Quotes About Casting

I don't think anybody at the major studios is rushing to offer me a romantic lead.

I've never encountered homophobia in casting from the studios or networks - not once, not ever. Where you encounter it is with the agents and the managers, they're the ones who have an outdated notion of the price an actor might pay if it's discovered that they're LGBTQ.

I was studying in a school in Chandigarh when Yash Chopra discovered me and cast me for 'Trishul.'

But, Tarantino has seen all of my movies. He's seen my good stuff, he's seen my bad stuff, he's seen the ones I directed, he's read my autobiography. There's an awful lot of things he knows about me, all of which I think had something to do with his casting.

'Mariah' was the first series-regular role for me, and that really came about because of 'Secret Honor.' That really was a direct result of that. Because now I had an agent and was submitted for that part, for James Malone. And... I was the casting director's first choice for James Malone.

There are not that many parts for actors who are not white - even less substantive ones.

It's funny you can pretty much substitute the same actors in that top tier, whether it's a Chris Evans or a Chris Pratt or a Chris Pine, for different movies and it becomes almost a joke. But it doesn't happen that way for people of color.

I'm flatchested, I'm short, I'm brunette, I have droopy eyes, and so people have a hard time casting me as a 'beauty.'

Im usually cast as the sassy, brassy best friend.

I didn't really think of role in those terms, like 'quirky best friend', when I read the script and when I came to the project.

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

When they first cast me, I was a pretty avid fan and vampire movies and Celtic mythology, so I was excited to get a chance to walk in Doyle's shoes and have fun with it.

I like small actors. They are my absolute favourite.

I could never get cast with an Indian accent. I was not getting cast.

When you're accepted you don't have to fight for parts.

Anybody can say she's an actress. It's another thing to get a job.

There are a lot of good actresses out there.

I always say it's hard to cast an African-American film sometimes because those kinds of actors just aren't out there.

With 'Badhaai Ho,' I loved the script but was anxious that someone else might get the role.

Directors were apprehensive in trying comedy with me.

Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'

You know I was always looking out for age appropriate roles.

Hell, the first thing you've got to do if you're going to make a picture is to get a story. The next thing is to get a good script, the next thing is to figure out who the hell is going to play in it, your characters, and then after that to make it.

I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don't look like me but there you go. I think that's a sign of the times for the future. I think we will see multi-level casting. I think we will see that, and I think that's good.