Auditions Quotes · Page 9

After my last audition for 'Game of Thrones,' they said, 'Congratulations, princess.' I was like, 'Bye-bye, call centre.'

— Emilia Clarke

It's a guy thing, playing the guitar. Being a female and trying to go to the same auditions as the guys, it's…

— Orianthi

Don't chew gum at an audition and wear really bad clothes. That doesn't work. You need to hear that! You need to…

— Julie Halston

I'm not actively seeking stardom. I just go to auditions, and I knock on wood.

— Paul Rudd

I prepare for auditions differently depending on what it is - what the material is, what the project is, who I'm reading…

— Matt Lanter

The iPad was my first splurge after I got my first paychecks. I paid off the debt, and I now bring the…

— Katie Leclerc

I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.

— Ian Hart

Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person.

— Tatiana Maslany

Auditions are great, and you definitely want to continue to make progress as an actor, you want to continue to see some…

— Mike Colter

Pilot season tends to be grueling, because you can be thrown all of these auditions at once - last-minute, always - and…

— Kim Dickens

I think that dancing has helped or prepared me, in a number of different ways, for the film industry, especially with controlling…

— Mia Wasikowska

I always say to my wife, don't tell anyone I watch this [shows like The X Factor and Pop Idol], but it…

— Michael Caine

I'd worked for Aaron Spelling before [Embraced] and I always felt like we had a nice connection. I pretty much walked in…

— Brigid Brannagh

I've never played Scots or got the chance to do my Scottish accent. I'm always trying it out in auditions, but they…

— Callum Keith Rennie

I always feel like, when you go into an audition, your best chance at success is to be as comfortable as you…

— Hoon Lee

I'd been doing some light-beer commercials for Budweiser and Coors, and I was doing stand-up comedy. I wanted to get into the…

— Kevin Nealon

You don't train for only the 100-meter dash and you don't practice only the excerpts. When I prepared for auditions, I spent…

— Jim Rogers

I'd been knocking on record companies' doors for so long, and I had gone on a lot of auditions. It's weird when…

— Nellie McKay

After the last screening [of "Selling Isobel" ] an 18-year-old girl came up to me and said, "Oh my God, I'm so…

— Frida Farrell

I couldn't believe it! I mean, I'd always dreamed of acting on the screen - my previous background was all theater -…

— Jacqueline Emerson

Quentin [Tarantino] called me and said: "Yeah, you've got to be in my movie. You've got to be in Death Proof." But…

— Eli Roth

When I was six years old my friend was auditioning for 'Annie,' and I decided I wanted to audition with her. My…

— Jacqueline Emerson

Improv definitely made me a better auditioner, without a doubt. We did do an audition semester in grad school, and that was…

— Rich Sommer

I'd spent ten years in London, writing and performing my own comedy shows. They gave me the Cheers [scenes], and I thought…

— Shelley Long

When I go to these auditions, I feel like I have to prove myself 10 times over... acting is a challenge.

— La La Anthony

I don't try and be competitive with auditions. When I go on one, I kind of just forget about it.

— Charlie Tahan

Acting is something I'm interested in, and I'll keep going to auditions, but modelling is my main job.

— Suki Waterhouse

When I went to L.A., I started modeling, hoping to travel and learn from photographers. It led to auditions to do commercials.

— Beth Riesgraf

I can't emphasize the immediate panic that would set in when I had to audition. I can't believe I did it.

— Kurt Fuller

I was discovered on the Sony lot through an audition by Denzel Washington.

— Derek Luke

Actors who say they don't watch TV are stupid. I was raised by TV! And it's how I research for auditions.

— Rebecca Mader

Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right.

— Lance Reddick

I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.

— Joan Chen

I'm horrible at auditions anyway. Maybe that's why I never got anything.

— Chris Colfer

I knew the story of 'War Horse' very well. I had read the book even before I did the auditions. I'm a…

— Celine Buckens

At a certain point, I had to be like, 'I will not do any more auditions with a Middle Eastern accent.'

— Jason Mantzoukas

The first audition my manger sent me on was 'The Hunger Games,' and I got the role.

— Dayo Okeniyi

I was bartending for a long time and going on auditions and was constantly being rebuffed.

— Mark Ruffalo

Mel Blanc passed away in '89, and they held auditions, and I did my first job [as Porky Pig] in 1990.

— Bob Bergen

I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'

— Gattlin Griffith