I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for me. I've never been that comfortable playing people that are like me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.
It would be easy to say that I want to play a role that was very much like myself, but more or less with acting, you get to be all these different things, and you aren't trying to be yourself, so it's escapism in a way.
Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.
The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.
I've always considered myself a character actor.
I love acting, and ultimately all my characters are very different, and each character I love in a different way.
I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!
I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself.
I think as an actor... I don't like to compare a character to anybody else, just because I respect other people's work, and I want that character to have his own identity.
Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.