Casting Quote by James Denton

The roles I used to be cast for were typically objectified women, so I was always being shown or spoken about through the lens…

— Alice Eve

Maybe I'm too masculine. Casting directors cast in their own, or an idealized image. Maybe I don't look like anybody's ideal.

— Charles Bronson

Filmmakers would compliment my work, but when casting for a heroine, they'd never think of me.

— Shefali Shah

Whenever I turned up to castings I'd see all these women in trampy clothes, flirting with the male director. It was awful.

— Evangeline Lilly

Actors act... Their job is to become this character. And I have, in fact, seen Sam Heughan become Jamie and Caitriona Balfe become Claire…

— Diana Gabaldon

I guess I don't really measure myself by what others think. So even though I have gotten to work with some amazing directors, and…

— Rooney Mara

I like female directors that gravitate toward masculine things. I think the danger of a male director is the over-fetishization of the masculinity.

— James Ransone

Directors didn't want to work with me because I was 'too controlling.' If it had been a man, it wouldn't have meant a damn…

— Goldie Hawn

Over the years, I've gotten a little bit thick-skinned when it comes to the acting thing.

— George Eads

I can honestly, and proudly, say that I never was on the casting couch. Oh, of course there have been advances from certain men…

— Dorothy Stratten

As an actor I think sometimes producers need a little bit of encouragement to see you in a particular role, they may not have…

— Steve Kanaly

I know there were things emanating from me. I was not aware of what attracted all these directors to me.

— Jeanne Moreau