. Why then do people drink Evian?

I think there are a lot of men who feel they're being emasculated by having the woman be in charge; I've never had that problem.

When I came to England, the first director I met was Charles Sturridge, who told me, 'You speak like somebody out of the 1950s.'

Charles Manson ate apples. That doesn't mean I'm not going to.

Charles Martin, we watched him. He won the IBF championship of the world, but we don't think he is anything special.

I don't think I'd know if I were sitting next to Charles Schulz on an airplane.

Prince Charles was a lot wittier than I thought he'd be, and passionate about the environment and architecture.

I thought the Charleston would be a bit like the jive, but it isn't really.

When I got successful and people started talking about me, I didn't want anyone thinking I thought I was a 'big time Charlie.'

People think of the Charlotte Hornets, and they think of me.

Truth be told, that's really one of the small reasons that I wanted to get out; because everybody knows your business in Charlotte.

If you manage to joke around and charm people, it means that from inside, you are very serious.