Michael Mosley Quotes

Turns out typecasting is a real thing.

Typecasting is really rampant in Hollywood, and because I played a costumed character and did it successfully, it was a real stigma.

You're always going to have typecasting, especially with TV.

It's really hard to not get put in a box when you're acting and get typecast.

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

Getting typecast is a dangerous thing to do.

I think I underestimated the way people bracket you.

People want to typecast you; it's human nature.

Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don't think so.

When you have a label stuck on you, people tend to believe it. If someone calls you suave and debonair, you only get offered parts in a suit and a collar and tie. It just so happens I wear them reasonably well.

Casting is a convoluted kind of trip. No one likes to be typed - even if you're a cab driver, or whatever you do.

What I've run into more than anything is people who have a belief that they know who you are. Type-casting happens because people actually write you off. 'You are in this box. That's all you are; that's everything you are.' It's a very de-humanizing experience.

People wanted to put me in one category, I think because it was easier for them.

I think we try to categorise people, put them in pigeon holes, I think we get into all sorts of difficulties.

In India, you get typecast so easily!

Everyone always says, 'We don't want to be pigeonholed.' But sometimes, your pigeonhole is a great place to be.

We all have perceptions or boxes that we put each other in.

I hate being categorized.

Certain names always awake certain prejudices.

I'm not so widely known that I'm going to be pigeonholed.

Hollywood's famous for putting you in a box.

Sometimes, you just get a label and it sticks.

People like to pigeonhole you.

I became stereotyped.

I'd like to talk in my own accent, but then there's that thing about getting typecast as, 'The British guy.' The role that makes you, that's normally what you're cast as forever more. Like, if I did a huge film with my British accent, that would be that.