Kenneth Cranham Quotes

In Bombay, people usually tend to cast you in roles that you've played before. Even though they may consider you to be a talented actor, they just think it's 'safer' to have you play the same kind of roles over and over again.

I do think I tend to be typecast, but it doesn't necessarily bother me.

I would love to do parts I have never done before, but unfortunately, if you have had success in a particular type of character, the casting agents think, 'Oh! We'll have something exactly like that.' It's very boring.

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

It's often disappointing when you're sent scripts, and you see why you were sent it; they want you to repeat the same thing you've done before.

But once you have some success in one style, the business wants to lock you in that vein forever.

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.

I'm not expecting much work in Hollywood, to be honest. People stick to film because they tend to get offered the same roles over and over again, and it's safe. But I'm not interested in doing that.

It's a risk casting anyone against type or what they're known to do. But there's one thing better than having a great actor, which is having a great actor who's never done what you're asking him to do. He's hungry to get out of the trailer every day and hungry to test himself.

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

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

Variety is very, very good. Going from medium to medium, if you get the chance to do it, from theater to television to film, which are all distinctly different, keeps me sharp.

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

One of the things that would steer me away from a franchise is that I'm playing the same character all the time and I wouldn't want to be known for that.

When actors get pigeonholed, that's their own doing to a large degree. Because if you do something that people like, obviously they're going to ask you to do it again. It's up to you to say no. If you're that insecure about working, you'll probably do what you're known to do.

I love to get involved with projects that take me out of my comfort zone. I try to do things that are not necessarily what I'm used to. I always wanted to do a big animation movie and stick to the codes that this genre sometimes implies.

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

I think that it's important that actors keep getting challenged every day. For every creative person, it's a terrible moment when they say they have done all they want to do.

I don't subscribe to the thinking that being typecast is a bad thing.

My big thing is that I always get typecast.

If a great role comes along, and you are too tall to play it, then I think the role is too small for your talents.

It's amazing how uncreative some people can be in this industry. They look at you and go, 'She's not right for the role'... but you've got to give someone a chance to show they're an actress. It's very frustrating.

I have never really ever gotten to play the girl next door.

I think, as an artist, you want to keep going - you want to keep taking challenges; you want to be pushed, in a way - and I think Sonic Evolution does that, it makes me feel a little uncomfortable and get out of my comfort zone.

There is so much incredible talent in Hollywood, and it's crazy to me that we see the same people over and over again in projects.