Auditions Quotes · Page 5

Occasionally I will audition for a big overseas movie, but that's it.

— Nicole Trunfio

I had to learn how to modulate my performances and interpretations of these roles in auditions for the camera.

— Zachary Quinto

If it's a good audition, whether or not I think I'm going to get the part, I do always say yes to…

— Krysten Ritter

I had to stop going to auditions thinking, 'Oh, I hope they like me.' I had to go in thinking I was…

— George Clooney

Most people don't know that dancing auditions, you learn the steps right now.

— Rita Moreno

I would like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we’ve passed the audition.

— John Lennon

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

Every audition that I walk out of where I think I nailed it, I never get that job, ever.

— Sophie Turner

I had been working predominantly and steadily as a dancer, so after awhile, you don't have to audition. I was just in…

— Kenny Wormald

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

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

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

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

I go on at least 2-3 auditions a week in the pursuit of more work. So I'm constantly working on material and…

— Jake Busey

Anytime I audition for something, it's always a question of whether or not the people I'm auditioning for understand I'm an improviser…

— Adam Pally

In auditions, you're not up against anyone else; you're both going in for the role, and it's like, whoever's right for it…

— Matthew James Thomas

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

In my last year of drama school, I was Abigail in 'The Crucible' and Nina in 'The Seagull,' and I did some…

— Kimberley Nixon

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

'Sparkle' fell into my lap. I had heard a little bit about it, that it was being redone in early 2011. I…

— Jordin Sparks

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

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

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

I am a man who used to wear the tights. We traveled the country doing two Shakespeare plays for bored college students…

— Rob Corddry

If I spend all my time being upset about having lost a job, then the next however many auditions I have are…

— Henry Cavill

The first audition my manger sent me on was 'The Hunger Games,' and I got the role.

— Dayo Okeniyi

I was bartending for a long time and going on auditions and was constantly being rebuffed.

— Mark Ruffalo

Mel Blanc passed away in '89, and they held auditions, and I did my first job [as Porky Pig] in 1990.

— Bob Bergen

I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'

— Gattlin Griffith

Cheerleading was my way in. It was one of the most rigorous audition processes ever. It definitely groomed me for Hollywood.

— Sarah Shahi

I'm horrible at auditions anyway. Maybe that's why I never got anything.

— Chris Colfer

I knew the story of 'War Horse' very well. I had read the book even before I did the auditions. I'm a…

— Celine Buckens

At a certain point, I had to be like, 'I will not do any more auditions with a Middle Eastern accent.'

— Jason Mantzoukas

Acting is something I'm interested in, and I'll keep going to auditions, but modelling is my main job.

— Suki Waterhouse

When I went to L.A., I started modeling, hoping to travel and learn from photographers. It led to auditions to do commercials.

— Beth Riesgraf

I can't emphasize the immediate panic that would set in when I had to audition. I can't believe I did it.

— Kurt Fuller

Actors who say they don't watch TV are stupid. I was raised by TV! And it's how I research for auditions.

— Rebecca Mader

I was discovered on the Sony lot through an audition by Denzel Washington.

— Derek Luke

Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right.

— Lance Reddick

I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.

— Joan Chen