Ron Cephas Jones Quotes

I don't believe in terminologies like 'lead role' or 'supporting role' or 'cameo role,' etc.

I'm a character actress. It doesn't mean I can't do leading roles; I don't think of myself as a leading lady.

I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.

I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

It's my job as a supporting actor - which I usually am - to support the film: to make 1, 2, or 3 on the call sheet look good.

I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man.

To be honest, if people thought my performance in 'The Office' was the same as my performance in 'The Hobbit,' it would tell me everything I needed to know about what they know about acting.

In 'Rakht Charitra,' I had equal screen space to that of the lead.

People liked my performances in 'Kill Dill' and 'Happy Ending,' but I was hardly there in them.

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.

The nature of an ensemble means when you're a supporting character and not the lead character, you get little tidbits here and there, but you're usually there to provide bits of comic relief and little bits of action or something.

I know what it means to have a leading part, and I know what it means to have a featured part.

You know that was much more of a kind of cameo, I love the movie, I love the story, I love Johnny as a fun little role but it was more of a cameo, not anywhere near as developed as this role.

I've just kind of been used to carrying movies. I look back and I'm just used to being in every single scene in a lot of pictures.

An actor should never be larger than the film he's in.

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.

There's only so long you can play the silent type standing in the background. 'GoldenEye' was good for that. I was the villain: James Bond was doing all the heavy lifting. I liked that.

Honestly, I never wanted to be more than a good supporting actor. Really, I enjoy it.

I have no qualms about doing a character who may be below the lead in the pecking order, whether it's a hero or a villain or a comedian.

I have not only played light-hearted roles, but many times, I end up playing this annoying girl in films.

If you have a meaty part to play, I don't see the harm in being part of multi-starrers. Moreover, I will be happy to be a part of a good film than playing lead roles in some bad films.

I can't do a film where I appear in a song and then disappear.

If I was offered the choice of an award for best actor or best supporting actor, I would go for supporting actor.

It's not, like, how long you are on the screen, 'Karwaan' being the biggest the example. I may have had a five-minute role, but I know the appreciation that I got was a lot more than a five-minute role deserved probably.

Personally, I believe that playing the lead antagonist is always better than a character artiste, whose weightage isn't much.