But obviously you don't want to just be the guy who comes in and sort of spices up every movie. So yeah, definitely moving into more of a leading man role would be great, but on my own terms.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have friends who are leading men, and they're only ever allowed to play leading men of a certain type. But as a character actor, there's a wider variety of projects available. On the big Hollywood films, all they care about is having their lead in place, so it's actually easier for someone like me to slip in. And I'm happy to do so.
I think it would be amazing to be a character actor and still be a lead now and then in movies.
It's always a good idea to go up for the male roles. You go up against a bunch of beefy guys, and the casting director then feels smart for taking you on, like he's the one who thought outside the box.
I always knew I'd be more of a character actor than a leading man, and I always wanted to take that and run with it.
I'm not particularly a career-oriented guy. I'm lucky. I can make really interesting films much of the time with interesting people yet be anonymous, have a private life. But, I'd like to have the choice of the better roles.
I would never be in a film just for the sake of being in a film, so I am waiting for the right role to come along.
Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place.
I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.
I don't have to be a leading man. I can be a character actor. That's really what interests me anyway.
It would drive me crazy if I picked roles with the goal of being a leading man. You never know what you're getting into when you sign onto a project, and more times than not, the characters that are close to the leading man are more interesting and more fun to play.