Auditions Quotes - Page 11

• I can see my ghost trying to get that Academy Award, forever stuck in a casting office. Can you imagine? I've spent enough time in audition rooms. I don't want to be doing that in my afterlife.

  Rachael Taylor

  Awards, Afterlife, Office

  "Talking About Ghosts with Rachael Taylor". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. September 28, 2012.

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• So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started.

  Rod Taylor

  Actors, Radio, Sydney

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• If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life.

  Dominic West

  Years, Next, Tvs

  "Dominic West: 'People seem to think I'm Satan'" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2011.

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• My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.

  Mae Whitman

  Cute, Mom, Children

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I actually did an Agatha Christie monologue for my audition showcase at Guildhall, and that's how I got my agent. Some people said 'ooh it's old hat' and 'too risky'. Some people think she's all about the narrative and thriller aspect at the expense of character and I disagree. I did it anyway and it worked well.

  Thomas Howes

  Character, Thinking, People

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• I'm not one of those people who can cry on cue. If I have to cry in an audition, I'm like, 'Okay, let me see what I can do.

  Melanie Lynskey

  People, Cry, Let Me

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

  Alex Meraz

  Used, Thrown

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• Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition.

  Janet McTeer

  Mirrors, Succeed, Reason Why

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm feeling pretty fortunate. I've been having lots of lovely auditions and meetings, so I'm savoring the moment.

  Lauren Miller

  Feelings, Lovely, Moments

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• I always get a little uppity when I hear the phrase 'TV actor.' It's like saying you're a magazine reporter. I was in the theater for ten years before I ever had a TV audition.

  Eric McCormack

  Years, Phrases, Actors

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• I feel like every time I walk into the audition room, they can tell if you're faking it and if your heart's really not with it. So I try to keep it as real as possible.

  Jennifer Damiano

  Real, Heart, Trying

  "Get Advice From Broadway Star, Jen Damiano!". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. July 14, 2009.

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• I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in.

  Charles Kimbrough

  Hands, Self, Guy

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• My big break was really Liz Meriwether saw me in a movie called 'Paper Heart' and really liked it, and then saw me in a movie called 'Ceremony' because she knew Max Winkler and said, 'I want you to be in 'No Strings Attached,' but you gotta audition for it.' From that it was easier for her to get me in 'New Girl.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Girl, Heart, Strings Attached

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In general, the auditions I go up for are very sparse, I guess because of my ethnicity. And the characters are very similar: shy, innocent and naive; the connotations that come from the way that I look.

  Katie Leung

  Character, Ethnicity, Shy

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• I've gotten a lot more comfortable with the audition process, but there's something that really turned me off initially when I was younger, to auditioning. The idea that I couldn't get to the person that was actually making the film really frustrated me.

  Amy Seimetz

  Ideas, Frustrated, Film

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Leonardo is the most incredible actor, on the planet, with a couple of people alongside him. Getting to act with him is just [amazing]. I walked away from my audition for that and I couldn't believe that I'd been acting with him. I've worked with amazing people, but my friends freak out that I'm working with him. I freak out in a geeky acting way. They freak out in a starstruck way. He's Leonardo DiCaprio, and his fame is so big. That's a complete tangent about that.

  Carey Mulligan

  Couple, Believe, People

  Source: collider.com

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• If you ask any actor "What single thing would make you really, really happy?" Among the top five things they'd say is not having to audition anymore.

  Bill Nighy

  Actors, Really Happy, Ifs

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I went to an audition the other day, they were casting 13 people to be clouds, 14 people showed up, it was overcast.

  Jay London

  Clouds, People, Casting

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• Invest in yourself. It's like being a boxer, you've got to be in training so that when the bell rings, you get your direction you come out of the corner and you're *ready*. Do not let the audition be the first thing you've done in six months.

  Karl Urban

  Training, Done, Bells

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• I went to the audition for a laugh and got the part for the way I walked down the corridor. There's no justice is there? [on getting a role from an audition

  Ray Winstone

  Justice, Laughing, Roles

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• My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young. I only realized about five years ago that I actually didn’t want to be an actor.

  Angelina Jolie

  Mom, Years, Want

  Interview with Domhnall Gleeson, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 1, 2015.

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• After that I got an agent and went on like a million auditions. You win some, you lose some.

  Kel Mitchell

  Winning, Agents, Millions

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• I always say to my wife, don't tell anyone I watch this [shows like The X Factor and Pop Idol], but it fascinates me because I've done so many auditions and been knocked back.

  Michael Caine

  Idols, Wife, Watches

  "Michael Caine meets William Orbit". www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2007.

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• My mother often says that she could never have done it if I had been the youngest, if she had other small children she had to cart around New York City for my auditions and go-sees (modeling auditions) and stuff.

  Katherine Heigl

  Mother, New York, Children

  "Will Arnett and Katherine Heigl Talk THE NUT JOB, Creating the Voices for Their Characters, Collaborating with the Director and Animators, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. January 16, 2014.

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• I was the person who did academics until the middle of the day, then went on auditions. I think there was a moment later in my life where I was like, "What am I doing? Why am I so serious?" .

  Carla Gugino

  Thinking, Serious, Moments

  "A little white lie made Carla Gugino Troop Beverly Hills' tallest scout". Interview with Erik Adams, www.avclub.com. June 17, 2015.

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