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However, he revealed that his favorite role was one of his first. His notoriously creepy character in the 1993 movie 'Dazed and Confused' is still quoted to this day!
Similarly, Jeff Bridges loves his least serious character. The actor has been regularly nominated for Oscars since the 1970s, but none of those roles beat The Dude.
When asked by a fan what his favorite role was, Gary Oldman was quick to answer Lee Harvey Oswald in the movie 'JFK.'
Controversial movie star Johnny Depp has been one of the top billed actors in Hollywood for decades. The highlight of his career is quite a surprise...
Her favorite role was a small part she played as murderer on 'Law & Order' in 2002. She said she loved breaking out of the mold that Black female actors are usually put in.
Legendary actor Frank Langella has played everyone from Dracula to Richard Nixon, but his favorite role was altogether more silly.
He had a small cameo role in an obscure British sketch comedy show called 'The Fast Show' in 1997. Apparently he's a big fan of British humor!
John Constantine wasn't a typical superhero, in fact he was more of a disturbed martyr. Reeves enjoyed the character's anger and relentlessness.
He said he loved it because the script was very simple and he was given freedom by the director to investigate the character of Oswald himself and make it his own.
He played 'Skeletor' in the trashy '80s fantasy movie 'Masters Of The Universe.' The character Skeletor was known from the hit cartoon 'He-Man' which was his son's favorite at the time.
The beloved Drew Barrymore has tackled a number of iconic roles, but her favorite was a character we can all relate to: long live Josie Grossie!
John Wayne was the Old West icon who defined cowboy movies. Despite his success, he lamented the fact that he ended up playing the same character in every movie.
Michael Caine's career has spanned 60 years, during which time he's been in more than 100 movies and picked up two Oscars for his performances.
He says his best role was a rather recent one. The comedy drama 'Youth' came out in 2010 and Caine believes it was the best work of his career.
In 'Never Been Kissed,' Barrymore goes undercover as a high school student for a magazine story and struggles with memories of her own high school humiliations.
Towards the end of his career he got the chance to play someone a little different, in the movie 'True Grit.' He said he played one of the best scenes of his life in this movie, and ended up winning an Oscar the following year.
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His character in 'The Big Lebowski' is his most iconic role and is certainly the most loved by his fans.
Her performance put her in the spotlight and shot her to fame. She had an artistic freedom in this small role that she didn't see again for the rest of her career.
He had a part in a B-list movie called 'The Long Kiss Goodnight' in 1996 where he played a down-trodden detective who spent most of the movie getting beaten up.
Actors don't tend to speak openly about their favorite roles, probably for fear of upsetting the creative geniuses they've worked with or messing up any other opportunities they could get. Despite that, a few A-listers have been brave enough to spill the beans and discuss the best characters they've ever played. Some are expected, but others come as a total shock.
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Famous actors and actresses reveal their all-time favorite roles
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Actors don't tend to speak openly about their favorite roles, probably for fear of upsetting the creative geniuses they've worked with or messing up any other opportunities they could get. Despite that, a few A-listers have been brave enough to spill the beans and discuss the best characters they've ever played. Some are expected, but others come as a total shock.
Click through the gallery to find out more!