Quotes About Career

I love that I'm a character actress and get to do so many different and interesting roles. There's really no reason that I can't continue on forever, because I've never been typecast as one thing.

People tend to typecast you in a certain way, depending on the kind of work you have been doing till then.

If your film and character are a hit, chances are you'll get typecast in that space.

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.

It's logical when you become known to the industry with 'Dracula' and 'Frankenstein' that they typecast you and want you in their horror movies. That's how I got 'Blade,' of course, because they were fans.

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

It generally happens that when actors do mythology shows, they get typecast, but it didnt happen with me.

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.

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.

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

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.

Luckily, I didn't have many 'day jobs' while trying to find success in Los Angeles. When I first moved to L.A., I worked at Bubba Gump Restaurant for about two days. I didn't even make it through training before I quit. I just didn't care to memorize all the different types of shrimp.

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 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 I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.

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

It's about... my only strategy I've ever had in my career is to do as many different types of roles as possible, as many different types of genres. It keeps the fire in my belly.

There's a dance happening on both sides of the table. Individuals are giving their personal and career values a lot more weight when it comes to finding a company that aligns with both. At the same time, companies are becoming a lot more transparent about their core values as an organization and the types of people they want to attract.

I take a certain pride in having maintained a reputation for fast copy throughout my newspaper career. Fast-breaking stories left my typewriter in a hurry. Not great literature, perhaps, but fast, and usually accurate.

My background is not typical of a lawyer or a DPP. My dad was a toolmaker before he retired, so he worked in a factory all his life.

For a long time, I thought, 'I'm not a TV presenter,' but now I realise there's no typical route into this business.

There's not really a choice about, am I going to pursue a typical career? Because I'm not the typical standard, so that's not even an option.