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> [Usually the casting process is lengthy and humiliating, but in this instance, The Ghost Writer, it was just too easy. I was sitting in a rental car on an L.A. street and my cell phone rang, and it was Roman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/usually-the-casting-process-is-lengthy-and-humiliating-but-in-this/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

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> [The trouble with audition process is, when you're an unemployed actor, it's the only time you get to act, and it can be quite fun. If you feel in control of the material and you feel that the people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/the-trouble-with-audition-process-is-when-you-re-an-unemployed-actor/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

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## More by Olivia Williams

> [I am a pathetic and gushing Nick Hornby fan, and I wanted to be in High Fidelity, and I wanted to be in About…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/i-am-a-pathetic-and-gushing-nick-hornby-fan-and-i-wanted-to-be-in/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [My very first friend was my stand-in, who's a very dear friend to this day, and she kind of saved my ass. She told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/my-very-first-friend-was-my-stand-in-who-s-a-very-dear-friend-to-this/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [It was as big as a Beatles concert, I guess. Friends was unbelievably popular in Britain, and it was incredibly exciting. I had never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/it-was-as-big-as-a-beatles-concert-i-guess-friends-was-unbelievably/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [I guess maybe I was hired to play in the Doll House because of my dinner scene in The Sixth Sense, which has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/i-guess-maybe-i-was-hired-to-play-in-the-doll-house-because-of-my/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [There are movies where I've walked onto the set and felt, "This is home," and I'm confident in myself and my work, but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/there-are-movies-where-i-ve-walked-onto-the-set-and-felt-this-is-home/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [I love the ups and downs and the eccentricities of my career. The worst movies have produced some of the best friendships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/i-love-the-ups-and-downs-and-the-eccentricities-of-my-career-the/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [For me, selfishly, The Postman didn't kill my career. It meant I didn't shoot straight and painfully into the limelight, but Rushmore came out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/for-me-selfishly-the-postman-didn-t-kill-my-career-it-meant-i-didn-t/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [As an actor, you're just taking temperature. I am anyway, all the time, and responding appropriately. I was again cast very last-minute for Rushmore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/as-an-actor-you-re-just-taking-temperature-i-am-anyway-all-the-time/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [Ewan McGregor and I said this to each other after we saw The Ghost Writer. Every time Roman Polanski did a "No, no, no!,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/ewan-mcgregor-and-i-said-this-to-each-other-after-we-saw-the-ghost/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/my-parents-long-and-happy-marriage-was-a-great-ideal-to-live-up-to/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [Ewan McGregor is a very genial and entertaining man, and Pierce Brosnan is possibly the nicest man in the world. Actually, it was quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/ewan-mcgregor-is-a-very-genial-and-entertaining-man-and-pierce/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [The excruciating moments of drama are when people are allowed to show or say what they feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/the-excruciating-moments-of-drama-are-when-people-are-allowed-to-show/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [I really needed to have something in my life, because I realized there were other things more important than my career. So I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/i-really-needed-to-have-something-in-my-life-because-i-realized-there/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [My parents taught me everything and set me up for life. I owe to them all the things I'm passionate about: music, art, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/my-parents-taught-me-everything-and-set-me-up-for-life-i-owe-to-them/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [Carey Mulligan is completely self-possessed. She knows what she's doing, and again, quite like the big-hitters I was talking about, my job was just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/carey-mulligan-is-completely-self-possessed-she-knows-what-she-s/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

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