Ron Perlman
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a lea... BRUCE BOXLEITNER When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voic... DAVID SUCHET My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring... PATRICK WARBURTON I think of myself as a character actor, compared to a straight actor. I know a character actor in En... BURN GORMAN I was born a character actor. CHARLES DURNING He's my favorite actor, and watching him build a character from scratch and reveal itself -- it was ... PATRICIA ARQUETTE The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagul... CAREY MULLIGAN Sometimes it was hard to tell where my dad's personality left off and his characters began, ... He w... MEL BLANC As an actor, particularly because I'm - I would call myself a character actor. I change my look,... LYNN REDGRAVE I like the wild characters. I like the idea of being a character actor without being a character act... BRITT ROBERTSON My journey has been that of a character actor. HARRY CAREY, JR. The interesting thing about my character Sylar is that my strengths as an actor seemed to go complet... ZACHARY QUINTO PAUL DANO LIAM NEESON My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself ... VING RHAMES I don't know what I am. I guess you can call me a character actor in the sense that I'll nev... JENNIFER COOLIDGE ALFRED HITCHCOCK I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the ac... KALI HAWK I am a character actor. I'm not a presence actor. And those exist all over the place. CAMPBELL SCOTT I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and ne... VINCENT D'ONOFRIO JOE MONTANA Some people manage to make that transition from child actor to adult actor seamlessly. But I felt th... ANNA POPPLEWELL When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave. VINCENT D'ONOFRIO HARRISON FORD The most important thing for me as an actor playing a character is to make you laugh. That's my ... ERIC STONESTREET I have played some wonderful leading roles on stage and had the whole 'China Beach' years wh... ROBERT PICARDO TARAJI P. HENSON A teachable spirit and a humbleness to admit your ignorance or your mistake will save you a lot of p... RON CARPENTER JR. I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worr... VINCENT D'ONOFRIO My feeling was that, as much as Richard Dean Anderson is a beloved actor and character in the show, ... RICHARD ANDERSON RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON Going from a child actor to an adult actor is not an easy thing, and I was sort of lost in a no man&... C. THOMAS HOWELL ALAN ALDA That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my s... PAM GRIER COREY HAWKINS IAN MCSHANE KEVIN BACON As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're th... MATT LE BLANC That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black ... PAM GRIER I kinda lose my mind in 'Fringe,' or at least my character does. Whenever I'm acting, I ... NATASSIA MALTHE Broadway was without doubt the hardest I ever worked in my life and the highest highs I've ever had ... BRAD GARRETT I trained as a singer before I was an actor. I was a kid singer, I went to theater and choir school,... JULIAN OVENDEN JOEL FUHRMAN I think that (my character) President David Palmer was the voice of conscience on that series, and i... DENNIS HAYSBERT I think it would be amazing to be a character actor and still be a lead now and then in movies. BRITT ROBERTSON PAUL NEWMAN With 'Richard,' I was excited to make this film with such an amazing role for an actor. Play... JACK REYNOR BRIAN BLESSED I'm a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after 'Mystic Pizza', not t... VINCENT D'ONOFRIO PIERCE BROSNAN I feel respect is in your hands as an actor when portraying a character, particularly when it's ... AJAY MEHTA My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed ... CARL WEATHERS RICHARD GERE Not a lot of people make that transition from child actor to bigger, better roles. MOISES ARIAS I've always considered myself a character actor. JACK HUSTON There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of y... TIM ROTH BRYAN SINGER ALFRED HITCHCOCK ANDY SERKIS JOHNNY DEPP I love villains. You know, I am a character actor, and any chance to get to play a really outrageous... BRUCE DAVISON I think theatre has given me the opportunity to show what a character actor I can be. MARK HAMILL PENELOPE CRUZ I went in the Marines when I was 16. I spent four and a half years in the Marines and then came righ... GENE HACKMAN ROBIN WILLIAMS He had a great nose. He got a nose job and he's still a character actor. CONARD FOWKES I wasn't eating. I wasn't sleeping. All I was doing was cocaine. I stayed awake for about two weeks,... ANDY GIBB J. K. SIMMONS BRIE LARSON Matching character and actor is what a good director does. BRUNO DUMONT The chance to play a romantic character who kisses somebody onscreen was one of the elements that ma... GARY SINISE MICHAEL GAMBON RUSSELL CROWE I had a great book and a great script to work as my raw materials, but when I got out on to the set ... JASON SCHWARTZMAN I had a great book and a great script to work as my raw materials, but when I got out on to the set ... JASON SCHWARTZMAN JACK NICKLAUS I always knew I'd be more of a character actor than a leading man, and I always wanted to take t... B. D. WONG I would rather be called a character actor than a star. LOUIS JOURDAN DEBBIE REYNOLDS AMITABH BACHCHAN Aslan is probably the single most remarkable achievement in CG character animation. Not only for the... DEAN WRIGHT I would love to work with Johnny Depp. I really admire him as an actor, and personally, in my opinio... CAROLINE SUNSHINE AKSHAY KUMAR NANETTE L. AVERY My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my... DAVID HYDE PIERCE ADAM MCKAY REBECCA HALL I'm a rational person, and I'm not a method actor. You don't need to call me by my chara... ZANA MARJANOVIC DEEPIKA PADUKONE CLAIRE DANES When I was a young actor in Vienna, already my hair was falling out at a rapid rate. I went to a doc... OTTO PREMINGER I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns ou... ALESSANDRO NIVOLA In the years since I worked with John Hughes, there were many years where I literally had hundred of... ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL GEORGE TAKEI OMARI HARDWICK ASHTON KUTCHER DAVID CASSIDY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI I remember my first actor that I really, really fell in love with was Tom Hanks. I suppose when I wa... IAIN DE CAESTECKER
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