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!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.
I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.
I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different things, whether it's through wild accents or a crazy bad guy or a drunken good guy.
As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are in life and career, and I'm very comfortable with what I'm doing - working on projects I'm proud of.
Sometimes I think being an actor is like being a dog for a director; it's like they throw a stick, and you want to fetch it and bring it back to them. You want a pat on the head for it.
Fortunately and unfortunately, people don't see me as a character actor. They see me as a leading man or nothing, which makes it really hard to get work.
The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order to let that other person come out.
I've always considered myself a character actor.
The problem with being an actor is that you have to be reactive to what other people want.