Casts Quote by Nicole Holofcener

I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange.…

— Joan Allen

I don't personally do that many castings. But I did get involved in "The Bad Batch," because we couldn't think of an actress that…

— Ana Lily Amirpour

Someone like Bethany Frankel goes from being, like, 'some lady' to a star with arguably as much charisma as anybody else on TV. I…

— Neal Brennan

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.

— Steve Buscemi

But, for the role of Sarah Linden, we saw everybody. Everybody wanted this role. Every female actor in town really wanted to play a…

— Veena Sud

I would have liked to have had more to do with Kristin Bauer van Straten. She's the nicest human being that I think I've…

— Robert Kazinsky

It's amazing to me. With a cast that is not only so big but so young and good-looking, usually you'd think there'd be one…

— Sarah Wayne Callies

I imagined my fantasy co-author would look like Miranda Kerr, but have the intellect and comedic timing of Liz Lemon.

— Judy Greer

When we look to cast somebody who hasn't had any acting experience before, it's really essential we find somebody who at some level can…

— Anna Boden

You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act.

— Lindsay Duncan

I also think the more experienced you get as an actor, you start to hear the conversations about why people get cast and not…

— Gillian Jacobs

People are lazy when they cast. It's natural to think of the most obvious fit to your character.

— Soni Razdan