Typecast Quotes

As an actor, you don't want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you've succeeded in before. ~ Danny McBride

Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy. ~ Gene Hackman

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

I have never wanted to be typecast, one of those actors who plays a variation on a one-note theme. So just as I enjoy playing a wide variety of characters, from good to bad to ugly to cute - so I have enjoyed of late working in film and television, as well as in theatres of various sizes and shapes. ~ Ian McKellen

It never occurred to me that I'd be typecast, although I was. And I never thought of the role as a commercial product, because I was ... well, I was playing this slightly messianic alien. He isn't violent, he doesn't get his leg over the girl, he doesn't steal, and he's rather wry, and adorable, and mysterious. He's lived for 900 years or something. He lives the life of the old patriarchs of the Old Testament. That's not commercial. He's special. ~ Tom Baker

I'd like to talk in my own accent, but then there's that thing about getting typecast as, 'The British guy.' The role that makes you, that's normally what you're cast as forever more. Like, if I did a huge film with my British accent, that would be that. ~ Ryan Cartwright

Once typecast as the indispensable altarpiece of a well-appointed living room, TVs have infected every human environment. The average American household has more television sets than people. ~ Seth Shostak

If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln. ~ Sam Waterston

I was not only typecast as a Russian, but I was typecast as Yakov Smirnoff. This is understandable, and I was very happy to get the roles, but it would be nice to be in a movie where I could be someone else. ~ Yakov Smirnoff

Show business always tries to stereotype you, so that is something you have to fight against no matter who you are. A lot of actors who are of a minority background complain that they only get stereotyped roles, and they are 100 percent correct. However, it's also true that, no matter who you are, you get typecast as well. ~ Judah Friedlander

I was warned not to do it. Actors who play Jesus are supposed to have a hard time getting other roles to follow, but I felt this was a myth. After all, how can you be typecast as Christ? ~ Jeffrey Hunter

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

Originally, when I got the role of Lisa [from Visitors], I was a little concerned, because I was worried I would be typecast as an alien for the rest of my life. But they are so, so different that it wasn't at all a problem. I'm very lucky. I'm blessed to be on another show. I think it's going to do really well. ~ Laura Vandervoort

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

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

I refuse to be typecast, and I'll have a go at anything so long as it's different, challenging, hard work and demands great versatility. ~ Pete Postlethwaite

Most actors here go to the West Coast; I ended up going to Ireland. My buddies who left drama school, they had this arrogance - 'We don't want to typecast ourselves.' But I said, 'I want to do Irish parts. That's the thing that's gonna give me the leg up.' ~ Brian F. O'Byrne

Hollywood typecast me as the secretary. I could have worked as the quirky secretary for the rest of my life, but I decided not to do that. ~ Felicia Day

The only place that I'd be worried about being typecast is the independent film world. ~ Michelle Rodriguez

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

'Night of the Comet' established me as a strong woman. And let's face it, this business is very surface and one dimensional - so it's easy to get typecast. ~ Catherine Mary Stewart

I love when I am not typecast. I've been acting for 50 years. I was such a baby face; I was playing children until I was in my 30s, which frustrated me enormously. Now that I am 65 and getting to play women in their 50s, I am getting paid back for having to play children for so long. ~ Jacki Weaver

People want to typecast you; it's human nature. ~ Stacy Keach

Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast. ~ Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I was not easy to cast, but also, I have never been typecast. ~ Roger Lloyd-Pack

I don't feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether they're seen or not is another issue. ~ Meg Ryan

As a filmmaker you get typecast just as much as an actor does, so I'm trapped in a genre that I love, but I'm trapped in it! ~ George A. Romero

I'm an old school actor in the sense. More and more now, I play myself as I get older. Even as a writer, I never got typecast. I've always bounced from project to project or initiated my own things. ~ Jim Piddock

I do turn down things that I feel aren't right for me, like when it's some kind of adolescent thing that might typecast me, but I'm not worried about it. ~ Selma Blair

I refuse to let anybody try to typecast me. It's against my nature. I like to continually do different things. ~ Irene Cara

It is important to keep the filmmakers interested in you so they can offer you everything and anything. We actors are not given work on the basis of audience poll; the filmmaker will cast you after they see and like your work. It is essential to do different kind of films and not get typecast. ~ Randeep Hooda

I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands. ~ Randeep Hooda

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

People ask me if I'm afraid of getting typecast, but you can't be afraid of that. It's really not up to you. I'm getting other parts that aren't vampires. ~ Robert Pattinson

If you follow anything that I've ever done, I never stick to one thing more than one year. I'm just afraid to get typecast. ~ Phil Ramone

I don't ever want to be doing the same sort of thing, I never want to be typecast, because I have way too much to give to be sort of, to always be the hot chick in the movie. ~ Elisha Cuthbert

No one likes to be typecast or stereotyped, especially actors. But who would know Esther Williams without a swimming pool, Bela Lugosi without a cape, or Elvis Presley without his guitar. Would we even care? ~ Susan Marg

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

As long as I keep getting cast, I don't care if it's typecast. ~ Chris Pratt

I do try and stay away from the stereotype and getting typecast. ~ Elisha Cuthbert

It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along. That's partly because I found myself getting typecast, as everyone does unless they pursue roles that are very different from what they've done before. ~ Christian Bale

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

I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore. ~ David Duchovny

Not all of us are chameleons that can do every different thing. I hope I'm going to be typecast. I will play the girl next door for the rest of my life if I have to. I always kind of feel like I have that in my pocket when I go in a room. ~ Kaley Cuoco

I've definitely been typecast, but I have time to do other things and I was glad to have the chances I did. ~ Seann William Scott

I avoid roles that might send me down a road where I might end up being typecast. ~ Denzel Whitaker

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

I've been fortunate enough in my career that I haven't been typecast at all. ~ Kristy Swanson

I've never worried about being typecast - I've only ever worried about being not cast! ~ Craig Fairbrass

It's weird because I always seem to be dead. I'm gonna have to change that because I wouldn't want to be typecast. ~ Erica Leerhsen

Whatever love meant there was some version of it that I felt for Winter. And it didn't matter if he felt that for me or not or if it was real love or just my sadness about my dad that had turned into longing. Love, that elusive leading lady, plays too many parts to be typecast. ~ Francesca Lia Block

I don't want to play a superhero. Drogo may not be Superman, but it is a phenomenal role. I didn't want to get typecast. Drogo is an exceptional character. Conan is iconic. Whether it does good or not, you just try to elevate it to the next level. ~ Jason Momoa

Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don't think so. ~ Aisha Tyler

The industry has a very short memory of what's possible, and they like to typecast you. ~ Kevin Rahm

I don't want to be typecast as a heroine who does a certain kind of cinema, which is why I experiment with the types of films that I do. But yes, I won't deny that romantic love stories or romantic comedies are what I enjoy doing the most, because as an audience those are the kind of films that I like watching. ~ Deepika Padukone

This is not the 19th century, where actors are expected to play completely opposite roles. We're not typecast, but we're brought in because somebody thinks that it's a good fit, so you make it a better fit. ~ Kate Mulgrew

I never got in this business, in cinema, to make horror movies. They arrived on my doorstep and I got typecast. Which was fine, I enjoy it, but I got into this business to make westerns. And the kind of westerns I used to see, they died. So that didn't work out. ~ John Carpenter

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

You get typecast. You have to find a niche in this business. So, the roles that I got cast in were the Latina or the Italian spitfires. The woman with a passion and the woman who didn't want to listen to anyone, did everything her own way, very self-willed. ~ Patricia Mauceri

Unfortunately, I think I'm going to be typecast in Hollywood as the kid who can cry. I don't like putting audiences through those emotional ups and downs. I don't want people to think Dana Hill is so depressing all she does is cry. But the parts are so good, I can't turn them down. ~ Dana Hill

I got typecast early in my career as the guy who is very intense. Once you get into a certain mold, people see you that way, as much as it's disproved time and again. ~ D. B. Sweeney

I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic scores. I think most of the work that comes my way is because people feel they know me musically. ~ Cliff Martinez

I do so many roles, I can't be typecast. ~ Tommy Davidson

And there was something familiar about the cadence of the words. The language. It was him.
I wrote:
I know who you are. I recognize your voice. by kidzero
I felt a little dizzy after I sent it, maybe because I had been holding my breath. A new message pinged and the air rushed out of me like a deflated balloon.
you shouldn't be talking to strangers anyway. who am I? by anonymous
I didn't really know his name or anything about him, but I couldn't admit that now. I wanted to keep talking to him. I quickly typed:
You are the Unidentified. The Unidentified refuses to be typecast, target-marketed, corporate-identified, defined. by kidzero ~ Rae Mariz

I do think I tend to be typecast, but it doesn't necessarily bother me. ~ Jodelle Ferland

It's a good thing to be typecast, isn't it? ~ Sean Bean

I think I'm under the radar enough where I don't think I'm typecast as anything yet, so I'm pretty free and clear. ~ Selma Blair

No, the type-casting didn't happen until after Star Trek. I don't think that you get typecast until you've been cast! ~ Jonathan Frakes

I think it's pretty crazy to say you've been typecast at the age of 20 before you've even really started getting going. ~ Tom Felton

I'd rather be thought as an international actress rather than a French one. Because I don't know what's coming up for me, my ambition is not to be typecast. So I'm working on my English accent, as well as my American one. I don't want to be like 'Okay, I'm French, and I want to succeed in Hollywood!' ~ Eva Green

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

Was I in a nativity play? I think I was an angel; I was a very blonde child, so I tended to get typecast. I have a vague memory of wearing wings. ~ Hannah Murray

Without the perspective that sees evil as a dark force that stands behind human reality, the issue of "good" and "bad" in our world is easy to decipher. It is fatally easy, and I mean fatally easy, to typecast "people like us" as basically good and "people like them" as basically evil. This is a danger we in our day should be aware of, after the disastrous attempts by some Western leaders to speak about an "axis of evil" and then to go to war to obliterate it. We turn ourselves into angels and "the other lot" into demons; we "demonize" our opponents. This is a convenient tool for avoiding having to think, but it is disastrous for both our thinking and our behavior. ~ N. T. Wright

Please, please, please - I would love to do some comedy. Once you have a reputation for one thing - in my case, crying and dying - you are typecast. ~ Emily Watson

Sometimes I've felt that the industry has typecast me as a certain kind of character. But then I think all it really takes is one role, the right role, to shake that up and change that perception. ~ David Schwimmer

Maybe it would be easier if we were allowed to yell? The public librarian has been typecast. We're supposed to whisper and shush, demand silence, when in reality we work our asses off trying to help people speak up. Maybe it seems safer for us to whisper. Because maybe if we could shout, it would shake the walls down. ~ Annie Spence

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

All of a sudden I was Joan [Mad Man] and they're going, "Oh, so she plays a badass in this." And I'm like, "Oh my god, I get to play badasses." Firefly was a little bit of that, but she started out as a mouse and then she turned into a dragon. But I never really had that opportunity. So all of a sudden people were like, "Oh, do you feel like you're being typecast?" I would say, "No, this is just opening the doors." No one thought I could do it and someone finally trusted me to do it. ~ Christina Hendricks

I haven't worked enough to worry about getting typecast, but I do as a film lover didn't want to be working with the bad guys. I didn't want to be making a movie I thought was contributing to a lower base of movies that I just didn't think were helping people, really. ~ Alden Ehrenreich

At this point in my career, it doesn't bother me much that I'm probably hopelessly typecast. I like to work, and horror films definitely keep me working. ~ Donald Pleasence

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

That was my one big Hollywood hit, but, in a way, it hurt my picture career. After that, I was typecast as a lion, and there just weren't many parts for lions. ~ Bert Lahr

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