I'm always nervous doing auditions - to be honest, I hate it. I always envy the actors who are so cool and… — Daniel Bruhl Copy Share Image
The hardest part was when I was in high school not having a job and always being broke. I had to get… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
If they [at the audition] don't like the way you sound they won't buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress,… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
My favorite performance would definitely be "Toxic," which was my blind audition song. It was the start of it all and it… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
When I was seven, I asked my mom if I could be on TV, and she said if I really wanted to,… — Natasha Calis Copy Share Image
But I certainly know a lot of people that existed at that level and are always kind of pining for more, always… — Thomas Haden Church Copy Share Image
The biggest auditions can be the most freeing. The odds are always stacked against you and you always expect someone famous to… — Charlotte Hope Copy Share Image
The Professional Children's School, it's for professional kids, so if you wanted to ditch, you could just write, Audition on a note… — Kieran Culkin Copy Share Image
Whenever you take a subject you're obsessed with or that haunts you, and make a movie about it, you're converting it into… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
Leonardo is the most incredible actor, on the planet, with a couple of people alongside him. Getting to act with him is… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
Getting the role in '300' saved me. I'd been out of work for 11 months after 'The Brothers Grimm.' Once the film… — Lena Headey Copy Share Image
When I was about 6, my cousin was very active in a Filipino repertory company, doing musicals and plays. Her aunt was… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
Well, I grew up in Maine, so it was an unlikely place to start. But my parents were really, really cool about… — Anna Kendrick 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
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
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
Every season I teach zombie school. The casting people in Georgia look for like 200 new recruits. They come in in groups… — Gregory Nicotero Copy Share Image
My strangest auditioning experience was when I was reading for a TV show, and right when I started the audition, the casting… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
I didn't think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
It's stressful to keep doing audition after audition after audition. You finish one and go to the next one, and you have… — Luke Mitchell Copy Share Image
Being an actor is definitely not about sitting around on set and having a cigarette or something. It's about acting. The more… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
I remember preparing for my audition on the plane to L.A. — I was drawing all these weird vampire pictures and I… — Lucy Fry Copy Share Image
'One Tree Hill' was my very first television audition; it was a fairytale. I feel really lucky to have that level of… — Hilarie Burton Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot of times when you get signed to an agent they just send you everywhere, so I still… — Jonathan Lipnicki Copy Share Image
If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
The guy that picked me up at the airport in 1985 when I was out in L.A. for my first audition was… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat… — Janet McTeer Copy Share Image
Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That's what happened to my parents;… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I wouldn't have made it past the first round of American Idol auditions. It was months before our first song was recorded.… — Malin Akerman Copy Share Image
I like to go for auditions. I enjoy that aspect of this job until I actually need a job, and then that… — Michael Socha Copy Share Image
I like threesomes with two women, not because I'm a cynical sexual predator. Oh no! But because I'm a romantic. I'm looking… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
I worked in a paper factory the week after I left school. I had loads of paper cuts all over my hands… — Suzanne Shaw Copy Share Image
I am sincerely grateful to everyone who did not let me pass my auditions. If I had gotten in too easily, I… — IU Copy Share Image
I actually got dared to audition for the dance team. All my track-and-field buddies dared me to audition, and I was one… — Harry Shum, Jr Copy Share Image
The most common experience in my life is rejection. I've done over 300 auditions. No amount of drama school training can prepare… — Killian Scott Copy Share Image
My sisters are my best friends and my most staunch supporters. They're always there to help me through every audition, through interviews… — Madeline Zima Copy Share Image
Ballet has really helped me in every acting role. You have to be very disciplined, you have to be able to control… — Mia Wasikowska Copy Share Image
Jekyll is quite close to me, a little bit more shy. Whereas Hyde is a mish-mash of lots of things. I didn't… — Tom Bateman Copy Share Image
I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
At this point in my career, I don't have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
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