Big Show Quotes

I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy.

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

In terms of big spectacle, I thought 'Captain America 2' was phenomenal. I really loved that movie, and it was a great movie as a stand-alone.

You know, the reward for 'Captain America' is amazing. It's always fun to see a giant spectacle film and see the fun stuff - the special effects.

For me, personally, I'm a 5'5" leading man. I'm no Brad Pitt or anything.

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

I think it would be amazing to be a character actor and still be a lead now and then in movies.

I've never thought of myself as a classic leading man. I'm a character actor who happens to play leading roles. Come on, look at me. I'm really Desperate Dan.

I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange. I'm a bit quirkier than that.

I secretly harbor the fantasy of becoming an action star at any moment. I know I'd be great at it.

The only time I ever met a character that I wrote was when I met Ian McKellan, when he was playing Magneto in the 'X-Men' movies.

I see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity.

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

I saw 'Captain America' in 3D. It's cool. I liked the beginning. It's a really good setup.

I'm quite lucky in that at certain angles I look all right, and at others I don't look so good, which enables me to play some leading roles and some stranger, more 'character'-type parts. I wouldn't say I'm the conventional handsome Hollywood leading man.

I always wanted to do some sort of action film - even a superhero movie - and when 'Lucy' came out, I was like, 'That's what I want to do.'

I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff up, and I thought, 'I wanna do that.' It really had nothing to do with acting; I just wanted a job that allowed me to do fun, bigger-than-life stuff.

I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.

I am a character actress. Well, let's say, I am a leading character actress who does interesting, odd parts.

Well, I've always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys.

Every young male actor dreams of being James Bond in an action movie. And that's their first role. But the truth is, when it comes down to it, that's not relatable.

I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.

I'd love to do a superhero movie, like a remake of Wonder Woman.

I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.

I was never the 'babe,' so I knew I'd never get those big roles. I'd always be the best friend or the quirky sidekick.