I was turned down at my first audition for Rocky IV for being too tall. I was 6ft 5in and you were supposed to be 6ft 3in maximum. I didn`t know what the casting call was for and I just showed up, they asked me how tall I was, I said 6ft 5in and they said...
Dolph Lundgren
I was embarrassed by the director, Blake Edwards, who looked at me and said, `what am I supposed to do with THAT?`. I was a little hurt to be referred to as an inanimate object at an audition. I was told by my agent that a number of big stars won`t work w...
James Cromwell
The ["Scrubs" (2001)] pilot script`s notes described the character as a John C. McGinley-type. Now, I don`t know what that type is, but I said, "Well, you`ve got him." I still had to audition five times for the network.
John McGinley
[On looking at herself in the home made Supergirl costume she wore to her audition]: "I looked at myself in the mirror and I thought `I look like such a jackass`."
Helen Slater
It used to be that people thought I was Norm from Cheers" (1982). Ten years ago everyone would say that to me. Then, in the last year, I was at a newsstand in Studio City, and I saw George Wendt. He said he had just gone on an audition, and they said they...
Jeff Garlin
The greatest thing that ever happened to me in terms of my acting was the audition for To Live and Die in L.A. After I read, William Friedkin put down the script and said, `You got the part.` I really thought it was a joke. I went back to my hotel room an...
William Petersen
If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something that you didn`t think you could do.
Peter Sarsgaard
[On getting the part in Liberty Heights (1999)] "It was so surreal just to audition for it to begin with. When I got the call I was passed out. I was at my family`s house, just taking a break from my apartment, and my mom came and knocked on my door. I sa...
Ben Foster
In my leaner days I failed many an audition because, I was told, I sounded "too black" . . . I`m certain the confusion was the direct result of the music that influenced me while I was developing my style. I guess I became the first of the so-called blue-...
Frankie Laine
(1998 quote on auditioning) It`s hard to maintain a sense of dignity in an audition. I have done so many auditions where I`ve put it out there and have been met with that kind of blank stare - "Great! Thanks! OK! Great work! Thanks for coming in!" At the ...
Ben Stiller
Although I hate auditioning. An audition, it`s in a room smaller than this and there`s producers and directors and they`ve seen 100 people, and they`re, OK. Go." And it feels strange. It`s almost like you meet a girl and someone says, "OK, have sex right ...
Andre 3000
I was your typical struggling actress. I went to every audition, took a million acting, dancing and singing lessons, and spent years wondering where my next meal was coming from. Recalling her career before 1981.
Cassandra Peterson
They scare the crap out of me. This one... When I read the script and then I waited for the audition, I didn`t sleep at all. [about Horror Movies]
Sandra McCoy
My career has been in theatre for 23 years, with spits and coughs in bits and pieces of films. Scott [Hicks] very nicely said my entire career had been my audition [for the role in Shine (1996)].
Geoffrey Rush
You need to study and work on your craft. If you`re not prepared when that dream audition comes, you are not going to get that opportunity. To me, the definition of success is when opportunity meets preparation. So I really recommend that actors always wo...
Hilary Swank
In high school I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a speech teacher asked me to audition for this play and I got the lead. And she helped me to get into a conservatory, with a scholarship ...
Forest Whitaker
I completely bombed the audition... I was insecure, stopping and starting. I went to the bathroom and cried. - on her experience auditioning for "Boston Legal" (2004).
Lake Bell
[on auditioning for `Across the Universe`] Before the audition, I`d never sung a bloody note before in my life. I think that`s kind of why they liked me.
Joe Anderson
[on her audition with Andrew Lloyd Webber for The Phantom of the Opera (2004)] He had the most magnificent apartment I had ever seen and I was floored by it. I went in and started vocalizing with the accompanist and Andrew walked in as we were preparing. ...
Emmy Rossum
I didn`t have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you`re rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You`re behind the eight ball when you go in there. At this point in my career, I don`t have to deal with audition re...
Robert De Niro
I didn`t have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you`re rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You`re behind the eight ball when you go in there. At this point in my career, I don`t have to deal with audition re...
Robert De Niro
See, the first thing about actors is, you`re just trying to get a job; and you audition and audition and you finally get them. And you still consider yourself an auditioning actor. I auditioned for One Fine Day (1996), I wasn`t offered that. So you`re sti...
George Clooney
See, the first thing about actors is, you`re just trying to get a job; and you audition and audition and you finally get them. And you still consider yourself an auditioning actor. I auditioned for One Fine Day (1996), I wasn`t offered that. So you`re sti...
George Clooney
Even when I`m called in for an audition or anything, and even when I have to meet other actors/tresses, or be in front of the camera, I get goosebumps.
Shannen Doherty
What I used to do was, I`d get the script and see who the character was - a spy, a lumberjack, whatever - then I`d try to dress the part for the audition, to give the impression that I was tough or funny or whatever the part seemed to call for. That was a...
Christopher Walken
On auditioning for "The Simpsons" (1989): I went in, saw Lisa, and didn`t really see anything I could sink my teeth into. But the audition piece for Bart was right there, and I`m like, `Whoa, 10 years old, under-achiever and proud of it? Yeah, man - that`...
Nancy Cartwright
I have to say that I didn`t ever really see it as rejection, per se, and I don`t know why. I guess if I saw it as rejection, then I would allow myself time to focus on something that seemed negative, instead of realizing, I have an audition tomorrow," and...
Hilary Swank
I was turned down at my first audition for Rocky IV for being too tall. I was 6ft 5in and you were supposed to be 6ft 3in maximum. I didn`t know what the casting call was for and I just showed up, they asked me how tall I was, I said 6ft 5in and they said...
Dolph Lundgren
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