Quotes About Selection

I always used to say, as a director, that I could make anybody good in a movie if you found the right part. It all comes down to casting.

I think one of the biggest jobs of being a director is getting the casting right.

We've always had a simple philosophy in casting. We don't care if somebody's a big star or a little star. We just want the best possible actor for the part.

What a casting director does is they're a connector.

I have a very simple philosophy when it comes to casting, and it really is casting the best person for the role.

Casting is an art, and if you're interested in people, like I am, casting is essential.

I'd make a terrible casting director.

Casting is a big deal.

A movie will live or die with your casting.

I believe in the power that a casting director has.

I think casting in a comedy is all important.

I usually prefer casting actors from our own industry.

I think always whenever we're casting a movie, it's about sitting down with somebody and feeling in them some kind of the element of who our character is.

I got my big break in Bollywood with Anurag Kashyap's 'Raman Raghav 2.0' when I got a call from one of the casting directors to appear for an audition. At that point, I didn't think that I would make the cut since I was auditioning for a Bollywood film for the very first time. Within an hour of the audition, I was told that I had been selected.

I choose movies with caution.

I have been extremely cautious in selecting my films.

But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them.

The way I choose parts is I look at the scripts... I choose a part by whether or not it challenges me.

It's hard to really get that excited about movies. Think about it like this: how many good comedy movies come out a year? Maybe one or two? And then, in those movies, what are the chances that there's a character that I'm the best fit to play? It's really small!

Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.

It's Chelsea and you will always have competition for places here.

I'm going to say it out loud: I'm available for England selection if they serve chicken for pre-match.

They wanted Guy Middleton instead of Kenneth More, and even Kay Kendall wasn't their first choice!

You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels.