The first lead that I ever played was a young Boy George when I was seventeen. I shaved my eyebrows off. That's as far from leading man looks as you can get.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've never considered myself a leading man, don't look like one, don't want to be one.
I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.
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.
The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
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'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
I've never thought of myself as a classic leading man. I'm a character actor who happens to play leading roles. Come on, look at me. I'm really Desperate Dan.
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.
For some reason, I struggle seeing myself as a leading man.
I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh.
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