Anytime Quote by Rich Sommer

To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen.

— Rupert Sanders

Any time you cast an actor, you don't just cast that actor; you cast all their other performances as well.

— Sonya Walger

I'll get cast occasionally as sort of the jerk version of myself, and I have fun doing that. But it's really better for everyone…

— Aaron Sorkin

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've never been someone who is cast for having a lovely figure but for whatever qualities I could possibly bring to a role, so…

— Miriam Margolyes

I think once you get noticed as an actor you get roles irrespective of the characters you portray.

— Abhimanyu Singh

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

— Steve Buscemi

I'll write a character with a certain actor in mind, but then once I start casting, I have to forget about who I pictured.

— Nicole Holofcener

When it comes to casting, I've been so lucky. I've worked with unbelievable actors who make me look better than I am and take…

— Jason Reitman

When I'm writing novels, even screenplays, it's never an actor I have in mind; it's always the version in my head of who the…

— Jonathan Tropper

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

— Meat Loaf

As actors, we are always playing other characters. It's so exhausting and time consuming to figure them out, so when you get the time…

— Alia Bhatt