A Quote by Michael Learned

I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the 'compassionate mother' or whatever. — © Michael Learned
I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the 'compassionate mother' or whatever.
I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the compassionate mother or whatever.
In school I was always being cast as the clown. And then I did 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose,' and once people hear you scream, they can't un-hear it. But I don't mean to say that I've been typecast, either.
In school, I was always being cast as the clown. And then I did The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), and once people hear you scream, they can't un-hear it. But I don't mean to say that I've been typecast, either.
I'm a great mother because of my intentions on being a great mother; I'm a good friend because I'm loyal; I'm a good daughter because I've hopefully made my mother proud; I'm a great human being because I accept that there's a spiritual being underneath it all. I've always been a woman of faith.
I think I'm a kind of a person who works hard at whatever I do, literally from being a waitress to being on television. I always try to give 110 percent to whatever it is I'm doing.
I've always been a super-fan of television storytelling. It took me a while to figure that out in a career capacity, but certainly in a life capacity, I've been an avid viewer of television for decades.
I have never feared of being typecast as I tried to do different roles on television.
I've become accustomed to not being cast for television and film because of how I look.
Warner Bros. got into television very early, so I did a lot of television there. In the beginning, it was sort of okay to do television. But then it became this thing where movie actors didn't do television - they certainly didn't do commercials, because that just meant the end of your career.
I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree.
I believe that actors should be open to breaking stereotypes and television has now a lot to offer. So, being typecast is not my style.
I hated being typecast in those roles. It was personally limiting, only playing stereotyped heavies. But I got those roles because I was angry, because that's what I projected. I was angry at my mother and father because they didn't get along, angry at the church. On top of that, I had an extreme lack of self-confidence.
If you find yourself always playing the villain, or if you find yourself being typecast into a corner where you're not happy then that's probably rather miserable, but if I have been typecast I am quite happy about it.
I've never worried about being typecast - I've only ever worried about being not cast!
I never felt typecast because when I was in television, I was also, simultaneously, in films. I was seen across platforms, so that's why I have not been put in a category.
As long as I keep getting cast, I don't care if it's typecast.
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