To be the leading man it's about the celebrity and the looks, and it's tough to do that. People who do it great are people like Tom Cruise and Will Smith - they're built for that. I ain't. I'm more of a character guy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.
It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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 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 a character actor, but I look like 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.
I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort of actor.
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.
For awhile, I got stupid about only wanting a leading-man role, but I have no illusions. I know I'm not Brad Pitt.
In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.