Leading Actor Quotes

I've learned 90 percent of what I know from watching and listening to actors. A good leading actor is the rock of the show. Their energy and their tone really sets the groundwork for how everything is going to work. I've been lucky to deal with stars who are very giving and generous.

If you know the filmmaker is good and the leading actor is a movie star like Diane Lane, you know you're part of something great.

It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.

Mr. Cooper said to me that he had an idea for a film in mind. The only thing he'd tell me was that I was going to have the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood. Naturally, I thought of Clark Gable.

[And on going from character to leading actor] I don't approach anything differently; I just approach it as a character. I'm always astounded at the fact that I've ever played a leading character in anything [Laughs]. And my wife concurs with that, frankly. She always thought I would be, at best, the wacky neighbor on a sitcom, so this is all just a surprise and a joy.

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.

Even with the lowest budget in the world, you better get some names in there; that calms people down. Then be sure your leading character is in a hurry.

I don't want to be defined as the Asian leading man. I want to be the leading man. Henry Golding.

If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady.

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.

I'm very grateful that I'm the kind of actor where I'm not some character actor. I can't disappear into a world.

Suspicion," he said. "Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He's a genius." "Starring Cary Grant." When Lucas gave me a look, I added, "You have your priorities, I have mine.

To be the leading man it's about the celebrity and the looks, and it's tough to do that. People who do it great are people like Tom Cruise and Will Smith - they're built for that. I ain't. I'm more of a character guy.

When you're doing a big-budget movie and you're four on the call sheet, you've got a lot of free time.

I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh.

I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other actor on the set.

I went to the RSC, and I became a leading actor.

I haven't had a chance to play a quiet leading man in a while.