--- title: "8 Audition Movie Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Audition Movie quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Audition Movie sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/kathy-bates-8711_believe_i-got-my-sag-card-quite-unexpectedly-i-w_641782.jpg" --- > [I got my SAG card quite unexpectedly. I was here in Los Angeles doing a play called 'Vanities' - it was 1976,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-bates/i-got-my-sag-card-quite-unexpectedly-i-was-here-in-los-angeles-doing/) [Kathy Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-bates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/kathy-bates-8711_believe_i-got-my-sag-card-quite-unexpectedly-i-w_641782.jpg) > [I was living in Evanston, Illinois and I was taking theater classes down the street, and our theater school was kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lecy-goranson/i-was-living-in-evanston-illinois-and-i-was-taking-theater-classes/) [Lecy Goranson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lecy-goranson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/lecy-goranson-67174_agency_i-was-living-in-evanston-illinois-and-i_818338.jpg) > [My sister pursued acting, and one day, I was like, 'Hey, I want to do acting, too' - this was just in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tremblay/my-sister-pursued-acting-and-one-day-i-was-like-hey-i-want-to-do/) [Jacob Tremblay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tremblay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/jacob-tremblay-21910_acting_my-sister-pursued-acting-and-one-day-i-w_959585.jpg) > [If I see an audition for a show or a movie, I'll send a tape in. I attack it. The whole time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joey-diaz/if-i-see-an-audition-for-a-show-or-a-movie-i-ll-send-a-tape-in-i/) [Joey Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joey-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/joey-diaz-40510_always_if-i-see-an-audition-for-a-show-or-a-mov_2229541.jpg) > [I did the plays in middle school. I was cast as a gate in my fourth grade play, and every year I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-hedges/i-did-the-plays-in-middle-school-i-was-cast-as-a-gate-in-my-fourth/) [Lucas Hedges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-hedges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91e/lucas-hedges-17165_actor_i-did-the-plays-in-middle-school-i-was-c_2382951.jpg) > [After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I hadn't thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriella-wilde/after-studying-art-i-was-a-painter-for-a-while-and-was-asked-to/) [Gabriella Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriella-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/gabriella-wilde-22966_acting_after-studying-art-i-was-a-painter-for-a_2444553.jpg) > [I was working at a restaurant in L.A. when a producer came in. He said I should audition for this movie Cellular.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-monroe/i-was-working-at-a-restaurant-in-l-a-when-a-producer-came-in-he-said/) [Mircea Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-monroe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/mircea-monroe-38948_actually_i-was-working-at-a-restaurant-in-l-a-whe_2941200.jpg) > [My first audition was for Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life.' These casting directors came through Texas, and they recruited somewhere around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tye-sheridan/my-first-audition-was-for-terrence-malick-s-the-tree-of-life-these/) [Tye Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tye-sheridan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43a/tye-sheridan-16513_casting-directors_my-first-audition-was-for-terrence-malic_3023519.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audition-movie/#itemlist", "name": "Audition Movie Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I got my SAG card quite unexpectedly. 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