Randeep Hooda Quotes

When I was younger, you get pigeonholed in parts, which is understandable.

I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time.

You're always being cast for what you've been in last.

Probably a concern to either a major or minor degree with most actors if they're really motivated to kind of make a significant difference in the business is the 'pigeon-holing' thing.

People wouldn't hire me for comedies. They would say, 'Oh, he doesn't do comedy,' and now it's really all I do.

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

I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever.

I don't subscribe to the thinking that being typecast is a bad thing.

I'm aware of being pigeonholed in those period drama roles. But, I do love them at the same time.

I am not scared of getting typecast.

People assume that I'm this trashy motel girl, and that those are the only roles I can play, but I really take it seriously, and I know that I can do more.

People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.

I was never the ingenue or the pretty girlfriend of Tom Cruise in a movie. I didn't have that career, so I don't have to compete on that level.

I do think I tend to be typecast, but it doesn't necessarily bother me.

I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green screen.

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

I got typecast early in my career as the guy who is very intense. Once you get into a certain mold, people see you that way, as much as it's disproved time and again.

When people start thinking of you more as a persona, they are less inclined to allow you to move into different areas. Sometimes they're wrong. Sometimes they're just very stereotypical or restricted in their own thinking of what they'll allow you to do.

I hope I will not be typecast as a Bond girl for the rest of my life. I'm very proud of being a part of the Bond family, but I don't want to be the sexy girl forever. I'm not meaning to complain, but I just want to be taken seriously.

I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree.

I've learned that people latch onto labels and stereotypes. There was a period when I was asked in every single interview how I liked being the new Frank Sinatra... I think people will soon realize that I do a lot more than interpret old songs.

People only see you as your last role, so it's hard to break out of that.

Once you get into something so big, people think of you in one way.

Your basic physical makeup does influence the parts you're offered. If you're big, they cast you either dumb or tough, although there are exceptions. Clint Eastwood and James Arness carved out niches for themselves in Westerns. I just hope I won't be faced with doing 'Li'l Abner' in dinner theater for the rest of my career.

Somehow, someway, you get kind of labeled this guy who was in a Freddie Prinze Jr. movie too many. And Freddie Prinze Jr. - it's not his fault, either - it's just these are the things that happen. I'm not a George Clooney; I don't have a ton of opportunities.