Avoiding Stereotypes Quotes

If I get an interesting script, I will surely do it. I just don't want to do cliche films.

I don't want people to judge books by their cover, I want people to be open minded to the rest of the world.

Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast.

The Bible urges us to be respectful to all people, especially people with whom we have disagreements, to never libel people, to never label people.

Being Politically Correct means always having to say you're sorry.

I'm happy with my career and I'm not going to have the trouble of being typecast.

I've been very lucky with my career and don't feel like I'm being typecast in the same role over and over again.

The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren't cliche.

I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing.

I don't like to write about things that bore me, and that means I steer far clear of writing books that are just like what's on the shelves.

There is no need to change my image. I like my image, and the audience likes it, too. I am very comfortable with the kind of roles I do, and as I am not doing the same character or playing myself. I explore my characters; I don't brood over my broody image.

I'm not one of these guys who says, Now I'm on a really hot show, better quit soon before I get labeled. That's the most ridiculous notion I'd ever heard.

I'd like to never be able to get pigeonholed, which is difficult to do.

I don't want to get typecast and I've been doing a lot of stuff to make that happen and not be the case.

I guess the underlying principle might be, don't make it too easy for them to stereotype you.

I really don't like to go for the stereotypes. I try to give you characters that you don't know until you get to know them, and [decide] how you should feel about them.

I got a call from a mutual friend of ours, Charles King, who's also the executive producer. [Steven Caple Jr and I] had a conversation about it. I read it. We kind of finished each other's sentences when it came to the nuances and personality flaws that the character had, and some stereotypes and things we were trying to stay away from. We agreed on that as well. He just kind of allowed me to run rampant with the ideas. As we paced ourselves through, we developed Turquoise.

If I've been an architect of my own career in any fashion, one thing that I've attempted to do is not get typecast, in order to be able to play all different kind of characters. I think I've done a pretty good job of that over the years.

There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing.

I'm just a very fortunate actor who has not been typecast.

I am conscious about not getting typecast, but obviously I have to keep picking up great roles so that I don't get typecast.

I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.

I would be open to doing cinema anywhere in the world. I wouldn't want to restrict myself to a certain kind of cinema or a certain language or get typecast.

It's up to the actor to make sure they don't get typecast.

It's the hardest thing in the world to put yourself in someone else's place, try to really feel what they feel, figure out why they do the things they do. Especially when it's easier to stick a label on something. Or someone.