Sean Bean Quotes

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.

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

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

The hardest thing to do in movies is be a day-part player. You have to go in, make your mark, and get out. There's a lot of leading actors who are not good for a lot of a movie, and then suddenly they have good moments, and they're like stepping-stones across a particularly feisty stream. They build careers out of that.

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

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.

I'm not a leading man; I don't think I've got the face of a leading man, and I don't think, ever in my life, someone will cast me in the role of a leading man.

The best part of working on 'Baywatch' is to be the villain of the movie. I don't think The Rock, aka Dwayne Johnson, has ever had anyone who's been mean to him.

I feel I have been playing all primary characters. And if your character forms a connect with the audience, it doesn't matter if you are playing only the main solo lead or a second lead.

In feature films, I used to be the hero's friend, a regular character. In short films, I played the hero; I got roles where I could work on my character and performance. They made me aware of myself as an actor.

But obviously you don't want to just be the guy who comes in and sort of spices up every movie. So yeah, definitely moving into more of a leading man role would be great, but on my own terms.

I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue.

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.

It's what actors call a big, juicy part, when you're a leading man. I don't get a lot of those. I get a lot of supporting things.

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.

Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character.

I would hate to be thrust into the middle of a big film and not deliver. There's young actors and they're put into these central roles and they're commanding armies - but they can't quite pull it off. I'd much rather do it in small steps and build it from there.

If you love acting and you've ever experienced theater, then you know that in a movie it's almost impossible to live out that experience, unless you're a Pacino or a De Niro or somebody who gets to pick their parts.

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

George Lazenby was ill-equipped. It's not for nothing that they didn't offer him any sequels.

I've probably played more non-police roles than people realize.

I've always done character roles and tons of movies as the so-called star, but I always felt I was one of the team.

One of my goals is to play a villain in a Bond film. People ask me if I want to be a Bond girl, and I say, 'No, I want to be the villain.' I'm waiting for that call!

Certainly my time on 'Revenge' was great; it was a different character I'd never played before.

I am not an actress who only wants to do lead roles.