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I think the purpose of test screenings is different for the studio and for the filmmaker. For the studio, I think they want to…

— Michel Gondry

Some films could only have been cast in one way: Screen tests were given and the losers got the parts.

— Gene Shalit

The play I was doing [on a Broadway ], I was playing an obnoxious, outspoken kid, so [the director James Lapine ] saw me…

— David Krumholtz

Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's voice-over narration…

— Griffin Dunne

They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and…

— Wentworth Miller

You learn quite a bit about your film from test screening audiences.

— Rod Lurie

It's very bizarre though when you get hired and then the director will say, "I know how this goes." And you're thinking, "Wait a…

— Christopher Walken

There are certain directors who will start talking to you about something, and suddenly you'll be ready to roll, and you'll realize it was…

— Winona Ryder

In feature films, unless there was a body count, they weren't hiring me to direct it.

— Gary Sherman

You know, directors are funny people. They live with these movies for a year or more. And when you go in to score the…

— Henry Mancini

There are a lot of actors who will watch the monitors. They'll do a scene, and then the director will look back to see…

— Ray Liotta

I do like being surprised by directors and producers and being offered parts I would never have considered, including parts that aren't necessarily obvious…

— Stephen Fry