Casting Quote by Stephen Root

As actors, when you can't be in the room with the casting director or the producers, you put yourself on tape and send it…

— Ricky Whittle

What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the…

— Jon Turteltaub

I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility.

— Susanne Bier

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

— Sonya Walger

I remember calling directors numerous times and saying, 'Oh, you should cast so-and-so instead of me. They're much better for the role.'

— Robin Wright

I feel like a lot of directing is casting.

— Damien Chazelle

There's a lot of idiots in Hollywood, a lot of people with no imagination, so as an actor you have to constantly re-show them…

— Stephen Dorff

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.

— Samantha Morton

Television can become a bit of a treadmill for directors. You come in, nobody knows you, the actors are already doing what they're doing,…

— Michael J. Bassett

If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors are frustrated…

— Catherine Keener

Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role.

— Matthew Macfadyen

In a way, I don't want to know what's being said in casting offices, because it can get pretty brutal, and I don't want…

— Anne Dudek