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I never wanted to stay in one genre; I never wanted to be pigeon-holed or defined as the actor who only worked in one genre. I want to be able to work in all different genres. For me it's fun, and that's how I grow as an actor.
Dwayne Johnson
Work
Me
Defined
Stay
Able
Only
Never
Genre
Genres
Pigeon-Holed
How
Different
Want
Wanted
Different Genres
Worked
Who
Fun
Grow
Actor
You just don't want to get pigeon-holed into one position. That's why even though I start out at center, I may play small forward, if I get a rebound and you're not there I can bring the ball up.
Lisa Leslie
You
Though
Out
Small
Pigeon-Holed
Ball
Up
Get
May
Just
Want
Center
Forward
Even
Rebound
Why
Play
Start
Bring
Position
I have worried about getting pigeon-holed, but now I think I've done enough weird, offbeat stuff not to be. And I also know that I do things for the right reasons: I've made my money, so I don't have to say yes to anything.
Christopher Meloni
Money
Made
Think
Enough
Right Reasons
Worried
Say
About
Weird
Stuff
Know
Also
Pigeon-Holed
Offbeat
Yes
Done
Getting
Anything
Reasons
Now
Right
Things
I guess you get pigeon-holed in Hollywood, but I'm ok with that because I've been able to do a lot. I started in the theater, then I went to stand-up comedy, and then when I went into the movies to do comedy and drama and big movies and small movies.
Denis Leary
You
Comedy
Big
Drama
Guess
OK
Able
Small
Pigeon-Holed
Because
Been
Lot
Get
Theater
Movies
Hollywood
Then
Stand-Up Comedy
Started
My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing.
Maggie Smith
Think
Humour
Shakespeare
Pigeon-Holed
Got
Then
Thing
Career
I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself be pigeon-holed, not necessarily by other people, but in one's own mind.
John Burnside
People
Dangerous
Try
Mind
Own
Think
Other
Everything
Oneself
Like
Pigeon-Holed
Hand
Really
Necessarily
I hate being pigeon-holed into anything. To me, the best thing is when the next job comes and is completely different to the one that I just had.
Miranda Otto
Best
Me
Hate
Job
Had
Pigeon-Holed
Just
Being
Different
Anything
Next
Thing
I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian.
Colin Quinn
Me
People
New
Comedian
Pigeon-Holed
Understand
Becoming
Quietly
York
Premiere
Actor
With the first novel, I was concerned I would be pigeon-holed as an Asian-American writer, and the book would be labeled for Asian-Americans only.
Celeste Ng
Book
First
Would
Would-Be
Only
Writer
Concerned
Pigeon-Holed
Labeled
Asian-American
Novel
I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green screen.
Jonathan Frakes
Time
Think
Virtue
Spent
Fact
Pigeon-Holed
Been
Green
Green Screen
Front
Screen
So Much Time
Much
Give more acting roles to 48-year-old half-Lithuanians who just don't want to be pigeon-holed as bakery presenters.
Mel Giedroyc
Give
More
Bakery
Pigeon-Holed
Roles
Just
Want
Acting
Who
I don't like being pigeon-holed.
Chuka Umunna
Like
Pigeon-Holed
Being
I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the hero, but I want to keep trying something new.
Michael Trucco
Love
Character
Hero
Action
Kind
Something
Something New
New
Pigeon-Holed
Get
Roles
Trying
Want
Certain
Keep
I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed.
Matthew Shipp
People
Able
Like
Pigeon-Holed
Being