Actor Quote by Sam Heughan

If an actor or actress is recognizable, that changes our perception of them. Sometimes you can play against type, or you can just repeat…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

This is not the 19th century, where actors are expected to play completely opposite roles. We're not typecast, but we're brought in because somebody…

— Kate Mulgrew

Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their…

— Sam Mendes

When audiences look at an action actor like myself, sometimes we are very easily stereotyped or characterized as one type. They forget that we…

— Donnie Yen

As an actor, you don't want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you've succeeded in before.

— Danny McBride

Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role.

— Matthew Macfadyen

Actors are like writers. They kind of use what's available, absorb it and make it their own.

— Amanda Bearse

I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to…

— David S. Goyer

As an actor, you have to perform the character in the way that people relate to.

— John Bishop

It's like playing tennis, you play a different rally with different people. Every actor is different and the chemistry between actors is different.

— Tom Hiddleston

Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on…

— Alec Baldwin

I think once you get noticed as an actor you get roles irrespective of the characters you portray.

— Abhimanyu Singh