Typecasting Quotes & Sayings

I certainly don't feel like I've been the victim of typecasting. — Daniel Sunjata

I try to avoid typecasting by doing different roles. — Michael Clarke Duncan

Celebrity mentality sometimes misguides us to make wrong choices. That's why T.V screens sometimes lie to us! — Israelmore Ayivor

For far too long, the female gender has been plagued with stereotypes, typecasting, as well as, subtle and blatant discrimination. — Asa Don Brown

I don't believe in typecasting. Just because all my characters may come from the other side of the tracks doesn't mean they are all the same. You don't stereotype people and generalize people, everyone's different. — Michael K. Williams

Early in my career, having many visible tattoos created obstacles and presented quite a challenge to move forward. I've heard comments like, 'actors don't have tattoos.' The notion of typecasting was a reoccurring theme despite my passion toward creativity and personal expression. — Robert LaSardo

The world is for those who make their dreams come true. — Harold Gray

I'm 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice, and I have a way with a line. What can I do about it? I can't stay home waiting for something different. I think it's a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting. — Bea Arthur

I want to show my range before I fall into any typecasting. I've turned down a lot of things trying to wait. But at the end of my career, whether that be tomorrow or 40 years from now, I would like to look back and be able to say, 'Ah, I never fell into any gimmicks.' — Troy Garity

As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting. — Jeff Bridges

I don't think I've ever tried to be something that I'm not. People do that for you. People try to pigeonhole you. People tried typecasting me, before they even saw me in anything else. I've never understood that. I was like, "Why don't you wait until my next project, before you start telling my what my career is going to look like, for the next 10 years?" I've never let it set me back because I always knew the world would try to do that for me, anyway. — Chris Colfer

Typecasting is an interesting thing because, in a way, if you're good at something, you're going to work at that thing. In other ways, you constantly have to change people's opinion of you as one thing, especially if you want to play different roles. You have to shatter that image sometimes. — Aaron Tveit

Single vision produces worse illusions than double vision or many-headed monsters. — Donna J. Haraway

The Declaration is a magnificent document. — Paul Gillmor

Is typecasting really a problem? — Christopher Walken

There's a time and place for spontaneity, — Ken Follett

Typecasting is a good thing. It's good to be known for what you do. — Steve Guttenberg

Holding pain and hurt inside is unhealthy and locks in a lot of toxic energy that works against what we really want, which is healthy love. — Stephan Labossiere

I definitely think that typecasting is something that happens all the time. — Michael Mosley

I guess I'm lucky that I've been able to play a wide range of parts and a wide range of types of productions - I haven't felt much typecasting. — Kali Hawk

Typecasting is something I have to be careful with, since I play myself on Geek & Sundry so much on my weekly show 'The Flog.' That's why I did 'Dragon Age: Redemption' last year, so I could do something a little more dramatic and hard-edged. — Felicia Day

Turns out typecasting is a real thing. — Bill Hader

I tend to get cast as a certain type of quiet, almost introverted person who's strong on the inside, but the characters are so very different I don't see it as any kind of typecasting. — Kelly Macdonald

I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time. — Famke Janssen

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