Quotes About Casting

When you're doing a legitimate play, if you have a company of 12, it's considered a big cast.

Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.

I'm feeling a lot of pressure because it is first time for me to cast as the main character.

You can't make up Timothee Chalamet to look, say, 40. That would be terrible!

On November 9, the services of Peter Mayhew and David Prowse were legalized. "They told me that if I dawdled any longer, they would simply get someone else to play the role, so I signed," says Prowse. "I had to. Having no real identity in the films gives you a terrible feeling of insecurity. You are always aware that you are dispensable.

OJ Simpson was the original choice for the role of The Terminator, however the studio insisted on finding someone else - obviously Arnie in the end - as no-one would believe that OJ was a remorseless killer.

At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people.

He would patch their ships and I would cast charms against biting flies and fevers and we would take pleasure in the simple mending of the world.

I am much more involved in the filmmaking experience on Mag Seven. I'm much more involved in story elements, casting decisions, the writing of the show, the blocking of the scenes.

My mom and dad were actors when they were younger and had a horrible experience of it. My dad became a literary agent and my mom a casting director.

I didn't want to do casting in a way that you find yourself in a situation where there's this perfect girl for a part and you just can't cast her because the family says no.

I have always had this secret fantasy of being a Bourne girl or Bond girl, and I've never even gotten called in on one of those roles.

My first soldier role was in 'Flags of Our Fathers.' Casting director Jay Binder saw that movie and was looking for soldiers for 'Journey's End,' which led to 'Generation Kill.'

Everyone you know is a character in the movie of your life. You just have to decide who are the STARS and who are the EXTRAS!

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

You will have to manage around the weaknesses of each and every employee. But if, with one particular employee, you find yourself spending most of your time managing around weaknesses, then know that you have made a casting error. At this point it is time to fix the casting error and to stop trying to fix the person.

Good intentions, talented players, everyone trying hard. Just bad casting.

Every reader is a casting director.

It's funny because I went to a predominantly white school, but for some reason they always picked the musicals that were supposed to be done by totally black casts.

It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me, that would've been stupid.

I always find it funny when I watch actors talking about, "I chose to do this part." A lot of times it's you're lucky to get the job. We're like, "Thank you so much."

Before people figured out I was funny, I got cast quite a bit as either a rapist or serial killer or the guy who catches those people.

I've been fortunate - I haven't had too many auditions. I slept with the right people.

I'm sorry, but I can't make a movie with the blonde from 'ER' who is starring in every single bad romantic comedy.