Robert Redford Quotes

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

I don't want to play fat cops for the rest of my life.

In school I was always being cast as the clown. And then I did 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose,' and once people hear you scream, they can't un-hear it. But I don't mean to say that I've been typecast, either.

I started out in the 1970s doing the Wife, the Bimbo, and the Ditz, and if I somehow get a serious role, they all wanna know the same thing: When are you going back to comedy?

It's a good thing to be typecast, isn't it?

The problem with the film industry is that once one starts out as a villain, subsequent offers are those of similar roles.

Actually two films is too short a time for an actor to get typecast.

It is hard as an actor when you are typecast at a really young age and come out of that pigeonhole thing.

I've enjoyed all of the roles I have played for different reasons, which is the great thing about acting. You love different projects for different reasons.

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.

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

As an actor, I am open to anything interesting that comes my way.

There are actors who don't get out of their Barbie Doll avatars, but that's not who I am.

I don't think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment.

There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell.

I don't have one specific dream role: I'm an actor, so I want to play everything. In this business, they'll pigeonhole you in two seconds if you're great at the role you play. Everyone assumes that you're really just like that character.

I'd like to work more, but I don't just want to do kind of generic characters. I want to do interesting characters, and I'd like to be cast against type.

I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way to get cast.

I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.

My career seems to have worked out OK, especially since I turned 40. I've always had a character part, mind you - I've never played the princess. But if you're used to doing that, it must be soul-destroying to hit 40 and suddenly find there's nothing for you to do.

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

I do try and stay away from the stereotype and getting typecast.

Having a persona people recognize, it's the thing that probably gets you paid the most - but it's also the thing that virtually every actor in the world doesn't want. 'Cause, like, no one would believe me if I wanted to play something ultra-realistic, like a gangster or something.

I never think about the next movie. I always think about the situation I'm in now, but you do think about an arc someone can go. I love Johnny Depp, I love 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' but I never wanted to play the same character over and over again.

I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.