James Spader Quotes

Well, I've always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys. So it never surprises me. And if it's good writing, you can find your way into the part well enough.

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

I don't know what I am. I guess you can call me a character actor in the sense that I'll never be an ingenue. You know, that's over. My shot was missed. I take a normal person and make them more of a character. I don't know what that would be called.

Whether or not I am a 'character actor' or any other kind of actor, I really don't know. When people call me a 'character actor,' I fail to understand what it means.

I really love being a character actor.

Usually most characters I play are quite realistic.

I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now. The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks and Geeks Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl.

I've always felt that almost every part I've played has been a character part. I mean, I look at it that way. I can't help how I look or how I seem to people.

I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable.

I'm a character actress. I'm the girl next door, the aunt, the quirky cousin. You have to innately know who you are and be happy with that.

I'm a character actor at heart.

Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.

I would loved to be called a character actor.

I believe I am a character actor who likes to hide behind my characters.

I found myself sort of becoming a character actor, though I don't know if that would be my natural makeup.

I do think I'm a character actor.

I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.

My goal has been to be a great character actor.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

I've got all these great broads in me, all these character women. I was playing a torn-down stripper at twenty-five on Broadway, and now I fit the shoes.

I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.

I don't know what it is about me that gets cast in specific roles. Some people would say, 'You're just a pretty face,' but on 'Battlestar,' I'm not looking pretty every day. I'm pretty banged up.

I always enjoy impersonating my characters in the first-person singular.

I really enjoyed playing Freddie Cork. People are always scared to approach me because of the character I played in 'Brotherhood.' The writing was very smart.

I consider myself a character actor.