Zosia Mamet Quotes

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

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

As an actor, you don't want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you've succeeded in before.

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

I sort of went 'Oh, great. I'm getting these great roles and I love doing them, but I'm going to be Anthony Perkins for the rest of my life.'

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

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

Yeah, there's a tendency to get pigeonholed in Hollywood.

I must say that when I left 'Doctor Who,' I was filled with... not loathing, but I was incredibly annoyed because I wanted to do more television and films and the only thing that people could ever see me in was a recreation of what I had done.

I don't want to only play the leading man for the rest of my career.

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

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

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

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

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.

I am conscious about not getting typecast, but obviously I have to keep picking up great roles so that I don't get typecast.

Being pigeonholed is the death of all actors.

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.

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

I think you can find yourself on one of these shows for a long period of time and think that all you'll ever be able to do is that character. Certainly people think of you that way.

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

Which is good, in a way, because the danger in doing something like STAR TREK is that you end up in that pigeonhole and you're doing that the rest of your life.

I think if actors are successful at one thing, they paint themselves into a corner sometimes, and what's the fun in that?

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

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.