Typecasting Quotes

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

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

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

“Type-casting is a fearsome monster.”

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

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

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

“I played villains because they were the best roles.”

“After 'Lassie', I was typecast. It was hard to get people to see me as anything other than Jeff.”

“I was the queen of the Warners lot. I was beautiful, but I was cold. I was a statuesque 'ice maiden.' That was my image.”

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

“People know my face, they know my name, but they don't know me. I'm not the girl from The Exorcist.”

“I've been killed more often than the world's worst matador.”

“I always wanted to play a hero, but I've only been offered parts as villains.”

“Now I am the bogeyman. I am the monster that parents tell their children about at night.”

“I'd like to do a lot of different things. I'm at the point in my career where I'm not going to be typecast as Joanie Cunningham. But I'm sure it's going to be a struggle.”

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

“Sherlock Holmes has been both a blessing and a curse.”