I think of myself as a character actor, compared to a straight actor. I know a character actor in England is pretty much the same as in the States; you're actually hired to put on terrible teeth and stuff like that.
I think there's a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They're all three different things.
In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors.
The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover.
There's two types of character actors. There's character actors who play all different characters. Or there's actors who always play the same part; they're just a bit funny-looking.
If you're a 'character actor,' you get hired to play baddies a lot.
Character actors aren't a brand in the same way that high-profile leading men are.
I feel that the industry can be sliced into two categories - grateful actors and non-grateful actors.
If you want someone who is sort of still, has a bit of an edge, is older, you get Morgan Freeman. If you want someone who can carry a gun and still play a father, you get Danny Glover. My category is 'that guy who happens to be black.'
