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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
I never felt that I was typecast, but I was concerned about it. I certainly made an effort to take as many parts in theater and film that resisted that. If you only learn how to act a certain kind of role, it is very difficult to grow as an actor.
I generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's luxury. Most actors are capable of it, but they aren't afforded the opportunity to express their variety.
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.
A lot of actors seem to dislike typecasting these days. The funny thing is, that's a fairly recent development. It used to be that actors wanted to be typecast so audiences could remember them and identify with them.
I've said maybe too many times that I'd rather be typecast than not cast at all.
I was not easy to cast, but also, I have never been typecast.
It's a good thing to be typecast, isn't it?
Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors.
I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree.