M. Emmet Walsh

“I approach each job as if it's my first, and I also approach it as if it's my last.”

“I'm a professional actor. If I was a plumber, I'd plumb.”

“I was never going to be a handsome leading man. That's not what I was.”

“I always say, 'I'm a character actor. My character is me.'”

“To be a character actor is a great life. I'm not a star, so I don't have to be a star.”

“I've played some of the meanest sons-of-bitches that ever came down the pike.”

“I think the only way you can get ahead is to be a little different.”

“For a character actor, you've got to be a chameleon.”

“I don't mind playing the bad guy. It's a lot more fun.”

“I've been in movies that were failures, and I've been in movies that were successes. The pay is the same.”

“You have to have a certain amount of chutzpah to be an actor.”

“When you're a character actor, you're not in the limelight. The stars are in the limelight.”