Quotes About Auditions

I'm not actively seeking stardom. I just go to auditions, and I knock on wood.

Some of the most cutthroat auditions you'll have as an actor are when you'll have three words to say.

I did work hard at auditions, and three years at RADA isn't like a walk in the park. And then it takes a lot of sacrifices, giving certain things up in order to audition, in order to do a play, whatever it may be.

I don't want to disregard any of the struggles others faced, but mine were different. I also gave auditions that never materialised not necessarily because I'm an outsider, but things didn't work out at many levels.

You go up for hundreds, thousands of roles, and you get told no, no, no, so many times.

I know a lot of people who thrive on self-tapes, but for me, it does come down to first impressions. I like to be in the room, I like to talk to the people I'm acting with.

I'm not in a position where I get to pick and choose roles. I usually go on auditions in long lines and embarrass myself in front of casting directors, and with a lump in my throat and my ears burning, I walk past reception and smirking actors as I go to the parking garage and go back on the highway.

Pilot season tends to be grueling, because you can be thrown all of these auditions at once - last-minute, always - and you're going on three a day, especially back in the day.

I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.

To be an actor, it's really tough to find your own voice because you're always tied to other characters and going to auditions and trying to get a job, hoping they'll pick you. And I think it's just so important for an actor to have something else that's creative, something that's creative and you're in charge of.

Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop... Sometimes after some bad auditions I think, you know what - time to open that scone shop! Let's start baking.

I more remember the periods of time when I wasn't getting any auditions. That's more what I find painful in memory; that feeling of not even getting the chance to try and be rejected.

If I spend all my time being upset about having lost a job, then the next however many auditions I have are going to be useless.

I get them [auditions] from time to time, and I sometimes get auditions for big dramas, and I often think, well, I'm not going to get that part. This was a big surprise - it was The X-Files.

Reality shows always look for the worst people.

Casting directors don't necessarily want a more recognizable commercial face. Sometimes, they want a lesser known person.

People recognize me, I have scripts, and auditions. And I meet great people.

Casting can be heartbreaking. Dealing with the disappointment is the hardest part.

I've had heartbreaking auditions where they don't even look at you. You're out before you're in.

I don't find it very helpful to know who else is going up for stuff, generally.

I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff.

When you are an actor or trying to be a working actor in L.A., most people have commercial agents, and then they have legitimate agents, and you just end up going on a thousand auditions.

After college, I was an intern at the New York Theater Workshop. In the mornings, I would build sets and hang lights, and in the afternoon, I would be the reader for auditions.

My mom is 60. She has been in the industry for over 30 years and till date, she auditions for movies. It's a myth that star kids don't have to give auditions.