Daniel Sunjata Quotes

Crazy people are my people? Really? I think that's silly. That's another one of those pigeonhole things. Lay somebody on an ironing board and put a scalding hot iron on them, get that going real good: 'Oh, this is who Holly Hunter is.'

I haven't ever been stereotyped or pigeonholed or put into a box.

I became stereotyped.

I think I underestimated the way people bracket you.

I definitely think that typecasting is something that happens all the time.

My big thing is that I always get typecast.

I resent ever being stereotyped.

I think I've been cast as toughs as far as I can remember always, always.

I think it's just easier for people to put you in a box or a lane because you look similar. I think that's unfair for anybody in any situation.

I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.

Stereotypes, they're sensual, cultural weapons. That's the way that we attack people. At an artistic level, stereotypes are terrible writing.

I hate stereotypes and I hate cliche.

I refuse to be stereotyped.

It's so easy for people to stick a label on you, and then that taints everything you touch.

I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes.

I think I'm going to be stereotyped forever, but I'm not scared of being stereotyped.

Hollywood constantly wants to label you and type you into a certain category, 'Oh he's a comedy guy,' or the weirdo character guy or the villain.

I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always stayed away from it because I didn't want to be put into that box.

Turns out typecasting is a real thing.

I don't want to be lumped into any categories.

Once you became associated with a children's show, you're finished.

We want to pigeonhole things and people, but it is absurd to regard me just as a furry wig-and-britches actor.

Is typecasting really a problem?

People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a hillbilly. Like those were insults.

Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.