“I have never wanted to be typecast, one of those actors who plays a variation on a one-note theme. So just as I enjoy playing a wide variety of characters, from good to bad to ugly to cute - so I have enjoyed of late working in film and television, as well as in theatres of various sizes and shapes.”
Ian Mckellen
“After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions.”
Bert Lahr
“want to become typecast as an eccentric.”
Johnny Depp
“If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good.”
Colin Baker
“I really don't feel like I'm being typecast,”
Lee Tergesen
“[Denver, however, never escaped being typecast as Gilligan.] That's the damaging thing about being terrific in what you do as an actor, ... Everybody wants you to be the same person.”
Sherwood Schwartz
“You're typecast as a mid-list author even before you start. It used to be that a writer would get five or six books before you were pulled and given up on. They gave you a chance to build an audience. Now, if the first book doesn't build an audience, you're gone.”
Whitley Strieber
