Sydney Sweeney Quotes

People always say, 'Oh, you've played a lot of waifs... ' but they were just girls. It's just that a lot of those everyday characters had never been on the screen before. I do hope I didn't get typed. I feel myself that I tried to do different things with those women.

I like playing a variety of characters. I feel like I've been able to play different kinds of characters - I've done a lot of period pieces - but I've never had to play the same type of character too much.

I've been really fortunate in the fact that I've gotten a chance to do a real wide range of all different kinds of characters.

Typecasting is something I have to be careful with, since I play myself on Geek & Sundry so much on my weekly show 'The Flog.' That's why I did 'Dragon Age: Redemption' last year, so I could do something a little more dramatic and hard-edged.

I feel lucky, though, because even when 'Alias' was popular, I was still sent scripts against type. I've never felt like the world only sees me one way. But yes, it's been really fun to be bad.

People were confused by me, and at first I was auditioning a lot for the crazy characters or the victim, someone who'd been attacked. Which is great, because usually those are the best acting roles.

Every actress hopes to play a wide range of characters because not often you don't.

I like playing the contrasting roles. It what inspires me to act. If I look back on my career I am happy that I have gotten to play a wide variety of different roles, from Mike Dexter, to Van Ray in Fast Lane, to Dr. Cullen to Coop.

Most of the time, actors respond to the thing that's so far from who they are. We all want to play the serial killer and the ex-con.

I try to avoid typecasting by doing different roles.

I would like to do more dramas when I find a good role that will allow me to politely upset people's expectations of me as a comic actor.

I feel really fortunate that I've been given a lot of roles that were very different from each other. For me, variety is the key. I don't want to play the same thing over and over again.

As far as playing different characters within the character, I think that's fun. Very rarely, on TV, do you get to do that on such a regular basis.

What I am always careful about is not to repeat the same kind of roles.

I've always wanted to explore different types of roles and prove to others that Divyanka is not all about being a timid dulhan.

I have been quite lucky as an actor to have managed to play different kinds of roles.

For me, playing a mother was a point of resistance; the question of 'will I get typecast' was going on in my mind.

Doing comic roles is a great relief considering the power-packed roles that are usually offered to me.

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.

I've got all these great broads in me, all these character women. I was playing a torn-down stripper at twenty-five on Broadway, and now I fit the shoes.

I was worried for a while that it was some sort of reflection of me that all I seemed to be getting were these characters that were a tad bit loony. But I love it. Those are the most fun characters to play!

I love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.

At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all different kinds of characters and I'm known as someone who is well-respected for my approach to the craft, that would be a beautiful life.

It was fun playing a horrible, snotty kid in 'Harry Potter', and then playing Prince Charming where I was also singing and playing guitar, and then playing a completely different character.