Auditions Quote by Haley Joel Osment

“My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first disappointment to tell me.” quote by Haley Joel Osment — Download Open image

“My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first disappointment to tell me.”

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What I like least about acting is that when you're only in one place, you're missing the other part of life.

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I went to the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU and wrote and directed a small amount of stuff there.

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My parents were both born in Birmingham, Alabama, and come from large Catholic families with lots of Michaels, Marks, and Patricks, so they wanted…

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I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out…

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Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money.

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When I was five, I went on my first audition. It was for a Pizza Hut commercial.

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Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball player. He takes risks. He goes for the shot. He isn't cautious with whatever he does.

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