I feel like it's really important for an actor to play different roles so people can see, "Oh, he can play that guy or he can play this guy." You're not just "THAT guy," that cowboy guy, that whatever guy. Then you are limiting yourself.
I never worried about becoming typecast. People have said that to me, but I never worried about it. As long as the part is three dimensional, I'm okay with it, whether the role is to play the heavy, the cop.
I try to avoid a specific image. I seek to play as many different women as I can to avoid having a label put on me.
I never felt that I was typecast, but I was concerned about it. I certainly made an effort to take as many parts in theater and film that resisted that. If you only learn how to act a certain kind of role, it is very difficult to grow as an actor.
The idea is to choose good roles and good movies. I don't want to act simply to remain in the industry, nor am I here to do glamour roles.
What I am always careful about is not to repeat the same kind of roles.
It's a difficult thing as an actor not to repeat one's self.
From the time I became an actor my whole approach was to try to do as many different things as possible. It never occurred to me that I might be typecast.
