David Duchovny Quotes

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

I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed.

I've definitely been typecast, but I have time to do other things and I was glad to have the chances I did.

I am not scared of getting typecast.

Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.

There are two sides to being pigeonholed. There's, 'Oh, no, I'm going to be Chandler for the rest of my life,' but there's also the fact that getting to play Chandler opened up doors to me. It's now my job to find things that shake it up a little bit.

If something scares me, then I have to do it. My biggest fear in life is fear.

When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast.

It's not fun for an actor to be pigeonholed in any way.

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.

I had been making films for almost ten years, and the head men at RKO thought of me only in terms of musicals. I found no fault with that, except I just couldn't stand being typed or pigeonholed as only a singing and dancing girl. I wanted to extend my range.

I'm 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice, and I have a way with a line. What can I do about it? I can't stay home waiting for something different. I think it's a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting.

I have to make my bones with Hollywood to get in. And when I do maybe I'll metamorphose from Mr. Muscles or whatever it is I am now and become an irascible tosser.

To move past fear is a cliche.

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.

Life changed at 40 for me, as predicted by my acting teacher when I was leaving college. I became more hirable and more interesting... I'm not sure why.

I see myself as a recovering journalist.

I have very young looks, so it's easy for me to play high school, but I'm trying to stay away from high-school movies. As I get older, I'll try and broaden my talents.

I've been scared and I've liked not hanging on to stuff where I know that I'm in my comfort zone.

I hated modeling. I was so scared. But as soon as I started doing jewelry, I did better as a model.

The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.

I've done a number of projects where people go, 'This is your breakthrough role,' so I've stopped thinking that.

No, the type-casting didn't happen until after Star Trek. I don't think that you get typecast until you've been cast!

Television allowed me to kick the Hollywood habit of typing an actor in certain roles.

So I did that for a long time in my career, and I waited for parts to play myself just physically down a little bit. But I do feel like I'm at a place in my career now where I don't necessarily fret about that too much anymore.