Tyler Posey Quotes

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

I think it's pretty crazy to say you've been typecast at the age of 20 before you've even really started getting going.

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 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.

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

Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.

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

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.'

Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.

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 give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.

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

I'm beginning to get pigeonholed as the girl who plays the crazies and weirdoes - and that's not the entirety of who I am. Hopefully, the whole point of being in this profession is that you change into anyone you want to be.

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.

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

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

Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors.

At this point in my career, it doesn't bother me much that I'm probably hopelessly typecast. I like to work, and horror films definitely keep me working.

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.

After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions.

Actors do tend to get pigeonholed. People want to know who you are so they can put you in a box. It's lovely to be known for such diametrically opposite roles.

Once you become tagged as anything, it becomes difficult to shake it, because the less imaginative people in the business want you to do what worked for the last guy. That's always been something I've had to deal with.

Many times an actor is stuck for the lack of choices. The same happened with me when I started my career. That was the time when mainly romantic films were being made, and that is what I was offered all the time.

I've spent my entire career on horseback or on a motorcycle. It boxes you in, the way people perceive you. I read a lot of scripts. Most of 'em go to other actors.