Joanne Whalley Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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

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 stopped working in Bollywood because I was getting the same kind of work.

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.

My agent Sue realised after 'Cold Feet' that I could have spent the rest of my life doing similar roles. So she was instrumental in moving me away from that.

I've seen what can happen to an actor when he's just working for the sake of working. All of a sudden it's ten years later, your career's happened, and you haven't had any control.

No, the type-casting didn't happen until after Star Trek. I don't think that you get typecast until you've been cast!

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.

I think it's a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor.

I've said maybe too many times that I'd rather be typecast than not cast at all.

I don't want to get stuck playing the same character over and over again.

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

I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.

The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you're trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there.

I do turn down things that I feel aren't right for me, like when it's some kind of adolescent thing that might typecast me, but I'm not worried about it.

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.

I haven't had a problem with being typecast, but if I was only getting one type of role, I wouldn't mind. What I'm worried about is not working.

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 used to get typecast when I was younger.

I think in terms of a career trajectory, it's good for people to be reminded that, in spite of seeing me a million times a day on a show for ten years playing the same character, I'm an actor, and actors like to play different people.