Javed Jaffrey Quotes

I just love variety. I love being able to do different things. Do period pieces and sci-fi. I love being able to move between genres and be flexible.

Different films, different genres show the different things I do. It's nice because it brings different groups of people to following what I'm doing. So hopefully, it kind of reiterates that I'm not just a one-trick pony as well.

It is my philosophy that one should not excel in only one thing but try to strike a balance between different things.

I can't sit still for long and need creative outlets and think you should try different things. I mean, if you're a musician all of your life, you gotta try different things. I really believe you can have it all.

The idea is to resist being typecast. I like doing different things.

I want to do films in as many genres - action, fantasy, period, classic love stories - as I can. I don't want to pigeon-hole myself.

I want people to believe that I can pull off more than one or two types of genres or characters.

I've always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I've never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last time. Hence, me going from 'Big Love' to romantic comedy, to period film... I can't sit still.

My focus is to not focus too much on one genre.

I get bored doing one thing only. I've been very lucky to explore a lot of different artistic territory and I don't see why I won't continue on that path.

I'm fortunately not, like, typecast. I don't have to just do one kind of thing; I can do all kinds of things that reflect different parts of me.

I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely different to the last. I just enjoy the versatility of it, the challenge of doing lots of different things. It keeps the job interesting.

If you overdo something, you end up typecast. You always have to expand.

I've always wanted to do non-comedies. I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things.

I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.

I never pictured myself as just a rapper; I always wanted to act and do whatever else I could do. I always felt like I could do a lot of different things.

It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been hired for a lot of different gigs simply because I can do a lot of different things with different levels of dancers. And it's sad to me that some dancers don't do more.

I don't want to pigeonhole myself in one character or genre. I want to challenge myself as much as I can.

I've always strived to keep mixing it up, keep doing different things, and work in all different parts of our business.

It's not a bad thing to be able to do many things onstage. If you're an entertainer, you should be able to entertain. I'm proud to say that I'm not a one-trick pony.

Frankly, I have a lot of interests, and I am not all that wedded only to banking.

Every form has its merits. And I like to work in a lot of different forms.

It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can.

I try not to stick to any one thing, you know. That's always been important to me.

Comedy is important, and I do not want to end up being recognised for just one genre.