Quotes About Character

I supply a presence. There are never any long dialogue scenes to establish a character.

Every actor wants to have a character that changes, that has some kind of movement, that gets from point A to point B, that doesn't just supply one note.

I'm so excited about 'Shattered;' it's something I've really enjoyed working in, and it's very different from anything I've done before. I've always been a character actor and done a lot of support work. I've never really been the lead actor, so I'll try and use what I've learned along the way from the other projects.

As a young actor, I was advised to bide my time. Back then, there weren't good roles for someone like me. There were handsome leading men and character actors for smaller supporting roles. But I was told to hang in there, and it was good advice. We're all character actors now. Even a handsome man is a character actor at my age.

What you would call a 'lead,' I've always considered a supporting part, and what people would call 'supporting parts,' I've considered leads. In a way, I look at it in reverse, because supporting parts - when they're done correctly - are the ones that are progenitors for storylines, to move forward.

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

The nature of an ensemble means when you're a supporting character and not the lead character, you get little tidbits here and there, but you're usually there to provide bits of comic relief and little bits of action or something.

I think there is a difference between connecting with a character and supporting and believing their policies.

When you're playing a supporting character, you don't really have a lot of control of the quality of the film.

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

Sometimes it's tough as a supporting character: you are on the sidelines, and you don't get to be there for most of the fun stuff. You are hearing about all the great stuff that is going on, but you never get to be a part of it.

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.

One of the things that impacted me the most was in the 12th grade. I just assumed I would get the lead in the musical. Well, I didn't get it; I got the second lead, and I was devastated... my mom said something like, 'Often the supporting character is better.'

I thought it was a terrible idea being a supporting character on a football show.

With supporting roles, you just want really good actors that can make it bigger than what's there.

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

Challenges are what inspire me. I therefore accept whatever comes my way, be it supporting roles or character roles.

I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

In 'The Grandmaster,' I had a supporting role, but my character in 'The Crossing' is much more central to the plot.

With storytelling, you have to see yourself as the hero in the movie of your own life, and I kind of see myself as a supporting role, a walk-on role that has five lines. I say, 'Mr. President, the Russians are here.' That's how I see myself.

If you're playing a lead, you're shaping the movie. When you're playing a supporting role, you've got only a moment to make it count.

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

I feel really fortunate to come from a home that was always supportive and stemming from creativity, integrity and building character.