If you get your foot in the door doing one kind of part, that's the kind of role they call you for. I can't say I resent it - then I would resent my whole career.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I would not like to be replaced by someone who immediately sets about undoing what I've tried to do for 25-26 years.
My philosophy is, 'Show up, shut up, and do your job,' and if you do it to the satisfaction of your director and the public, you're likely to be able to do it again.
Once you take a role, you have to do it properly and do it justice.
With any role, you're extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you.
In the end, it's your job to own the role, and in the end, you are playing certain aspects of your own self, even.
Up to that point I never really knew what my character would be expected to do, and prior to accepting the job I had actually turned down the role three times before finally giving in.
Every role you do is kind of a side of yourself. That's why they give you the part.
Don't even think of acting as a profession unless not doing it would cause you to sicken and waste away.
I approach every role with the same commitment because I'm being paid for it. To not do so would be unethical.
You know, I consistently change in my own life so the roles I'm suitable for also change, and that's a really nice thing about this profession.