Let’s Be Typecast Actors

with a face the could peel paint.

I'm Judy Parfitt - a bitch on wheels for any story, any location, any time period.

I'm Jennifer Aniston. I'm beautiful. I am usually in romantic silly comedy's. Mostly my costar is usually a comedy actor that is actually funny. And will make me look good. Or Jason Batman. My movies make no money. But I am a A++ star so it doesn't matter.

I'm Eve Plumb and I've been rebelling against my Jan Brady typecast for the better part of the past 50 years by being a most uncomfortable talk show guest. Recently my bad attitude has softened, this change of tune may have to do with turning the big 6-0 and realizing offers aren't going to be beating down my door. There is a plethora of YTs memorializing my poor attitude on talk shows, here is one :

I'm Marlo Thomas and I'm always That Girl (with perhaps a few unsubtle variations). I hope to play a Munchausen by proxy serial killer great-grandmother before my career is over.

I’m Jeremy Irons

I’m a villain

I’m Ben Affleck, always being a version of myself to be believable.

I'm Benedict Cumberbatch, always the idiot savant.

I'm Drew Barrymore. The quirky girl with the lisp who starts fires and/or forgets things.

I’m Tina Fey and I am also That Girl.

I’m Amy Poehler and I’m adorable, good hearted but uptight and anal.

I am Helen Lawson.

I play Helen Lawson types.

But I also could do a Bond Girl if Cubby weren't so fucking dead.

Asshole.

I am Thelma Ritter and I’m a wise-cracking broad.

I’m MARY! Richards Tyler-Moore, who gently chucks you under the chin, always leaving a speckle of spunk in the wake.

Hello, I am The Rock. I always play an ugly, roided up hero type with gross tattoos who looks, acts and sounds exactly like The Rock. Also, my movies are always terrible and appeal to low IQ audiences.

r3 You had me until beautiful.

I’m Morgan Freeman and I’m a “Magical Negro”. The female version of me is Alfre Woodard.

I’m Reese Witherspoon and I’m always a perky goody-goody with a secret slutty side.

I’m

I'm Tom Cruise, playing a role that should be played by a man 25 years younger than me.

I'm Willem Dafoe; have I ever played anyone normal?

I'm Kevin Spacey as the smarmy, winky, slightly-lispy smartass.

I'm Kurt Russel - no matter what I'm in or how old I am, the women want me.

I'm Tony Randall and I will never, ever get the girl.

^^*Kurt Russell

I'm Eve Arden, always ready with a vinegary remark or an astringent comeback!

I'm Linda Blair and my career was doomed the moment the credits rolled after "The Exorcist".

I'm Barbara Billingsley, all I get to do is translate "jive."

Matt Damon.

I'm Judy Greer as the less attractive best friend.

I'm Jason Bateman. I must always be portrayed as a good, straight father or single guy with fatherly vibes or else my head will explode.

I'm Hugh Grant. Because I'm Hugh Grant. Even Divine Brown knew I was Hugh Grant.

I'm Nicole Kidman - cold, distant & plastic.

I'm Ben Barnes, the morally ambiguous lust object.

I'm Sylvia Miles, the crazy slattern who turns out to be right about everything and has a tongue like horse radish but a heart of gold.

I'm Lucy O'Ball who sees nothing wrong with repeating the same typecast ad nauseum --- ka CHING

I'm Diane Keaton. I wear baggy clothes with a thick belted waist, always in hats and gloves even when playing assassins. I love a beret! I say um, and you know and geez, I don't know. I will get hysterical laughing AND crying several times in each movie. They are indistinguishable. I am LOVABLE.

Hi, R19! I’m your female counterpart.

I'm James Dreyfus.

My character is a screaming gay stereotype that should have died out at least 50 years ago.

I'm James Corden.

I'm playing someone fat.

Aren't fat people funny?

I'm Matt Berry.

So I'll just be Matt Berry.

In everything.

[quote]. I'm beautiful. I am usually in romantic silly comedy’s

Oh, dear!

I’m Edie McClurg. I’m the treacly ditz with a heart of gold that everyone loves.

It’s my voice, you know.

I'm Kathy Bates. I'm scary as fuck.

I'm Goldie Hawn, ditsy and adorable blonde, though I am now over 70.

I'm James Caan. Women are afraid of me, and they should be.

I'm the delicious Kay Kendall and I'm typecast as the beautifully-dressed, extravagant lush.

I'm Rebel Wilson, and I'm the dumb, fat girl with the horrid accent.

I'm Dame Judy Dench. I'm a national treasure. I can play the same role over and over with the same accent and everyone will love me. After all, I am a national treasure.

I'm Jane Curtin, the one with no talent but everyone tunes in to watch because I'm good but no one will admit it

I'm Shelly "Goody Two Shoes" Fabres

I'm Catherine Zeta-Jones. I'm the gorgeous maneater who doesn't look a day over 25

I'm Frances McDormand as the ballsy, take-no-prisoners broad.

We are Matthew McConaughey & Hilary Swank and we are poor white trash playing poor white trash. We win Oscars for playing just the way we have always lived our lives. Somebody should put us in a movie together!

I’m Delta Burke and I’m the salty, high-strung, and sexy-but-past-her-prime southern belle.

I'm Woody Allen. Ugly as sin, smart as a whip and women find me sexual desirable, though I prefer them young.

I'm Zooey Deschanel and I'm quirky!

I'm Pierce Brosnan and I only ever play snooty British gentleman

Eyyyy I'm Bobby De Niro, the most typecast and overrated of them all. I couldn't play an English lord to save my life.

Dana Plato

James Dean

Marlon Brando

Gerard Depardieu

I'm Dame Maggie Smith. Is anyone looking for a snooty, aristocratic Englishwoman?

r59 With the exception of Lady In The Van, where I shat in someone's driveway, continually.

We're James and Edward Fox. Is anyone looking for an aristocratic man who represents the glory days of the British Empire?

I’m Tom Cruise. I’m the cocky hotshot who learns a valuable lesson, or else Ethan Hunt of the Mission: Impossible franchise.

I'm the nerdy best friend. You really don't think of me as gay or straight. I'm just kind of there, cracking jokes.

I'm not in a relationship and I'll never have one because all the girls - and the guys - want to be with my best friend, the hottie lead hunky guy.

I'm Tom Cruise, STILL playing the cocky hotshot at age 57!

R63 ???

I’m Joan Blondell and I admit it, I’m a slattern and proud of it.

But who are you, r63?

Poor r58. Doesn’t know how to play a “let’s be” thread.

I'm Benedict Cumberbatch. I always play posh,autistic, asexual people....or aliens.

R8 I am Benedict Cumberbatch and I always wear a cummerbund.

I'm Honor Blackman. Mature sexiness is my game. DL can't relate.

I'm Helen Mirren, I'm joining Honor Blackman in the "mature sexiness" club

I'm Tom Cruise. I run.

I'm Woody Allen! Even when I do not appear on screen, I am the star of every film with which I am associated, because the lead actor/actress is required to channel my instantly recognisable whiny, neurotic NYC persona, including my speech patterns.

I'm Joan Cusack. I'm the unattractive girl who tries too hard to be funny and snarky because no man wants to fuck me . My specialties are shouting , goofy histrionics, and neurotic self-victimization.

Oh and .. Fuck!!! Barbara Streisand !

I'm Hugh Grant's stammer, bitten upper lip, and hairline receding at faster than the normal rate due to pushing it up from my forehead to indicate inner conflict in so many films.

It took my upper lip six months to heal after we wrapped "Four Weddings and a Funeral".

R67 and R65, I guess I'm Brecklin Meyer opposite um I mean co-starring, I mean featured under, er, with Hugh Jackman in Leopold and Kate

I’m Shirley MacLaine and I’m a smirky sarcastic bitch. Always.

I'm Father Time and I'm telling you, Shirley, that you need to 'get your house in order'.

I'm Charity Hope Valentine. Shirly at r78 seems to have forgotten about me.

*Shirl at r79.

Omg wow r4 what a bitch!

I'm Joan Collins the glamorous bitchy ultra wealthy half classy half trampy socialite. Also the poor man's Elizabeth Taylor.

I'm Adam Sandler, the loveable doofus

Hey, I'm Woody. I'll be playing a neurotic writer / director / teacher / author from Brooklyn who's involved in a long-term relationship with an kooky / oddball wife / girlfriend, until I get involved with a much younger female mutual acquaintance.

Hey guys, I'm Tom. I'd write a longer post but I have to practice grinning, running and breaking in to locked premises for my next movie. In my exciting new role, I will save my family, my country or my planet.

I'm Keira Knightly, the feisty and spunky British costume drama heroine fighting for someone.

I'm Leslie Mann, I'm an scolding uptight mom/wife/shrew married to an easy going guy and I have a mouth like a gutter.

R84 and talentless doofus.

This thread brought up the question, can typecast actors really play anything else. R57 is right! DeNiro, Pacino, Dean etc, all come from the Lee Strasberg school of emoting the feels. They would be lost if they had to portray someone from another country and heritage.

For me, DeNiro and Pacino proved they’re actually not great actors. The past 20-30 years proved this with the roles they keep choosing and phoning in. But they were actually good with the early typecast roles.

I'm Deb Messing.

Enough said.

What about me? I'm Diane Keaton, I'm a stammering, goofy, scattered, indecisive, overbearing woman who turns men off, but I read a lot. I'm not certain what I'll wear today, but you can be certain it will either be a tailored men's blazer, a man's hat, eyeglasses or a tie.

I'm Bette Midler. I'm loud and I walk fast. I talk-sing when I'm about to cry. I whisper when I'm heartbroken. I'm not pretty but I always have good hair and nice shoes. I have zero chemistry with all costars. I WILL be singing over the credits.

My name is Will Smith. I am a wise-cracking, mischievous, snarky (but fundamentally good) law enforcement agent. I'm reluctantly sharing my professional duties.

I'm Woody Harrelson. I can be the good guy; I can be the bad guy. But I'm /always/ white trash.

R89 : with a little man complex.

I'm Paul Dano playing another hated, demented freak.

Rob Schneider is.... a carrot! Rated PG-13

I'm Seth Rogen, I either star in and or direct or produce gross raunchy stoner bromance comedies.

I'm Julia Roberts. Queen of PG-13 Rom-Coms. Jennifer Aniston and Renee Zellweger wish they had my crown. My brother has a major alcohol and drug problem and with over 500 acting credits (NOT lying) to his name will star or appear in ANYTHING to support them. I purposely drove my sister to suicide and launched a smear campaign against the wife of a man I was having an affair with. My niece is also a total bitch and is taking after me nicely.

I'm Paul Rudd, I'm a douche-y guy in a fratboy comedy.

I'm Clint Eastwood as the squinty old fart.

We are Charlotte Rampling & Helen Mirren. We love getting our clothes off on screen at every opportunity possible.

I'm Mindy Cohn, and I'm always, well, you know...

I'm Clint Eastwood as the Director/Actor who uses material to play myself, a racist old codger who redeems himself by being cordial to the Coloreds.

I'm Barbra Streisand. My hair will go from curly to straight or vice versa. Gorgeous blond men will find me irresistable. I will play each character with the benefit or my left profile, my skinny legs and my lovely tapered fingers and talon claws. I'm hilarious, ya know what I mean? I'm never nude but at some point I will have a makeover and be revealed as devastatingly desirable with perfect breasts. I will wear immigrant chic, scoop necks or a power suit. Men pay to have sex with me or suffer their whole lives in my absence. I don't like my mother and any children will be out of sight. I was molested. All the end credits are ME.

I'm Jet Li. I'm Asian, no speak, no kiss white girl, just fight.

I'm Dorothy Kilgallen, the best guesser ev-AH

I'm Michael Cera. I'm a kooky twink.

Somewhat interesting idea for a thread OP, but my opinion is that you are wrong regarding Allison Janney. I’ve seen her in many things, stage and screen, and she’s quite versatile.

I'm the smoking gun

I’m SJP, kooky and full of heart, and i’m damn sexy too! Well, just don’t at my face too close!

R4, I might have asked Eve. If you didn't want to talk about Jan -- and we all do -- why did you come on the show? And do you realize that most of us here are interpreting your responses as being incredibly bitter?

An actor said to me once: "Wanna hear an actor complain? Give 'em a job!"

I'm Anthony Hopkins as the father and/or mentor of the younger star. I used to get much more substantial roles, but at my age, work is work.

I'm Warren Beatty as a piece of wood.

I'm the lucky neighbor, well, Mildred of course. Im of chunky body and sensible shoes. I will never outshine the "star"

tI always have the perfect advise to dispense. Oh, and my coffee is always hot and fresh

^^^ ^ I am Mildred and Im so dyslexic I can't follow directions^^^^^

Teemy Chaalamet. He weel always be Elio.

I'm Yvette Nicole Brown, America's favorite sassy blacktress. I offer dozens of cute one-liners as my white best friend(s) get through life.

We are Fay Bainter, Anne Revere, and Spring Byington. We played the kindly mothers of Golden Age Holywood.

I am Peter Lorre - I played what I looked and sounded like

I am George Sanders - I played a cad.

We are Donna Reed and Shirley Jones - we played moms on tv and sweethearts in the movies, except for the one time we played whores.

I am Alice Pearce, I played the befuddled, homely comic relief to the stars - contrary to my real life upbringing of wealth and privilege, schooled in Europe and fluent in several languages...

Hello gentlemen, Gentlemen, please don't expect me to be warm, humorous, charming or affectionate. I'm Jodie Foster and I'm here to defend, fight and rescue. I'm stoic, tough, capable, and I don't need a man's assistance. I've dealt with intimidating extra terrestrials, intimidating cannibalistic serial killers, intimidating drunken gangs, intimidating home intruders, intimidating pimps and Mel Gibson, so don't underestimate me.

Hola! I'm Sofia Vergara, I'm a loud, fiery, voluptuous Latina who speaks with an accent.

I am Michelle Rodriguez. I am tough, I fight and I keep up with the boys. I wear black t-shirts and white t-shirts. Sometimes for breakfast, if I'm really hungry I eat nails.

The following replies made me laugh out loud: R51, R74, R83, R93, R104, R105 because they are so accurate.

I'm Julianne Moore as a sad, repressed housewife!

I'm Sean Connery, I'm the gruff guy who always has a Scottish accent.

I'm Basil Rathbone. I'm the best swordsman in Hollywood but because I always play the bad guy, I always have to lose the fight.

Holmse was the only time I got to be the good guy, and he's autistic.

I'm Samuel L. Jackson, I'm a loud mouth, angry MF.

I'm Reese Witherspoon and I'm adorable! Love me!

^^*Holmes

I’m Ralph Fiennes. I’m reserved, seedy, brimming with surprising sudden violence and since losing my hair entirely play perverts of one kind of another.

I'm Margot Robbie. Please cast me in any role requiring me to ugly myself up, because I'm a serious Actress who refuses to rely on her looks, dammit!

I'm Miss Kay Lenz. The leading man star/detective/marshall/surgeon of this TV show will be called upon to suspect me, cure me or rescue me. All of the above. He will fall in love with me along the way. My hair catches light but my smile is tentative. I glow. I'm guarded - then hopeful. This may require two parts. I'm gonna die. The end.

I am Kate Hudson, I am comedic. I am romantic. I am charming. I am going to a romantic wedding. Usually when I get ready for a wedding all sorts of romantic hijinks and misunderstandings ensue. I might fall in love with my groom's best man or his brother or the bride's fiance or the bride will fall in love with my fiance, but it doesn't matter. I'll be romantic, comedic and charming.

I am Channing Tatum. Yes I'm shirtless, athletic, fit and loyal, but I have other more practical talents. I just need an opportunity to prove myself. I want to show you that I don't have to display my shirtlessness, athleticism, fitness and loyalty any longer. Once I do that I'll get the girl.

I’m Joe Manganiello, missing offer after offer because of my work schedule. I could have been huge! WTF does The Rock have that I don’t??

I’m John Malkovich. You won’t like me.

I am Octavia Spencer. I usually play the sassy black sidekick to the white lead or the one offering the white lead all the advice with a roll of her eyes, a head roll, a snap, and a well-timed "mmmhmmm."

I have an Oscar. I'm good. Why can't you cunts write me a decent leading role?

Also, don't make me drink alone.

R135 Someone did in Ma and you were as fantastic as usual!

I'm Jon Hamm. I'm so funny, I crack myself up. Nobody is going to see this movie. But it doesn't matter because I am gorgeous and everyone thinks I have a big dick. I'm so awesome. Can anyone tell me where the bar is?

I'm Russell Tovey, I'm playing a slightly nervy out of his depth kind of guy.

I'll stammer at some point just to show HOW out of my depth I am!

I'm Peter Dinklage. I always draw the short straw.

^Except you played a giant in Infinity War. Getting sloppy, folks.

I’m Russell Tovey. I’m going to play the gay guy that you’d NEVER really expect to be gay. I mean, I look straight and I ACT straight and I’m sporty and masculine, and look at this butch haircut! Would a femmy gay guy wear his hair this way? Yet my character is completely well adjusted and frank about his sexuality, and every gay falls for him!

I’m Christopher Walken. I have a lot to say, and I will say it very slowly.

Aw, shucks, I'm Kevin Costner!