In essence, big stars come with a set image, and breaking it becomes a task for certain stories.
After the series 'Roc' ended, every role offer I got was for the wise-cracking, ne'er-do-well brother or boyfriend, and I could have made a very good career doing those characters.
It's hard to portray your personality in 140 characters. And so, at times, I tend to be very cynical. And I don't think that comes across very well on social media.
Even in comedy, I'm always the straight guy, which is okay because that's a skill. But it would be nice to get out of that box.
I was Pee-wee Herman for so many years that it wasn't really a question that I didn't want to do other things.
There are actors who don't get out of their Barbie Doll avatars, but that's not who I am.
The Coyote is limited, as Bugs is limited, by his anatomy.
I was well aware of the fact that once you appeared in Doctor Who as something else, you were ruled out for the part of the Doctor: that was a kind of well known thing in the business.
The more you understand me, the less characters I can play.
A playwright who limits himself - or is limited - to a handful of characters is forced to concentrate on the essentials of the situation that he has chosen to portray.
Any time you're a type, your career's over.
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.
I think you can find yourself on one of these shows for a long period of time and think that all you'll ever be able to do is that character. Certainly people think of you that way.
It turns up the heat under a narrative when you limit the characters in their movements or their freedoms.
Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things?
The danger with playing a part that defines you is that it swallows up everything else.
If you get a book which is 600 pages, you have to reduce it to a script of 100 pages. In two hours of film, you cannot possibly include all the characters.
