Auditions Quotes · Page 9

When I moved out to L.A., I went on 156 auditions before I booked a single thing.

— Ryan McCartan

I'm not one of those people who can cry on cue. If I have to cry in an audition, I'm like, 'Okay,…

— Melanie Lynskey

But when the 'Glee' audition came around, my manager literally had to talk me into it. I was petrified to sing in…

— Cory Monteith

After that I got an agent and went on like a million auditions. You win some, you lose some.

— Kel Mitchell

When I know I'm not doing any auditions, I go to the skate park on my scooter or my bike.

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go…

— Gale Harold

Following my studies, I started giving auditions which eventually ended up with me working on 'Premam.'

— Anupama Parameswaran

I don't consider my fights as auditions, I consider them performances.

— Shawn Porter

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

The biggest auditions can be the most freeing. The odds are always stacked against you and you always expect someone famous to…

— Charlotte Hope

My favorite performance would definitely be "Toxic," which was my blind audition song. It was the start of it all and it…

— Melanie Martinez

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

When I was seven, I asked my mom if I could be on TV, and she said if I really wanted to,…

— Natasha Calis

I'm always nervous doing auditions - to be honest, I hate it. I always envy the actors who are so cool and…

— Daniel Bruhl

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

I'd been auditioning for parts for years. I never got any better at it. I'm crap at auditions. I know there are…

— Jamie Dornan

I was like, 'I'm only going to do musical theater for the rest of my life. I'm never going to do TV.'…

— Gaten Matarazzo

I didn't tell anybody [had got a role at As Good As It Gets], because I was just going, "Well, that was…

— Julie Benz

I played a lot of moms. You're always too young when you're playing moms. My first kid when I started playing moms…

— Carrie Coon

Have I done more business-related things to help my career grow? Yeah. I took the business end more seriously, hooked up with…

— Gary Sinise

When I was writing the script I thought he is this guy. I really hoped...I kept imagining him as that guy. And…

— Nicholas Stoller

The day that I got the phone call to tell me that I booked ‘Glee’ I was shooting ‘CSI Miami.’ I was…

— Naya Rivera

I grew up doing theater when I was very young - always enjoyed it. Studied it in college, got my degree in…

— Italia Ricci

I wanted to be self-sufficient, I wanted to take care of myself, and I wanted to learn. I wanted to travel, I…

— Renee Zellweger

As far as casting, I'm there for every single person that's cast. Even if it's one word, I'm there for their auditions.

— Matthew Weiner

I basically never believed that I was a commercial actor. Just because of the outcome of many auditions over time. No one…

— Katherine Waterston

The more you love something, the worse you tend to audition. If you don't really care about something, you kind of nail…

— Lena Headey

My first film, 'Vanishing on 7th Street,' I really just kinda went in for it. Just gave it my all at the…

— Jacob Latimore

I trained myself, whenever I walk into auditions, to hate everyone in the room.

— Adam Driver

If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition

— Elia Kazan

I've been in the industry from the age of 9, so I have an agent. That's how you get auditions.

— Christopher Parker

Musical auditions are always the worst because you have to sing and act, and that's so stressful.

— Jonathan Groff

I don't know how I ever built a career, really, because I have always been absolutely terrible at auditions.

— Denis Lawson

When I was five I thought auditions were a great way to get out of school!

— Logan Lerman

As far as Pranutan is concerned, she never used the family name to get in. She bagged her first film after giving…

— Mohnish Bahl

I'm feeling pretty fortunate. I've been having lots of lovely auditions and meetings, so I'm savoring the moment.

— Lauren Miller

I never pursued acting with, like, auditions. If anything, I was given roles by people who knew me and liked what I…

— H. Jon Benjamin

Some of the most cutthroat auditions you'll have as an actor are when you'll have three words to say.

— Stephen Amell

I was so lucky that I didn't have to audition. It's just such a grueling process, in itself.

— Moon Bloodgood

People recognize me, I have scripts, and auditions. And I meet great people

— Berenice Bejo