Rahul Dev Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

If you're a sexy actress, it's hard to get serious roles. You get offered the same thing they've seen you in. People are like sheep, and they're like, 'Oh, that's what she does well.'

I've got quite a big fan base, and people like to see you do the same thing - that's why you get offered the same roles.

It's nice to be thought of as attractive and all of that. On the other hand, it curtails you somewhat, too. They won't let me read for 'West Wing,' just to play, you know, a normal person. Or 'ER,' to play a doctor - the things I'm actually good at. I mean, I'm pretty good on foreign policy - they won't even let me come read for that.

I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy.

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.

I did as much as I could in Vancouver. You can only play so many ex-'Falcon Crest' sons in so many movies of the week before you burn out.

Probably a concern to either a major or minor degree with most actors if they're really motivated to kind of make a significant difference in the business is the 'pigeon-holing' thing.

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.

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 started as an actor in the theater playing a lot of character parts, and suddenly, I found myself in this place where it felt like I was getting locked into a kind of a stereotype, and it did bother me.

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.

I can't get the serious roles. People don't see me that way.

I don't really want to play Will Poulter for the rest of my life, because that's boring.

If you're looking to be loved for a part, it's great and enticing to be adorable in a romantic comedy. But then, as an actor, you get stuck.

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

I read so many scripts, and it's not really exciting to just be the girlfriend.

Our Bollywood industry works in such a way that when an actor is seen in a gangster's role, he is offered similar roles.