--- title: "8 Audition Play Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Audition Play quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Audition Play sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/forest-whitaker-3022_acting_in-high-school-i-did-some-musicals-but-i_3985.jpg" --- > [In high school, I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/in-high-school-i-did-some-musicals-but-i-never-took-acting-until/) [Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/forest-whitaker-3022_acting_in-high-school-i-did-some-musicals-but-i_3985.jpg) > [What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-davis/what-s-funny-is-my-mom-took-me-to-the-theater-for-the-first-time-when/) [Dana Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/dana-davis-52025_amazed_what-s-funny-is-my-mom-took-me-to-the-th_105278.jpg) > [In high school I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/in-high-school-i-did-some-musicals-but-i-never-took-acting-until-2/) [Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fa/forest-whitaker-3022_communication_in-high-school-i-did-some-musicals-but-i_922418.jpg) > [A teacher asked me if I'd audition for a play, and I ended up playing the pirate Red Dog in a production…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-gehlfuss/a-teacher-asked-me-if-i-d-audition-for-a-play-and-i-ended-up-playing/) [Nick Gehlfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-gehlfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/nick-gehlfuss-25758_dog_a-teacher-asked-me-if-i-d-audition-for-a_1176342.jpg) > [I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imtiaz-ali/i-was-called-to-audition-for-a-play-when-i-was-very-young-following/) [Imtiaz Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imtiaz-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/imtiaz-ali-16326_act_i-was-called-to-audition-for-a-play-when_1334812.jpg) > [I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-metcalf/i-was-horribly-shy-all-through-grade-school-and-high-school-but/) [Laurie Metcalf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-metcalf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/laurie-metcalf-14981_anything_i-was-horribly-shy-all-through-grade-sch_1821804.jpg) > [Even if I wrote 'The Kay Cannon Show,' I would have to audition to play Kay Cannon. And I probably wouldn't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-cannon/even-if-i-wrote-the-kay-cannon-show-i-would-have-to-audition-to-play/) [Kay Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-cannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/kay-cannon-21247_audition_even-if-i-wrote-the-kay-cannon-show-i-wo_2735883.jpg) > [In high school, I tried out for every sport there was. But none of them would have me. When I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-morse/in-high-school-i-tried-out-for-every-sport-there-was-but-none-of-them/) [David Morse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-morse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/david-morse-11828_high_in-high-school-i-tried-out-for-every-spo_3060998.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audition-play/#itemlist", "name": "Audition Play Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In high school, I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. 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