Barry Watson Quotes

I consider myself a character actor.

I've always considered myself a character actor.

I really want to act and act in great roles, which have scope of performance.

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.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

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

For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?

I'm kind of a jack of all trades. I have played all kinds of roles in the theater.

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.

I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I'm no good at public speaking, but if I can assume a role and speak as that person, then I'm fine. When I had to give a book report, I always did it in character.

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

My character in 'Hollyoaks' went through absolutely everything! There's not one emotion where I'm going to go, 'I don't know how to play this.'

As an actor, it's really exciting and challenging to play a character which is much older than your actual age.

It is my job to step into different characters.

As an actor, there are so many different people to hide behind.

I do think I'm a character actor.

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd be a boring career. When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting... It's a challenge.

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.

One of the great joys of being an actor is you get to go back to school.

As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

I was lucky enough to be able to do comedies, dramas, completely different parts. At the beginning, when you start you have a fantasy that you could be somebody else. Which is absurd. That's part of being an actor. It's your voice, it's the way you move, it's your body, even if you transform it, you play with it.