Tamannaah Quotes

I think I'm fortunate as an actor in that I do seem to get opportunities to play roles that aren't necessarily typical of what I've done before.

Having done 'Misfits' for three years solid, you become known for doing one thing, so I've wanted to change things up as much as possible with each job.

I am fortunate that I get sent scripts and get to meet people I would never have met had I not done 'Harry Potter.' But I feel I had to come out of that show and prove that I am not a one trick pony and can do other stuff.

I've been very lucky with my career and don't feel like I'm being typecast in the same role over and over again.

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.

Being an actress, I want to play people that are not like me or the characters I've previously played. It's easier to get roles if you play a certain type of character but I don't want to do that.

I am conscious about not getting typecast, but obviously I have to keep picking up great roles so that I don't get typecast.

Every role I have in my kitty is different. None of them resemble the roles I have played in my earlier films.

I'm in the business to push it. I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done.

I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.

I love taking on roles that I haven't yet done in my career.

Every job I've had since 'Smallville' has wanted me to have red hair, so I have to thank 'Smallville' for that. But, just the fact that it was so different was appealing to me. As an actor, you want to be able to play a lot of different things.

Know who you are, because that's how you will be cast at first. Then you can be Meryl Streep further down the road.

I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character.

I try to do as many different roles as the system will allow me. That's the benefit of not being in a giant blockbuster where you're the lead and you get typecast in that kind of role. I am able to slip in or out of a lot of different parts.

I think in terms of a career trajectory, it's good for people to be reminded that, in spite of seeing me a million times a day on a show for ten years playing the same character, I'm an actor, and actors like to play different people.

I wouldn't want to be associated with one character, because I want to be able to do different roles.

I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.

I am obsessed with the idea of transformation. I have been very lucky so far to play very different roles - and I would love for that to continue.

The movies that I've done in the past, everybody's been like, 'Cam always gets away in a movie playing Cam.' So, like, I'm trying to step outside the box a little bit just to show my range in acting.

I don't want to get typecast and I've been doing a lot of stuff to make that happen and not be the case.

No doubt an actress has to do varied roles. But I don't want myself to be typecast as an actress who can only do off-beat ventures.

I was doing well for myself and wanted to play different roles and not just be happy portraying glamorous characters.

Right from my first movie, I have tried hard to make sure I am not typecast.

My agent Sue realised after 'Cold Feet' that I could have spent the rest of my life doing similar roles. So she was instrumental in moving me away from that.