Typecasting Quotes

“I have to get my career back to where it was.”

“Once you've been portrayed as a villain, you'll have a lot of difficult times in your life, because a lot of people don't like you for that.”

“I've always been a physical actor. That's why I'm always cast as werewolves and things like that.”

“I was never the girl next door. I was the girl from the other side of the tracks.”

“I was a big, dumb-looking guy who could fight and fall off a horse.”

“I was never the 'babe,' so I knew I'd never get those big roles. I'd always be the best friend or the quirky sidekick.”

“I've not particularly chosen to be a sex symbol, but I've been typecast.”

“I've played more psychotics and freaks and killers than any other actor.”

“I've always been the guy who doesn't get the girl.”

“I'm not Norman Bates. I'm an actor who played a part.”

“I wasn't a 'horror fan.' I was a 'classical actor.' I didn't want to be a 'spook.'”

“I'm the designated villain. I'm the guy who is going to be the bad guy.”

“I do hope that some of my recent pictures will make people think, 'Oh, she's not just a nice lady from England.'”

“I don't want to be known as 'the Napoleon Dynamite guy.' I want to be known as 'the guy who played Napoleon Dynamite.'”

“The Blair Witch Project was a double-edged sword. It opened a lot of doors, but it also typecast me for a while.”

“I'm not the kind of actor who is just here to run around with a gun.”

“I was always the go-to person for 'ethnic'. And that meant anything that wasn't black or white.”

“I felt like I was a little pigeonholed for a while there after 'Happy Days'.”

“Type-casting is a fearsome monster.”

“It's just that I'm not a stereotypical boy-next-door.”