A Quote by Felicity Kendal

The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldnt get any roles other than as somebody dark. — © Felicity Kendal
The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldnt get any roles other than as somebody dark.
The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
I have this demure, girl-next-door image and audiences will not accept me in glamour roles.
When I started, I'd hear other people saying, 'God, she's so bizarre-looking,' because I didn't look like the girl next door. But I was just normal. I was the girl next door. There were people in high fashion I could better relate to who were doing something more interesting and not talking this sort of rubbish.
For the first six years of my career, I was relegated to those girl-next-door, sweet, cheerleader kind of roles, and it was really frustrating for me because you don't have to do much acting.
I do have the 'girl next door' image.
Because of the fact I look a lot younger than I really am, I think, I end up getting these girl-next-door roles. I mean, I'm not a Gemma Arterton type as far as I can tell.
Those girl-next-door roles were my bread and butter and I was appreciated for my work.
I started out doing things like 'Flash Forward,' where I was the girl-next-door, and then, I did a show called 'Higher Ground,' where I played this really mean, sarcastic girl. Then 'Firefly' happened, and everybody thought of me as this bubbly, sweet girl-next-door again.
I don't think I avoided being type cast, because I do sometimes get similar roles. It is not a bad thing because we are strong at what we are strong at, not meaning that we cannot do other things, but sometimes somebody else might bring a little more realism than you, because that is more of who they are than who you are. I do get a chance to play other people and other types of roles.
I might look like somebody who lives next door but I've a dark, twisted sense of humour.
I'm definitely a fan of sort of dramas, independent sort of social dramas where you play really challenging roles. Every actor wants to play those dark roles and it's definitely true for me and I'd love to kind of challenge myself in any way possible.
To be completely stripped bare of any image power or my hair. To step onstage and get the response that I got blew any problems I had about self-image out the door.
As actors, we want to choose somebody who has conflicts. I can't be always playing the girl next door. What's the challenge in that?
Just when I thought my day couldnt get any worse, I saw the dead guy next to my locker.
I may look like the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next door to me.
I won't say I'm tired of playing the sweet girl next-door who looks at life each day with wide-eyed wonder. But I do crave for a change of image.
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