Quotes About Acting

I don't want to be typecast as a heroine doing just glamorous roles.

I don't like to get typecast, and I believe, one should be cautious while choosing roles.

In Hollywood, one doesn't get typecast. You can play a mother in one film and take up the role of a high school teenager in the next.

I have been very lucky that I never got typecast while playing female characters.

I was typecast in a mother's role very early in life. I didn't even reach a certain age. I was 20.

I have never feared of being typecast as I tried to do different roles on television.

I never planned to do female roles. It just happened. I was typecast.

I did a show where I played the mother of a 15-year-old, I was 20 years old when I played a mom of 45. And then, when I was around 28-30, I played mother to Akshay Kumar. So I got typecast very early, if I didn't even have to reach a certain age point.

Often I play, especially on television, a lot of smart lawyer people and cerebral types.

I had fun doing both types of roles. Both are good. One day you laugh, and the next day you cry. That's how it is.

Being Bruce Lee's kid, everyone wants you to be an action-film star. I took martial arts, and it's fun to do those types of movies, but I wanted to act, not fight.

I have played both serious as well as lighter characters, also, and have been satisfied with both types.

As an actress who wants to sustain her career, I would like to work and experiment with different types of looks and performances.

I like to play different types roles, but I'd like to do a comedy next.

I just like the prospect of playing lots of different types of characters and just the opportunity to challenge yourself, do something different and surprise people.

What I love most about acting is being able to play different types of personalities without being considered crazy.

After 'Homeland,' I was offered a lot of very authoritarian, square, angry boss types, but I wanted to do something different. Casting directors are surprised when they look at my CV and see all the work I've done, from Shakespeare to playing Nelson Mandela.

It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace.

I try to be eclectic in my choice of films. If I've done anything that's intentional in my career, it's to try to do as many different types of characters and as many different types of genres of movies that I can.

I want to get away from the high school thing and do other types of roles.

I don't really look for specific types of projects any more. I'm not taking care of a career anymore. I'm just having fun acting.

As an actor, if I just did sci-fi, I think it would get limiting, like if you just play lawyers or doctors, over and over. It's a lot more fun, if you get to play lots of different types of characters.

I was lucky enough to have a plethora of types of roles before and during the horror movie part of my career.

I've acted with all types, I've directed all types. What you want to understand, as a director, is what actors have to offer. They'll get at it however they get at it. If you can understand that, you can get your work done.