Quotes About Stereotype

I come from a country where there's a reputation for bad press.

I just never did buy this idea that you have to live in Los Angeles to be an actor. I didn't see that as a requirement in my job description.

If you're going to play a prostitute, you can't be too squeamish about that sort of thing. It's just part of the job, since the role requires it.

People already had labelled me a 'one-film wonder' and that's when TV came to my rescue.

I think a lot of people don't really understand. They call me a fat drag queen, which I resent, because I'm a character actor and a very good one.

If you get your foot in the door doing one kind of part, that's the kind of role they call you for. I can't say I resent it - then I would resent my whole career.

I resent ever being stereotyped.

Short hair is reserved for the questionable characters, the vamps.

That's the poisoned chalice: when you're shy, people assume you're arrogant.

I'm 77. The only reason I'm ever shy about it is that people tend to think of you in terms of what they think that age is. I certainly don't feel any different than I did when I was 35, and my energy seems to be more than it was then.

The funny thing is that everyone thinks I'm naturally dark because all of my siblings are, but I'm naturally dirty blond.

Even after 'Gangster' being a success, I was considered a B-grade actress and was a sidekick, even though I was good at what I did, and was jobless for two years.

There are two sides to being pigeonholed. There's, 'Oh, no, I'm going to be Chandler for the rest of my life,' but there's also the fact that getting to play Chandler opened up doors to me. It's now my job to find things that shake it up a little bit.

Oh, you know, driving around, coming to a stop sign and an entire family, from 8 to 80, will be looking at me with that Dr. Evil look - pinkie on the mouth.

I hadn't thought that women were particularly dangerous golfers. Could that be the reason that the Augusta National Golf club refuses to take down its 'No Women Allowed' sign?

Most American adults know what a drag queen is, but as they're portrayed in films like 'Dressed to Kill' and 'Silence of the Lambs.'

I don't even mind playing a bimbo or a silly girl, as long as it isn't stereotyped and there's a reason for that character to be part of the story.

What really ticks me off is how the public figures you automatically become the roles you play. What most people never see is the silly side of me.

I hated Hogan growing up because he was just too white meat for me. He was just a guy in a ripped shirt, and a bandana, and a silly moustache in my mind.

If you look at my acting career, I never played a role that was similar to anything my brother played. I was always cast as the bad guy or a gangster, because my brother didn't do those kind of roles.

Once people see you pulling off one role, they think you're a safe bet to do a similar role.

It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.

When they thought of me, they always remembered the vacuous Billie Dawn. It was as simple as that.

People felt I could only be best for roles of a simple girl. I wanted to break the mould and so I did 'Hate Story 3.'