If you're playing a lead, you're shaping the movie. When you're playing a supporting role, you've got only a moment to make it count.

Tom Berenger
I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead.

Ving Rhames
My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character actor in the true sense of the word. Unless I'm doing my autobiography, I'm playing a character.