I don't know what I'm qualified to do, film-wise... So…

I was modeling while I was in university and my agency said, 'There's this fashion campaign, can you go?' And I didn't want to;…

— Stacy Martin

So many people have said this, but it's true: 95 percent of what I do as a director is casting and getting people who…

— Lynn Shelton

I didn't want to have people open doors for me. My dad never made a call on my behalf to anyone - not to…

— Lily Collins

A good director creates a playground for actors, and lets them go. The trick for a good director is in casting properly, and creating…

— Martin Landau

I have to say: We were looking at all of Native American actors, who mostly all work under one casting director. And there's so…

— Kelly Reichardt

One casting director told me, 'You're the next Leonardo DiCaprio,' and when I heard that, I said, 'Let's talk about how I don't want…

— Devon Sawa

Don't try to guess what a casting director wants.

— Sian Clifford

A casting director who'd cast me in 'Assassins' sent a video to Kevin Reynolds, the director, and Mel Gibson, whose company is producing '187.'…

— Kelly Rowan

I'd make a terrible casting director.

— Gail Honeyman

At drama school, a casting director asked the class to walk round the room one at a time, and we had to imagine who…

— Gwilym Lee

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and then I got this call from a casting director in Los Angeles. She remembered…

— Scott Speedman

Casting director was a part-time thing, which later became a full-time job because there was a lack of casting directors in our industry and…

— Abhishek Banerjee

Every casting director I've met is a woman.

— Cameron Diaz

It is so great to go to a casting director and have them wanting to talk about the show that you are in. It's…

— Nathalie Emmanuel

I used to take it personally when a casting director didn't like me or I didn't get picked for something. Now I realize you…

— Sierra McCormick