Role Association Quotes

The kind of roles which you get, people identify with your roles, and it then leads to the kind of brands you get.

People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her.

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.

My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air.

When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.

If you're ever being typecasted - as most of us are - that's a great way to be typecasted. So, 'The Rifleman' is still popular with a lot of people, and I'm proud to be associated.

Hello, my name is Lisa Jakub. But most people in a restaurant/dentist's office/yoga studio dressing room, call me 'Hey, you look like that girl from 'Mrs. Doubtfire'/'Independence Day'/'Rambling Rose.' There is a good reason for that. I am that girl. More accurately, I was that girl.

I really enjoyed Eddie Bracken. He told me a great story. He did The Odd Couple on Broadway, replacing Art Carney, and he said, "Art Carney did it for six months and I did it for three years, and I don't think anyone I've ever spoken to saw me. They all saw Art Carney."

There's a whole generation in England who think I'm American, thanks to 'The Walking Dead.' It's an interesting phenomenon of being an actor longer than 25 years because you can tell what people know you from.

What I'm normally associated with are darker, more brooding roles.

Well, when you do something like Rocky which is indefinable somehow, it always becomes difficult to lose that.

When I first finished 'Sharpe,' it was hard to get work because people only saw me as him.

I find it very funny as well as touching that people associate me with these characters I play and form a connect with them.