character actor
Noun
Meaning
an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles
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I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.
As an actor, particularly because I'm - I would call myself a character actor. I change my look, my physical appearance and my body, my hair color, my whatever all the time for a role.
Yeah, I am a character actor.
As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are in life and career, and I'm very comfortable with what I'm doing - working on projects I'm proud of.
My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.
You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in.