I was not easy to cast, but also, I have never been typecast.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
No, the type-casting didn't happen until after Star Trek. I don't think that you get typecast until you've been cast!
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.
When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast.
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.
I've been fortunate enough in my career that I haven't been typecast at all.
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.
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.
It's been dawning on me slowly that for the past 35 years I have been cast against type, and I'm finally getting to do what I really wanted to do.
I've said maybe too many times that I'd rather be typecast than not cast at all.
As long as I keep getting cast, I don't care if it's typecast.