Auditions Quotes · Page 5

I didn't know I could sing until I auditioned for 'Les Miserables.' My friend was auditioning, and I wanted to audition too.

— Lea Michele

The first step to a better audition is to give up character and use yourself.

— Michael Shurtleff

Through the auditions and the process of 'Sonali Cable,' I realised that I want to be an actor.

— Rhea Chakraborty

My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I…

— Hailee Steinfeld

I have a theory... Theatre actors are better at auditions than film actors.

— Shaun Sipos

I ran away from my house when I was about 12 years old to audition for a film.

— Anil Kapoor

I get really nervous at auditions. I know how to make people laugh, but auditions just really make me nervous.

— Carlos Mencia

Every audition I get, I agonise over and I put everything I can into it.

— Rafe Spall

I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition.…

— Michael Fassbender

I was working as a cocktail waitress in a heavy metal bar. Then, my manager said I should try some acting, which…

— Britta Phillips

I had done a couple of auditions for 'Amistad' and didn't feel it was going to go any further - and then…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

For me when I go in and audition for things, I just let them go as soon as I leave. I can…

— Haylie Duff

I had to audition for the part of Jnior, and I wanted the role terribly because I knew it was a great…

— Dominic Chianese

As I know from my own experience, I may have the skill and the training to wield, say, a Bronte hero's finely…

— Paterson Joseph

I've got a lot of friends who are actors so even when I don't have auditions of my own, I'll be working…

— Charlotte Hope

The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the…

— John Ratzenberger

I couldn't get into classical companies in the U.S. and Canada. I would make the cuts in auditions and would be one…

— Michaela DePrince

Sony and Nickelodeon knew they wanted to create a TV show that was a platform for a band they would have for…

— James Maslow

I remember getting in the elevator for my audition and there was a guy next to me who had a backpack full…

— Bill Hader

When I get to work with people I admire, it's such a bonus, so it was an easy sell when I got…

— Brent Spiner

Everything in The Room, we did it the same way the big studios do it. The only difference is the budget and…

— Tommy Wiseau

I literally remember when I made my audition tape for 'Buffy'. I went to the Arsenal Mall. I got my outfit at…

— Eliza Dushku

[Larry Laurenzano] gave me a junior high school saxophone to take to high school, because I was always taking one of our…

— Jon Gordon

The entertainment business is such a strange, crazy perception business that you're either given way too much respect, like people saying, "You…

— Jim Gaffigan

A lot of auditions are not fun; they're just a necessary evil, and, if you're lucky, you have a few moments that…

— Kristen Connolly

I didn't want to be known as the reality-show star trying to be an actress, so I kept a lot of the…

— Jamie Chung

Going to auditions is always so nerve-wracking. I don't think they ever get any easier.

— Felicity Jones

And when I'm not working, my agent books three auditions a day...I'd rather go to the set and work.

— Noureen DeWulf

Auditions are like a gamble. Most likely you won't get the part, but if you don't go, you'll never know if you…

— Robert De Niro

Sometimes with auditions and going up for a role, you don't want to admit to yourself that it's everything you've ever wanted.

— Phoebe Dynevor

When I started auditioning, I'd take any audition I could get. The more dramatic ones didn't go as well as the comedic.

— Leslie Mann

There have been auditions where they've said nicely, 'Would you be willing to go to the gym for this role?'

— Emily Atack

I was 20 when I moved to Los Angeles. I went on probably 600 commercial auditions and couldn't book any of them.

— Dax Shepard

I still have auditions for independent films. I've been still working.

— Creed Bratton

Sometimes you audition and you just know that this is going to come to you.

— Madhur Mittal

When you go out on auditions for big movies, and you're not a big star, you get used to getting close but…

— Craig Sheffer

We chose the actors thru a series of auditions when we started the show.

— Craig McCracken

You do your best [ on auditions] and sometimes you win 'em over and sometimes you don't.

— Bryce Dallas Howard

That's the best way to audition for anything: When your back-up plan is your dream, you know?

— David Lee

There have been, like, three auditions in my life where I feel like I'm in a 'Saturday Night Live' skit.

— Chris Pine