Slowthai

I don't like being pigeonholed. Why would you want to limit yourself to one style or one genre? Labels are something I want to avoid. I've had it my whole life, being pushed into a place, a circumstance or situation I didn't want to be in. My motivation has always been to get away from it.

English Musician

Xzibit

I'm not feeding my kid off movie roles so it's easy for me to say 'no' to things but it's important for me to have this presence and I know it's easy to stereotype and pigeonhole certain people that come from a certain genre but I can do more than a lot of people expect.

American Musician

Jaime Pressly

I don't have one specific dream role: I'm an actor, so I want to play everything. In this business, they'll pigeonhole you in two seconds if you're great at the role you play. Everyone assumes that you're really just like that character.

American Dancer

Jamila Woods

My artistic manifesto exists in the world as poetry. So even though most of the things that I've done have been on other people's projects or could be pigeonholed in certain ways, that's not how I perceive myself.

Laura Vandervoort

I've done a lot of sci-fi, so I was a little hesitant because you get pigeonholed into that genre and world. But at the same time, I love sci-fi because the women are so strong and independent and smart.

Canadian Actress

Laura Dern

My dad taught me to never be pigeonholed; to really allow yourself to reinvent characters as they reinvent you; to be bold and to be willing to play seemingly unlikeable people.

American Actress

Sean Evans

For many an awkward, pigeonholed high school kid, the first day on campus is a chance to re-introduce themselves to the world. In most cases, this is an unfortunate occasion.

American Entertainer

Steven Crowder

When it comes to the liberal agenda, it's more important to pigeonhole people than it is to speak the truth.

Canadian Actor

Joe R. Lansdale

I've never liked the publishing world's determination to pigeonhole every writer into a genre.

American Writer

Zosia Mamet

I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed.

Pigeonholes are specific to physical organization, not digital.

Physical Object Storage

Using 'pigeonhole' often suggests a desire for neatness and order.

Neatness Implication

Be cautious using 'pigeonhole' for people, as it can seem dismissive.

Avoid Overgeneralizing

'Pigeonhole' can imply someone's complexity is being overlooked.

Negative Connotation

When 'pigeonholing' someone, you're often restricting them with a label.

Restrictive Labels

'Pigeonhole' in this sense means not dealing with something straight away.

Not Immediate Action

Using 'pigeonhole' risks implying something may be forgotten or ignored.

Potential Forgetfulness

Items pigeonholed are often set aside temporarily, with intention to revisit.

Temporary Status

 a few from Nigeria. We're all thought to have something very distinctive, if not peculiar. The writer and commuter James Baldwin gave an interview in 1984 in which he was repeatedly asked about his homosexuality. When the interviewer tried to pigeonhole him