Quotes About Being Typecast

#1. I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.

Randeep Hooda

#2. I've been really lucky to have had a variety of roles, and I don't think I'm in danger of being typecast as the romantic lead. I think there's honour in working as constantly as you can. That isn't easy. And I'm no matinee idol.

Tobias Menzies

#3. I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever.

JoBeth Williams

#4. You always see actors complaining about being typecast and ruining their career. Really, I don't see the point in complaining. If the only role you can play well is a black dude, you're never going to get ahead in this town, and you should just accept it.

Zach Braff

#5. I avoid roles that might send me down a road where I might end up being typecast.

Denzel Whitaker

#6. Being typecast is the enemy of any actor, so if you can try to do something that flips on the head peoples' ideas of who you are or what you can do, that's my biggest aim.

Owain Yeoman

#7. I don't believe in being typecast. If I believed it, it probably would have happened to me. You attract what you make.

Carrie-Anne Moss

#8. Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors.

Debi Mazar

#9. I've had a wonderful time in 'Foyle's War' and I don't mind being typecast. But I'm not prim. I'm chaotic, happy, and desperate to have some laughs. I'd love to do a comedy next, or something modern.

Honeysuckle Weeks

#10. I wander around in corsets in my house all the time. I'm a lot girlier than the roles I play, but I don't believe there's anything wrong in this business for being typecast.

Katee Sackhoff

#11. Am I being typecast as a horrible person? I don't know. I don't think so. But if it happens, I'd rather get to play that, because there's nothing fun about being sweet. Sweet can be so boring, so I'd be happy staying away from that.

January Jones

#12. I haven't had a problem with being typecast, but if I was only getting one type of role, I wouldn't mind. What I'm worried about is not working.

Michael K. Williams

#13. The only place that I'd be worried about being typecast is the independent film world.

Michelle Rodriguez

#14. I loved doing all those costume dramas. I didn't think, 'Ooh I've got to avoid being typecast' - you can't ever be dictated to by what other people think. I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors.

Helena Bonham Carter

#15. I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree.

Peter Sarsgaard

#16. I've never really been concerned about being typecast, for me it's just about enjoying my work and being very professional in taking things on.

David Boreanaz

#17. I'm happy with my career and I'm not going to have the trouble of being typecast.

Nicholas Hoult

#18. I've never worried about being typecast - I've only ever worried about being not cast!

Craig Fairbrass

#19. When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast.

Charisma Carpenter

#20. I've done a lot of work other than sci-fi, and between half-hour comedy, stage, and various movie roles, I've really tried to avoid being typecast.

Scott Bakula

#21. Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don't think so.

Aisha Tyler

#22. I've been very lucky with my career and don't feel like I'm being typecast in the same role over and over again.

Rose McIver

#23. If you find yourself always playing the villain, or if you find yourself being typecast into a corner where you're not happy then that's probably rather miserable, but if I have been typecast I am quite happy about it.

James Purefoy

#24. What I think is wonderful is that women are not just avengers or victims in films. They are people. They are characters. It's so refreshing. They're playing different kinds of characters, and they aren't being typecast.

Madhuri Dixit

#25. I hope I will not be typecast as a Bond girl for the rest of my life. I'm very proud of being a part of the Bond family, but I don't want to be the sexy girl forever. I'm not meaning to complain, but I just want to be taken seriously.

Eva Green

#26. In school I was always being cast as the clown. And then I did 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose,' and once people hear you scream, they can't un-hear it. But I don't mean to say that I've been typecast, either.

Jennifer Carpenter

#27. I try to do as many different roles as the system will allow me. That's the benefit of not being in a giant blockbuster where you're the lead and you get typecast in that kind of role. I am able to slip in or out of a lot of different parts.

Patrick Wilson

#28. I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the 'compassionate mother' or whatever.

Michael Learned