I'm in the middle of reading Universal Horrors by Tom Weaver, and came across this quote from the man himself a couple weeks ago, lamenting his typecasting:
"If God is good, I will be able to play comedy in which I was featured on Broadway for eight seasons and in which no producer of motion pictures will give me a chance! And please, God, may it be before I go screwy playing idiots, halfwits, and lunatics on the talking screen!"