I went on a few auditions for Broadway musicals, and never stopped taking classes, but I didn't take it seriously until I… — Brendan Dooling Copy Share Image
I was really awful at auditions. There's something about sitting down and saying into the camera: 'I'm Nina and this is the… — Nina Conti Copy Share Image
With acting, it [auditioning] is very frustrating. I'm not very good at auditions. Sometimes I audition for a role and I'm like,… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
If you ask any actor "What single thing would make you really, really happy?" Among the top five things they'd say is… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
We watched these auditions and could only pick one. Sometimes we would add new characters 'cause we wanted to use another actress.… — Jenji Kohan Copy Share Image
I didn't audition for the part! The role was offered to me, and I was so excited to be a part of… — Willow Shields Copy Share Image
I came to join the Experience by going for an audition for Eric Burdon who was just forming the New Animals at… — Noel Redding Copy Share Image
When you go out and audition, you're going to hear a lot of 'No's.' As weird as it may sound, you almost… — Jay Ellis Copy Share Image
I got knockback after knockback at auditions. Just before ‘Mulholland Dr.’ my agent told me I was so intense I was freaking… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
I grew up loving fantasy, adventure, and children's book series. At the time, I was in a place in LA where I… — Hale Appleman Copy Share Image
Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me.… — Ving Rhames Copy Share Image
I think auditions are set up for failure because they're not really the set experience. There's no time to develop the character.… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was in New York,… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
When you go to auditions, pretend you already have the job and you're just presenting - almost like you're at the table… — Mary Lynn Rajskub Copy Share Image
Go find very early versions of things: the first TV pilot of a later-successful TV show; early audition tapes by famous actors;… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get… — Bobby Moynihan Copy Share Image
I had been playing with my local band, Skinny Cat. I had been to quite a few auditions before UFO, managed to… — Bernie Marsden Copy Share Image
I got a manager, and I thought, since I was going out on auditions, I should do this for a living. Then… — Kara Hayward Copy Share Image
I got into musical comedy because of Shakespeare, not because of singing. They needed someone to understudy Richard Burton. I was also… — John Cullum Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don't mind auditioning if something that requires… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I got a manager, and I thought, since I was going out on auditions, I should do this for a living. Then… — Jared Gilman Copy Share Image
I am a man who used to wear the tights. We traveled the country doing two Shakespeare plays for bored college students… — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
There was recently a story out that I turned down a role in a major franchise. That's not true. I refused to… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
'Sparkle' fell into my lap. I had heard a little bit about it, that it was being redone in early 2011. I… — Jordin Sparks Copy Share Image
Marg Helgenberger and I were waitresses in the same restaurant in Evanston, Illinois. I'm happy to say that that restaurant has since… — Virginia Madsen Copy Share Image
I had agents in Australia; I just never had any auditions. And if you can't audition, then you can't work. I studied… — Danielle Macdonald Copy Share Image
I actually did an Agatha Christie monologue for my audition showcase at Guildhall, and that's how I got my agent. Some people… — Thomas Howes Copy Share Image
Ask questions. Listen. Be quiet. Be willing to make a fool of yourself. Be willing to be completely exposed and to give… — Bill Oberst Jr Copy Share Image
In my last year of drama school, I was Abigail in 'The Crucible' and Nina in 'The Seagull,' and I did some… — Kimberley Nixon Copy Share Image
People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all… — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
I'm not in a position where I get to pick and choose roles. I usually go on auditions in long lines and… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
My big break was really Liz Meriwether saw me in a movie called 'Paper Heart' and really liked it, and then saw… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Certain roles, I just won't invest in. I'll go in and audition, but I might not spend five hours trying to figure… — Madeline Zima Copy Share Image
At the time, I was in L.A., just auditioning and hoping to land a part, dramatic or comedic. I started to feel… — Nasim Pedrad Copy Share Image
I loved the movie theater so I always saw a lot of movies. And then there was a play, I saw in… — Ed O'Neill Copy Share Image
I did community theater and kids programs at professional theaters and plays at school and voice lessons for seven years. I stopped… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
I read the script [ of 'Steve Jobs' movie ], and it was very, very good. I wasn't sure they would want… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
You can count on one hand the white rappers that have made it. So I just wanted to show the point of… — Simon Rex Copy Share Image
“Addicts don't like when you tell them they are all the same. Of course not. Who would? But to me, addicts are… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
My one piece of advice to anyone trying to do acting - this would just be to keep going. It sounds really… — Ana Mulvoy-Ten Copy Share Image
![“With acting, it [auditioning] is very frustrating. I'm not very good at auditions. Sometimes I audition for a role and I'm like, I'd be really funny in that role, but I'm not good at auditions so I guess I'm not getting that role. It's a very frustrating job.” quote by Jim Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e92/jim-jefferies-8092_acting_with-acting-it-auditioning-is-very-frust_2628940.jpg)
![“Marg Helgenberger and I were waitresses in the same restaurant in Evanston, Illinois. I'm happy to say that that restaurant has since been torn down. [...] We both had an audition for ABC soaps - different soaps, but we auditioned at the same time, and she got the part and went off to New York…” quote by Virginia Madsen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5df/virginia-madsen-15844_auditions_marg-helgenberger-and-i-were-waitresses_2267177.png)
![“I read the script [ of 'Steve Jobs' movie ], and it was very, very good. I wasn't sure they would want me to be in the movie, but I auditioned for it. Which I hadn't done in a few years. But I had auditioned in the previous few years for another movie that I did not get the part. And so my track…” quote by Seth Rogen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2de/seth-rogen-1831_auditions_i-read-the-script-of-steve-jobs-movie-an_1060324.jpg)
