I do think I'm a character actor.
I've always considered myself a character actor.
If you're a 'character actor,' you get hired to play baddies a lot.
My definition of a character actor is - they never get the girl.
If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising, or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma.
I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.
I think I discovered I wanted to be an actor when I got the first pay cheque.
I'm sure no one really wants to think of themselves as a child actor.
I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.
I was a child actor but not a child star.
Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor.
I didn't grow up as child actor.
I wouldn't even call myself a former child star. I was a child actor; there's a difference.
Frankly, there is no shorter shelf life other than that of a child actor, than that of the ingenue.
Even when I turn 60, they'll call me a child actor.
Every actor chooses their story at the beginning.
It's not a matter of being choosy as an actor but a matter of liking the right script.
For me as a Welsh actor, Richard Burton is one of my biggest idols. And I've got so many: Peter O'Toole, Laurence Olivier and Oliver Reed. If they got 'Hunky Dory' and 'Citadel' offered to them, they would do completely different jobs on both of them.
It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.
For a movie actor, the biggest challenge on TV is the number of close-up shots.
