William Forsythe Quotes

I've always considered myself a character actor.

I would loved to be called a character actor.

I consider myself a character actor.

I love being the character actor. I get to stretch my muscles a little more.

And as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create.

I don't really know what kind of actor I am.

I will never forget the pleasure and instruction I derived from working with a true master of his art, such as Edward G. Robinson was - and is. Surely his record for versatility, studied characterization - ranging from modern colloquial to the classics - and artistic integrity is unsurpassed.

I don't see a difference between the idea of what an actor does and what someone supposes a character actor is, really.

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 do think I'm a character actor.

Basically, you're selling a world as an actor, right? I mean it's like any sales person: if you believe in your product, you know your product, you sell it a lot better.

That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me.

I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.'

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.

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

Any good actor is a character actor.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

Character acting is a much braver pursuit than a guy who runs around and intermittently clenches his jaw muscles.

It's an actor's job to play all the human conditions - light, dark, and medium.

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.

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

I think good acting is always character acting.

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.

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