Definition of Casting

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Casting

of Cast

The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.

The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.

That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.

The warping of a board.

The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc.

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Casting Quotations

I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running.
R. Lee Ermey

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.
Susan B. Anthony

At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one's hands.
Robert Benchley

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.
Alfred Hitchcock

This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof.
Neil Gaiman

The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work.
Francis Ford Coppola

I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent.
Randy Harrison

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

I just like to catch fish, I don't care if it weighs half a pound or 10 pounds. But I can't do a lot of casting. I can work a jig or a worm. But not for long, especially if the big ones are biting. Those big bass will make it hurt after a while.
Terry Bradshaw

Every casting director I've met is a woman.
Cameron Diaz

Casting Translations

casting in French is moulage
casting in Spanish is reparto
casting in Swedish is gjutning

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