A Quote by Felicity Kendal

The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.

Felicity Kendal

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Felicity Kendal
English - Actress
Born: September 25, 1946

The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldnt get any roles other than as somebody dark.

Felicity Kendal

I have this demure, girl-next-door image and audiences will not accept me in glamour roles.

Navya Nair

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.

Alek Wek

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.

Erika Christensen

I do have the 'girl next door' image.

Cindy Margolis

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.

Kimberley Nixon

Those girl-next-door roles were my bread and butter and I was appreciated for my work.

Shriya Saran

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.

Jewel Staite

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.

Vanessa Bell Calloway

I might look like somebody who lives next door but I've a dark, twisted sense of humour.

Sarah Millican

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.

Nathalie Emmanuel

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.