Yakov Smirnoff Quotes

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.

I don't want to play the fat guy or the friend for the rest of my life.

I don't mind being stereotyped in some way and playing certain kinds of guys, but if I can find something to occasionally get a break from that, that would be nice. And I feel like I manage to.

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

I have been successful in comic roles and people think that is all that I can do.

Sometimes a movie series that becomes popular can be a blessing and curse because you get known for that. People don't give you a chance, after that... I'm a big proponent of getting somebody that you always admire and giving them a chance to do something else because they can redefine themselves.

I think I'm fortunate as an actor in that I do seem to get opportunities to play roles that aren't necessarily typical of what I've done before.

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.

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

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

The industry has a very short memory of what's possible, and they like to typecast you.

If you find yourself always playing the villain, or if you find yourself being typecast into a corner where you're not happy then that's probably rather miserable, but if I have been typecast I am quite happy about it.

You know, just because you're a blonde type doesn't mean you can't suddenly do serious parts.

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

If I hadn't left South Africa, I felt I was at risk of being pigeonholed. I looked around and saw actors who, 10 to 15 years into their careers, were still playing stereotypical Afrikaans characters, stereotyped Indian characters. That was not something that I wanted for myself.

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 generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's luxury. Most actors are capable of it, but they aren't afforded the opportunity to express their variety.

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

Sometimes I've felt that the industry has typecast me as a certain kind of character. But then I think all it really takes is one role, the right role, to shake that up and change that perception.

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

Hollywood typecast me as the secretary. I could have worked as the quirky secretary for the rest of my life, but I decided not to do that.

Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy.

I took the role of Rochelle in 'Everybody Hates Chris,' and that was it. I was going to play mother roles all the time. Once you do one mother role, it's always a trickle down effect.